One of "those" Days

i am having one of those days..... you know the type. the days where you think of at least 10 great blogs to write (although "great" is a debatable term, given that all blogs are just random musings about crap)...... that is right up until you have access to a computer. Then poof they are gone! oh yes, i am sure they truly were pearls of wisdom, but it does suck none the less.

i would say that the great thing about blogs is that people often muse about the same random crap so you get to discover that you are not insane, that everyone secretly googles themselves to decide their worth in the world..... i would say that, but it is not really true.... see, i do not read blogs. i don't really get why others do. i could see reading blogs of people you know or that you know of (i use to read Rick Mercer's Blog), but the logic of going out and finding random blogs to read alludes me. i can see reading famous people's blogs, but i honestly do not really consider them blogs.... they write them in such a way that they are merely a performance. they select their image and create it via their blog..... they are more articles, the type you would find in People, but more personal....... and yes i do create my own image, and i am merely preforming right now, but i have more freedom to not care about my image. and i think freedoms makes better writing. none of my friends that i know in person know of this blog to the best of my knowledge, only other people that know me via the Internet would know of it. so what is my motivation? i just enjoy writing.... i am questionable good at it, but i enjoy playing with words, reworking thoughts and venting my feelings and thoughts. but why do people read them?

one thing that you must know about me to understand why this is such a hard concept for me to grasp, is that i do not read fiction...... or at least do so very rarely. i think that this has serious implications on my ability to understand reading blogs. i do not like to read fiction because i kinda view it as a waste of time... i would rather be learning something and reading non-fiction. fiction is fluff. yes, i know that is not true, but that is the problem with perception, it is not true, which sucks because it is all we have access to..... when i do read fiction it tends to be things that are some how of cultural significance. a classic that will help me get more references in movies and shows, or help me appear smarter..... or a fiction that is based in history/science or something so that i feel like i am still learning. occasionally i enjoy reading some works because of the language, but honestly i enjoy non-fiction writing styles much more anyway.

so then, when you take blogs and look at them, they do not compare. they are obscure, of no value (they are not peer reviewed, i am not force to reference myself.... i could say that cows evolved on the moon and supply all the "support" i want, but it does not make it creditable). the only reason i can think of to read a blog is for entertainment purposes. laughing at how insane people are so that you seem less absurd yourself (even though your blog is serving that same purpose for someone else).

but what i find really fascinating and am curious about, is whether this will emerge as the next great literary form? after all, the best writers are good because they played with words and wrote because they had a passion for writing (not for the promise of a book sale). and blogs are the purist form of this literary exuberance. thus, people who actually read fiction, presumably because they enjoy the play on words and getting into someone's head, must find blogs the ultimate expression of this..... though i imagine it is much harder to find a good blog than a good book.

and that is the only way i can justify reading blogs.