Blogging, itself.

Haha, I just really rarely seem to blog these days, do I. >_> Heh, sorry, considering that I get like almost 20 (non-unique, dang sitemeter limitations >_>) visits a day. >_> Oh well, sorry people XD

I've been looking at all our blogs recently. Has anyone noticed how much they've changed since last year (Or the start of this year, for people like Kev.) My blog started one day after my birthday, 1st Aug. Back then, the only people with blogs/LJs were Gid, Zhang, Mike, Eka, Jun Yi and maybe one or two others I don't remember. Take a look back through the archives. Gid's, Zhang's, Mike's, Jun Yi's, Kev's, Mine. Ever notice how much difference there is in content from the past year till now? Notice the huge difference in style? (Maybe not mine, I seemed to be rather long-winded since my blog's creation XD) People change over time, their thoughts change over time, their actions change over time, but all of that can only be kept as memories. The only thing material that they have, always changing over time as well, are their blogs.

Their layouts can change, their sitemeters reset, their links removed, their audience grown and departed, but what they have written, what their thoughts were, their chronicles, their feelings, that shall never change (Unless blogspot servers get shutdown and blogging goes out of business, >_>).

Blogs are like diaries, but also vastly different in ways as well. To some, it is a realm for one to speak their thoughts and feelings. To others, it is a congregation of gossip on the latest cool thing, the cute guy at the other end of the corridor or side of the road, the hot girl down the line of shops at Plaza Sing, or more. To another group, it is an area to venture, a cyberworld where you may do whatever you wish. And to another, it is a spotlight, a glamourous shine upon you, where all know the public you, the you that you always wanted to have the attention of all. To yet another group (A rather large one at that), it's lyrics heaven. >_> But to few, it is a treasured area, an inner circle, where few enter. It is a realm of discussion, of understanding, and ironically of peace in conflict.

The purpose of a blog has never been clear-cut, since after all it's your blog, not others. But I kinda wonder. Is it your blog if you only blog about what others want to see? No, right? That's a blog they want to see from you, ne?

A blog, to me, is similar to one's mark on the Cyberworld. Albeit a small one as compared to the mark made by those in popular forums. But a blog is different from other 'marks' in such a world. A blog has feelings. Hate, love, joy, indifference, ANGST >_<, and so on. It has your thoughts, and even at times your sublime messages.

Even if your feelings change, your blog is still there, is it not? The blog is something you created. It's an obligation of yours to continue it after it is created, right? Look now, and look back. This is what you've been writing all this time. Are you pleased with it? Do you look back with nostalgia, with hate, or with more angst?

Xi Min wrote this on his nick last time: Don't make a blog. It turns fools into angsty fools.

Does a person define a blog, or does a blog define a person? Some argue the former, some argue the latter. But truth is, both do, right? It's stupid to find out which affects which more.

Just as true, is that both change each other in various ways. Much like a pet, a friend or a hobby, no?

Ironic, isn't it? A person changes the blog, but over the course of time, the blog changes the person. And different kinds of blog resuts in different changes in the person (Angsty blogs for example can make a person feel better or worse). However, it's wrong to say that therefore a person is changing himself by force of will. Why? Because the reason why a blog can change a person is because the blog is not controlled by the person alone. That's the power of comments.

Amazing, isn't it? Just by commenting on another person's blog, you can change his perspectives on things, and make him change his mind and such. Be it flaming, enlightening, or even a simple "Hi, nice blog", a "Hey, cheer up, k?", a "Thanks." or even a "Hiya.", it still manages to change a person in such a way. Words are amazing, aren't they. Just a 'Hey', and the blogger is instantly proven that his blogs have not been in vain. People still remember him. He is not just a nobody blogging about himself in vain, for it wail not be seen by others. It makes his day, doesn't it? In ways the Sitemeter which says 20 visits a day cannot.

A blog is indeed quite an amazing thing, isn't it. Just like every other thing associated to a person: His friends, his pets, his hobbies, his sports, his games, his behaviour, his habits. Guess what? Now there's his blog. =)