first rant with a loose theme, if any…

Before I begin, let me say this isn’t my first blogging experience.
When I was 15(ish) I signed up for my very first blog on Deadjournal. I maintained the journal of “insanedruid” (yeah, yeah) consistently for about three years before the activity started to die down as people headed for Livejournal. I still kept my Deadjournal running, but eventually switched over to Livejournal where I have been trapped ever since.
That first account was amazing for me. I’ve always maintained some sort of journal for most of my life. Doing it online where I spent a lot of time anyway seemed to be a cool idea. It was also a lot easier and less tedious than handwriting things. (My tendency is to record events with painstaking detail). It was also interesting to have people comment or reflect on your thoughts if you wanted them to. When my Deadjournal eventually got exploded from inactivity, I realized how much of my highschool life had been recorded there….how many MSN conversations, events, meetings, endings, changes…I was very sad that a part of me had just been erased when I thought it would be something I could always look back on.
Later on down the line I was sort of glad to have all those memories exploded. Not because I disliked them but because sometimes it is a good idea to start fresh. Sometimes looking at your younger, more unsure self makes you feel awkward or stupid or just downright embarassed.
Today my feelings are mixed. I’m glad to be rid of some of the less-becoming aspects of my tween years, but I also wish I could look back on some of those key events and remember the little details that slipped my mind. Or even entire situations that have escaped me that at one point defined who I was. I find it interesting and even fun to track the progress of yourself and your loved ones through various accounts. It explains many of my passions, art, photography, journaling, news….all different ways of recording and re-telling things that are important.
Which leads into what I really wanted to talk about…
I believe journalists are journal keepers for the world. And we should look at our work as journaling in a way. I mean, the news is what is most important to us, what we need to know, and also a story of the day’s events. You want to tell it in a personable way so that people feel like they’re talking to a friend. So why not think of writing your news in the way you would write the days events in your journal? However, this could backfire if people lean towards the editorial side of re-telling, or the bias of a situation. But to be honest, yes, a journal is self serving. But generally you’re completely honest and tell many sides of a story (when you’re not completely enraged) because you don’t have anything to prove in your own journal. You’re just telling a story of important information.

Expect a more rant-ful entry next time,
Pensa.

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