When I read things like that, it really annoys me and makes me glad my kids have never had teachers who do stupid things that make me have to storm the principal’s office. Yet. (Said with fingers crossed.)

I mean I don’t have a blog. I don’t want a blog. But I usually read my friend’s blogs when I have the time, just to see what they are up to since we don’t live in the same city anymore.

I thought that the whole point of having links at the side of a blog was so someone could click it and you could read your friend’s mutual friend’s blog. So why do a list of things to connect to others? Isn’t that the same thing?

My one friend said it might be because most people don’t know what to write, but they have a blog and feel like they need to fill it with something and then Thursdays they don’t, it’s like one less day to worry about or something.

I mean why even write anything then. Why not write in a blog when you have something worth value to say?

Or maybe I just don’t get the point of public blogs?

Okay so I guess that’s it. I just want to know the point? ‘Cause I’d rather hear about what my friends are up to in their lives, than read a list of their favorite movies or something. I mean, I know their favorite movies. We saw them together when I lived back in the city, ya know? I know their favorite deserts. Favorite TV shows. What they hate. Who they hate.

It just seems strange to me. If you have to list things, then maybe there really is nothing left to say. So why even have a blog if you can’t think of something more clever than a list?

And I don’t mean “you” you, I mean in general, ya know?

But I see this thing spreading, kinda like when blogs first began popping up, so maybe it’s like that? Everyone thinks they have something worth hearing, whether they can write or not, whether they are intelligent or not, whether they have any talent or redeeming quality or not. Whether anyone truly gives a crap and has to know their favorite hair color shades or whatever.

Whether they have something profound to say…or not.

Apparently, even me.

TMS: Jan, thanks for commenting. It is fun to write, and it is fun to have people read what I write. There is also a little competition involved - to get more people to read my blog. I have some family members (my husband and two children) who feel exactly as you do. However, I also have lots of family members who blog. I personally do it because I’ve always loved to write. It is good to get my thoughts down, and it helps to sort things through by writing. It’s a bonus to have other people read what I write.

The fun of doing a meme is that we get to know other people who are blogging. We share links and generate traffic for each other. Most of all, we get to know people we’d never have met otherwise.