I’m relatively new to the blogging community. I started writing here in the end of April, with a good amount of anonymity: my profile picture was a cartoon (it’s now my actual photo), and I chose a screen name nowhere close to my own name (by the way, my name’s Beth. Nice to meet you). But what doesn’t cease to amaze me is how important blogging has become in discussing politics, culture, and so on and so forth.

The first time I ever had heard about blogs was in my AP Government class my senior year (yeah…I know, I took a while there). My teacher showed us different political blogs, and how they were getting the information out there quicker than the news. We never got a chance to write a blog as part of a project, but we could use them as a source.

Now fast forward three years (it’s been that long already?): I have a weekly habit of checking craigslist for writing gigs, and a lot of them are for blogs (and nothing that pays…I’m going to end up eating ramen this summer). I’m now a contributor to the Feminist Review, which reviews books, CDs, products, etc…on a blog. I also do a lot of my news reading on different blogs, since I’m without a TV this summer, and the mail is a bit irregular (and it’s the previous tenants’ mail).

And then there are those blogs that are just for humor…has anyone ever seen Go Fug Yourself? It’s probably one of the most commonly seen pages when sitting in the computer lab at Trinity. That one and the Daily Puppy are my friends’ favorite; let’s just say when we’re looking at these, there is no work getting done…or anything in the near future.

Yet, there are still places that don’t have blogs. I’m trying to convince my office that the Women’s Commission needs a blog, and that more of us need to get on Campus Progress (gotta do the promo). Well, technically, the IRC has a blog, but I’m looking for an excuse to write more before I head back to school and start my editing duties again. I just hope I don’t get too addicted! (^-^)

~世界の革命