Blayne Sucks

I have finally started a blog. It’s a revolution I tell you! You can’t be ‘in’ or ‘cool’ unless you have a blog and now I have one. I’m not really sure what it’s going to be about yet and I really don’t like any of the default themes. I’m not even sure that I really like the theme I found over on alexking.org to replace the default.

My choice to create a blog was the result of a couple things. First, I have read a number of blogs off and on pretty consistantly for a while now and found them quite entertaining and informative. My college roomate, Alex, has had a blog for a while now. I also stumbled upon what I assume is a moderately well read blog by Robin which I have found pretty cool.

Secondly, I’ve found that I’ve had thoughts that I wanted to express on a relatively common basis, but very little recourse to do so in an effective way. (Translation: I wanted a giant soapbox to spout things from, but without the condescending attitude that phrase implies.) This is a little hard to explain. I suppose the best way is to just say that I tend to think about things a lot and wanted to record some of my thoughts on a daily basis. I have tried keeping journals in the past, but I tend to have a lot of trouble keeping up with them after a while.

I’m not really sure why my journals have failed in the past. I really enjoy handwritting styles and the feel of writing things. I particularly like writing with fountain pens. The feel is very different than a normal pen and I love the sense of tradition I have. My Dad kept a journal pretty much every day and I think it was almost entirely hand written with a fountain pen, so perhaps a lot of my feelings stem from this.

There’s plenty of studies that show there’s a ton of benefits to keeping a journal of some kind. I suppose I’m hopeful that the same can be said of a blog. Of course, that all requires that I’m able to actually post regularly. Regular entries in an online blog should be easier for me to do than entries in a journal since I spend a ton of time at my computer pretty much every day. Ok, that’s enough for today. I’ve been awake for, uh, quite a while. Time to get some sleep.