can blogs be addictive? i observed that in the past 6 hours, i could think of a dozen things to blog about. its great to have something so convenient to use and post online. and it serves as a great 'diary' to look back on - at least that is what i feel, having opened up my really sporadic entries in the past few years. i felt that i could recollect better memories from the time period of those diaries more so than experiences which i did not spend time writing about.

but how much do you need to post (or write in a diary) in order to really allow it to be something worth looking back upon / reflect in the future? and what type of experiences do you write down?

the whole process of recording something down on a blog/diary allows the person to recall and organise his/her experiences (OK i'm going to abandon political correctness now... i propose we write "hir" from now!). so not only does he get to spend some time reflecting over the experience shortly after it, but he also will have the fun of reading it again in the future and learning how stupid/bias/cool/great he was or charting how he matured over time.

there is also blogging in order to let other people read (and admire), so the content may be something different from that of a diary (maybe real feelings are not written down for example, or somethings moderated in order not to offend a particular person in the audience... depending on how revealing you are). people would also write to express an opinion (hmm, i don't think i have much of that, except when it comes to newspaper design!) which means it no longer is a ramble, but needs to have a high level of coherence and structure - laborious, i say.

some people just write random things down (like i probably intend to) while others use it as an online journal cataloguing what they've learnt from their experiences (which i might do) (oops, i don't mean to discount the value of the writing random things down!). anyway, i didn't intend this spiel to mean anything other than a recording down of my thoughts as i type.

have class tomorrow at 9:00 am. really happy that it is no longer 7:45 for the next two weeks, as we're taking a break from the industrial projects. some good work, but i think i should really end this entry, or i'll ramble on forever...