When this “blogging” phenomenon first hit the internet, I told myself I had no reason to make a weblog. I thought it seemed kind of pointless for me. My life isn’t so important as to warrant my rambling on about it in print. I don’t want to post extremely personal stuff about my life. Anything I do want to talk about, I tell people anyway, as is usually my tendency. But still, I have pondered it off and on for the past year or so. Then yesterday, I had the following conversation with Chethan:
12:36:19 PM chetpan: yeah, you should describe your trip, like say, in an online journal of some sort
12:36:20 PM chetpan: ahem
12:36:23 PM chetpan: start a journal!
12:38:20 PM manof1000ages: You know, I’ve considered it from time to time. But here’s the way I look at it: Either I’d put personal stuff on there that I wouldn’t want everyone to see, which would be bad, or, I’d put generic stuff that I’d just tell people anyway.
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12:39:40 PM manof1000ages: I’m just not sure I have anything important enough to say:)
12:40:08 PM chetpan: well, give it a shot, and if it’s too boring i’ll tell you to stop
12:40:22 PM chetpan: but at least this way people can keep track of you even when you/they are busy
12:40:35 PM manof1000ages: Well, perhaps I shall try, just for you.
12:40:45 PM chetpan: sweet. i win!
And with that starts Kamal’s online journal. You can still access my pictures from the link on the right. We’ll see how this goes for awhile and if I actually have interesting things to say that people want to read. If not, remember to blame Chethan.
