blogging

we have been given an assignment as to what we're supposed to blog about. we're supposed to have one post, at least, about blogging. now i'm stuck, what is there to say about blogging? i think i'll make a list about why i like prefer i blogging to the reading notebook and why i prefer the reading notebook to blogging.

why i like blogging as opposed to the writing notebook:

1. it's something new and different. i have never blogged before. the novelty of it makes seem much more exciting than it is. i mean, c'mon, it's so much more exciting to say 'i updated my blog!' than it is to say 'i did my writing notebook entry!'
2. everyone can see it. when we had just our writing notebooks the only person that could see what we were writing was mr ayers. now my classmates, the other ap lang kids, and even the perspectives kids can read my blog. not to mention any other random readers who have somehow stumbled upon this.
3. i don't realize how much i have written. i was looking at all my blog posts earlier this month and i didn't realize just how much i have written on this. i sit down and just type and type, unless i can't think of anything of course, and before i know it i'm somewhere in the neighorhood of 400 words. in the writing notebooks it never really seemed like there was a lot of writing.
4. i can add cool things like pictures and videos, something i definitely can't do with a writing notebook. and i can link stuff. seriously, click on it.

why i kinda liked the writing notebook:

1. it was easier to catch up if i got behind, mainly because i was in charge of putting the dates on the pages i wrote. with this blog i cannot change the date. the day i start a post is the day that it posts under. so i could just start some posts earlier in the week, but then i usually get three posts all in one day. so really, the only thing i can do is just keep up with it.
2. everyone can see it. my ramblings are here on the internet for everyone to see. that's kinda weird when you stop and think about it. with the writing notebook i got to choose who could read what i wrote. now it's open for the general public to read. ahhhh.
3. one page in the writing notebook definitely was easier to write than 400 words on a blog unless i know exactly what i'm going to be blogging about.
4. reading other people's blogs makes me feel like a creeper if i'm not exactly sure who they are. to combat this is stick to my blogs of interest list and read just those.

also, blogging gives us an excuse to go to the lab for a day and just sit here on the computers free to blog. which of course means that we can go anywhere to look at things and give us ideas to blog. or go find funny pictures or videos to link or even embed in our blogs. it's a break from class that we all enjoy and we get work done without fully realizing it.