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When I first started blogging almost 2 years ago, I thought it was exciting that I could make a contribution to the world.  Even if it was just my point of view in life.  I know when I first started reading blogs, I thought they were amazing in that you could connect to other people who could inspire you.  My first goal was just to basically write a journal of my views about life in general and share my thoughts.  In the process, I would hope to touch or inspire someone in some way.

I was excited if I got even 1 hit because that would mean someone at least one person visited my site and my words may have made a difference.  I tried to figure out how to get more readers so I signed up on the blogging social networks.  Most of them were very cool and some of the sites I still visit even today like Mybloglog, Blogburst and  Blogcatalog.  Other sites have actually fizzled out and no longer exist.  Those social networks have helped bring traffic to my site which is cool.  Amazingly enough the services are free and you actually can meet alot of people.  I have a penpal that I met online from Singapore  and both YC and I have become good friends.  Who would of thought you can connect to people you physically never meet.  Good thing too because I am not really a social type person.

I have thought about signing up for these new social networks like MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter but don’t feel like I have the energy to learn how they work and to maintain them.  I have created a few other sites to blog on and to be honest I find it difficult to blog on all of  them on  a regular basis.  It’s weird because I blog on here everyday sometimes multiple times a day, and yet I find myself lacking the motivation to post on the other ones everyday.  It isn’t for a lack of material or ideas either because I can blog on them everyday.  I think my problem is that I set the other sites up strictly for making money.  Unlike this site, I really just want to put my thoughts in writing about everything.

Looking back on my first posts, I can see my style of writing and thoughts have evolved.  I use to write about 5 different things in one post.  Now, I usually write posts on 1 specific topic. I think I can appreciate my old self and my new self.  I also see the difference in my attitude based on the topics I write about and how I express them.  Reading my old posts back then, I feel like I was more positive about life in general. Now reading my recent posts, I feel like I am just mad at the government, its stupidity, and its overall negative effect on the economy.

I think my blog sometimes lack balance for all the things I appreciate like music and movies.  Recently, I have been listening to this artist by the name of Corinne Bailey Rae who has such a wonderful voice. Here is a video of one of her songs on youtube.

Corinne Bailey Rae video

As far as movies go, I think I watch too many to blog about. The last 2 movies I watched yesterday were Valkyrie with Tom Cruise and Nothing But the Truth with Kate Beckinsale.  I enjoyed the first movie about Germany but really didn’t care for the second movie.

Thanks for visiting.