It's just after 11 p.m. and I'm trying to decide what to blog about for my first post. What is something in pop-culture that I can blog about? I know, blogging itself!

The Internet has become a huge part of our culture today and as a result we have blogging (also a large cultural innovation). Millions of people worldwide do it. And millions more read blogs. We blog about politics, television, movies, our pets, parties that we go to on Saturday nights, our day-to-day lives, how much we hate our jobs or co-workers (people from the autobiographical writing class last semester may or may not recall a story of mine in which this was a part of the plot) and anything else, really. If you can imagine something, there's probably a blog about it somewhere.

Some people write huge blogs that are read by tons of people. Some people write blogs that are just read by a small group of friends and acquaintences. And others blog just for themselves.

Some writers blog to find jobs. Hell, maybe someday I'll end up doing that. Who knows? Maybe I'll use this blog to do that. I'll comment on society and where I think it's going. Or I'll write about politics. Or maybe I'll find a job by sending out clips, resumes and cover letters. Wow, I hope I don't end up blogging to find a job. That could take forever (there could be even less results than from traditional job-hunting for writers). What if no one ever discovers my blog (it's highly likely that they won't)?

Some people blog for fun. I do that with my other blog. I just ramble on about whatever is on my mind. I blog about things that excite me, things that worry me, deep inner thoughts, and anything else that I find worthy of sharing with my friends.

I actually haven't blogged in a while. I don't know how some people do it every day. I just do it when I feel like it, when I have time, or when I remember that my blog is still there and lonely because it hasn't been touched it in over a month.

I suppose it could be worse. It could be one of those trashy blogs about celebrity gossip or something else awful like that. But no, it's just where my thoughts go when I decide to write them down. It's not that interesting. It's just a place to record random thoughts, crazy memories and deep or weird questions for my readers. It's nice to have a place for that.

It's also great to have a place where people read my writing and I don't have to be all "academic" about it. I can use the first and second persons. I can use contractions. It's looser than writing for most of my classes or news articles for The Torch.

I think blogging is here to stay. People ranging from angry 11 year-olds to celebrities, to professional journalists do it. And anyone can start a blog. It's crazy how large a part of our culture did not exist just a few years ago.