Blogging

I thought, as everyone else has broken with tradition today i would too. Everyone seems to be really happy today, all the posts are positive, its a refreshing change and i too felt it at school today, although i was incredibly tired, unusually, this didn't get me down (they must have put something in the water). So, as i said to reflect everyone's happy mood today's post will not be problem orientated, deep, meaningful, self-obsessed (ok i lie about the last bit). There is lots of talk about blogs, writing something interesting in them, being self-obsessed, being mean to others, being depressed and i thought, as no-one else has done so so far i would set out my stall. Here is my opinion of what a true blog should be:
Ok, got off to a bit of a false start there, to begin with i must describe what a blog isn't:
A blog, first of all, is not a diary of any kind. It is not somewhere to write about events that have happened, or that are going to occur, it is not the sort of diary you find under someone's pillow with a padlock on for the simple reason a blog is not private. It is not a chance to spill all the emotional hurt you have suffered out onto the world as you are unable to kepp it bottled up.
A blog is not a place to offend anyone, to criticise others or to revel in self-pity.
These are all things which, in my opinion, a blog is not.
A blog gives people a unique chance to express themselves to others without awkward face to face conversation, without those thunderous silences. It is a place to put down on paper (virtual paper) the thoughts which are going round in your head at the very moment you happen to be typing. it need not be particularly organised, structured or thought through as often what is described isn't. A blog is an oppurtunity to invite people into your psyche in the hope of better explaining yourself to them, but also and more importantly so, to yourself.
This is the primary reason why blogs are so often self-obsessed and in my opinion there is no problem with this. A blog is about the author, is for the author and is occasionally read by other poeple. However, a good blog should not be entirely introspective, if you can reflect your feelings and thoughts in the world around you, recent events, situations you and some of the readers have shared this will make it all the more powerful. This can be through description of the readers, by song lyrics, metaphors or by simply hoping that someone gets it.
Many people ask when they first begin, i know i did, what should i put in my blog, and here i have the answer, follow this advice and you will not regret it: put in whatever you want, or better still if you don't know what you want to write, put that down, you will find yourself sidetracked and will end up ranting, or gushing emotion, or bitterness or thanks and you will find that in writing like this, you might better understand that little problem you had at the back of your mind.
Blogs don't have to be happy thoughts or memories but it does make a nice change to see that people are happy :)

honestly, i warn you, its back to usual next time, i have a whole list of post titles in the same vein so wath out for more miserable, problems and faults with the world:)