Why I blogged what I'm blogging

Wired Mesh makes a point here about 'this whole blogging deal' saying:

"I've been at a bit of an impasse lately with this whole blogging deal. I have no problem with the idea in general, I'm just not terribly happy with my own web presence. It's uneven, a miasma of links, short essays, and occasional flashes of self-revelation. I can't see how this serves a particularly coherent purpose. I mean, if you want daily updates about my life, Josiah has more information than I could ever compile. If you want fascinating links, the Rye-Dawg has you covered. Thus far, my great accomplishment in my venture into the blogosphere has been to become the number one persona non grata of Moscow, Idaho."

I'm concerned for my new friend. The experience of writing is sometimes cathartic, sometimes important, sometimes impressive, sometimes forgettable, sometimes heroic, sometimes encouraging, sometimes personal, sometimes public, etc.

Mesh concludes the search for blogging import by deciding to post bi-weekly in an effort to focus on things "beautiful and important. . . [and] worthy of celebration and discussion". While I think this is a dandy idea, I think it steps into a muddy mire of self importance (not to say mesh thinks higher of himself/herself than he/she ought).

Of course this is my opinion but blogging to me is an exercise in writing, in sharing, in communicating and connecting. It should include well thought out essays and social ruminations, but it shouldn't be limited to that. Blogging is coffee talk essassinations. It is recipes and highlights. It's popular and private. It's uniquely personal and at the same time unavoidable public. It's diaries and drivel.

My point is that as much as you try to forget there is an audience, you are always keenly aware that what you write is available to be read. This should be the accountability of the writing, but not the purpose of the writing. If you want only perfect social essays, buy the magazine and publish your ideas. But if you want to blog, blog day and night and night and day. Be limited not by the expectation of response or the guilt of poor sentence structure, but only by the time available to you in your day.

But that's me. Maybe I should have proof read before posting.