To blog or not to blog

When I think about blogs the first thing that crossed my mind is "Julie and Julia." What a nice project Julie attempted! Very ambitious and all that food. That was way back in 2002 when blogs started taking off. Fast forward to 2010 I do understand more of the attraction of blogs. The subscription concept was novel, the ability to voice your opinions and say whatever you want to some potential audiences out there was and is empowering. Basically everyone and anyone could be columnists in a newspaper, or at least getting close to being that. The format of blogging is also very nonrestrictive. You can blog as long or as short, with or without images, and attach links of all kinds. The existence of aggregators make it possible to subscribe to all sorts of blogs out there. This way is like how we subscribe to newspaper and magazines, except they reach us through the internet.
So far so good. Blogs seem to be the new way to communicate globally. Then the new social networking sites begin to blossom around 2004. We have the professional ones like linkedIn, the college ones like facebook (which eventually repositions itself to be for the general public). These sites group people together, and everyone and I do mean everyone has a facebook page now. But it's not really like blogs where you can write an essay like pages to make your point. It's really more like very very short notes. Then around 2006 twitter, the micro microblogging site serviced. You can only say things in 140 words! We are becoming less and less "wordy." I guess attention deficit disorder is becoming rampant to say the least.

Friday Podcast

I am going to post my very first Podcast as an exercise for my master's COIN63 class. Please click on the icon to listen to the music and my monologue. Have a fun summer.

Memorial Day

Finally we have a long weekend. I've been waiting for this since the beginning of the year. The weather has been cooperating too, these few days have been exceptionally nice and warm. I do not like to take walks when it's raining! I guess I have already established that I'm rather finicky in terms of cleanliness... We managed to take a drive too. Don't you like the wind in your hair?

Friday Dog Blogging

Of course it's all about DOGS not CATS. We actually like people. We don't treat you like dirt. Even in yoga we have the downward facing dog and what do they have? Cat stretch? So tired after all these yoga talk...

Jessie

I am Jessie, a miniature schnauzer who is going to be 3 years old in June 2010. I have a great shiny coat of salt and pepper curly hair. My distinctive furry muzzle really fits my German namesake. My eyelashes are out of this world. No mascara ever required. They are long, lush and ultra black. I am finicky and neat. I would not ever sit down on the dirt, on the pavement, on the grass and god forbid on concrete. What are all the other dogs thinking? Do they have any idea how dirty those surfaces could be? I rather be tired standing on my four lean and long legs. I love to be with people except for people in uniforms. I do not like skateboards or other harsh noise making vehicles. My life is pretty sweet. I sleep, I eat, I take walks four times a day, I play, I practice yoga and can do a perfect downward facing dog.