Blog-O-Sphere

I've been doing a bit ...okay a lot of surfing lately on various blogs and have run across some really random, hilarious, insightful, thought-provoking, quarky, and all-around good people (I think...I mean, how well do you know someone through their blog?). It got me thinking about why I even started a blog in the first place.

For the past few months it seems to have been a place to rant and rave about the troubles in my everyday life. I admit it...it's been a regular bitch-fest up in here lately. But how can you fault a girl dealing with as much as I am on a regular basis?

Other times I use this space to mention funny things I've seen/heard/been a part of throughout the day. We all have these moments, when the 2 old guys and 1 old woman with the Jesus sticker on the back of their beat up Chevy flips you off and cuts you off for going no more than 70 in a 60mph zone, or when your prim and proper French teacher busts out with the only curse word you really know (merde), or when your 10 year old tells your 7 year old "You have issues, dude!" and your 7 year old merely looks at him, smiles and says "We all do." It is in these moments that you think to yourself - Ha! Who can I share that with? Who would laugh/cry/scream [insert appropriate desired emotion here]? Sometimes just telling my husband isn't enough, so I put it here (or at least that's the thought when I started this).

But I think the best part of blogging in general is that it can be used for anything and everything. What works for one doesn't work for another. Some of the blogs I follow review fashion and beauty tips (yep, sometimes I'm just a girly girl down at heart, try Is This Real Life? or RedPoppy Fashion). Some recount those funny tales I've been talking about (seriously, if you haven't read The Sassy Curmudgeon yet, you're really missing out). There's even one on politics from my favorite Political Science professor in the world - The Bare Knuckled Pundit! It's nice to know that when everything in my life is falling apart, I can get my news, my fashion tips, AND quippy comebacks right here on Blogspot.

Oh, and for those who think it'd be cool to see what a 8-year-old and a 10-year-old might blog about ...sometimes yes, sometimes no...usually no... ( Logan's Blog and Ethan's Blog ).