I started blogged way back in 2001 with DeadJournal with my best friend, and then migrated soon after over to LiveJournal as soon as a friend from school got me a code to join. I was always on there--lurking in the communities, joining a few here and there, and updating like mad, thinking that people cared all about my life. It was sort of the precurser to MySpace, come to think of it. Though, it was a great outlet for a difficult time in my life, and a very good way to keep in contact with some of my closest friends (before Facebook ever existed).
But, eventually, I tired of the community, and stopped writing in my journal. I kept a few paper journals here and there for various reasons--usually just to keep my creativity fresh, sometimes to organize my thoughts.
And then I got into the Google Feedreader to keep track of some blogs I was reading, such as B3, R4L and Ramble Rori, among others. Nowadays, my feedreader is so full that I check it every day just in case. Following B3 and R4L inspired me to start my own blog... eventually.
The end of 2009 inspired me to start my cooking/weight loss blog. I'd been having a lot of trouble with medications and health complications on my former 40 pound weight loss, and gained it all back. I thought that keeping myself accountable via the internet was a good idea. I don't update my cooking/weight loss blog as often as I would like to, and have really been trying to get on top of that.
Since I enjoyed blogging so much about the recipes I was cooking, I decided to try joining the WoW blogging community, since they seemed so robust and pretty cool, based on what I'd seen on B3 and more. And the community IS as awesome as I thought! I love getting comments from others in the community, and being able to share my thoughts that coincide with their own--much like this.
So, the long-and-short? I love blogging, and I like the community, and I'm glad I started way back when with DJ and LJ.
