b-anon

One of my best friends brought up a good point yesterday.

See, I mentioned to her that I had to go 'and Blog' and she responded with 'what is that?', which surprised me a little.
It surprised me because if anyone is up on a trend, whether it be clothes, art, TV, music, websites, etc...it is her.

Maybe that's just it. Maybe blogging isn't a trend. Maybe it's a way of online-life for many, now.

AnyHOW...

She asked "what is blogging...or maybe I don't want to know because I truly don't need another addiction".

It IS an addiction, isn't it?

I actually sign onto blogger before I even check my email, now.
I sign onto blogger before I opened MSN,
which is HUGE considering chatting was my life at one time.
It literally was.
I spent more time chatting each day than I did sleeping each night.
Sad, isn't it?
At the time it wasn't.
It was fun at the time.
Got me into trouble though, so we won't go down that road again.

NOW it's blogging.
Blogging is safer.
I like 'safe' things now
But it still has that anonymity factor
I think because it isn't 'real time', it's safer.
You still get to know each other very well
Even though you don't know them at all.
Sometimes there's a photo, but if there isn't
You still have that picture in your head.

So yes,
Each time I plunk down at the computer
I peruse my favorites
To see what they did yesterday
To see what is on their mind
To see what made them laugh
Or cry
To read about good news
Or bad
To hear something that will make me laugh my ass off
I have to admit that I do that the most.

I can't seem to figure out what fuels my addiction for such things
Sometimes I wonder if a lack of drama in your OWN life
Makes you turn to this medium
To either read about it
Or create it?

I think I just like to read about it
As I'm very, very happy with my drama-less life at the moment

Had enough of that in past years...

Let's see,
I don't smoke (3 years smoke-free in October)
I don't do drugs (too paranoid about stuff like that)
I drink moderatley
But sometimes eat ferociosly

I guess it's ok to have an addiction like this?

Isn't it???