To Kansas, wherever we may find it.

[haverhal]

If you have access to the internet, and if you’re on this site, you must, then perhaps you have noticed the rash of online journals popping up all over the World Wide Web. These are web logs, or blogs

Comments

[mazzo]

I totally forgot about or generation is so laconic and reserved (at least when talking to parents) about personal matters and like how you brought up the point that they will openly post whatever they want on the internet (which could potentially be accesed by parents)...that's a scary thought our parents reading our blogs! oh me oh my.

I think from a psychological stand point the blog offeres the potential for comiseration and identification among others and since most kids at our age are seeking to a degree some type of meaningful relationship with others (check out myspace or other pseudo internet hook up sites.....um facebook???) the blog can provide attachment that is pretty impossible from just a paper journal.

MC Matt da Brat 2125 aka Slick Charles NE of Compton

[haverhal]

"since most kids at our age are seeking to a degree some type of meaningful relationship with others (check out myspace or other pseudo internet hook up sites.....um facebook???) the blog can provide attachment that is pretty impossible from just a paper journal."

That's a really good point! I think we should spend half a class talking about facebook, and what that says about us...

[theblogofchar]

I've had a weird relationship with my parents. I've always been really open about my personal life with parents - probably because it's really apparent when I'm having a good or bad day. Anyways, I think the blog adds a whole other dimension to letting things out. Once the things you say are out, they are out... FOR EVERYONE TO SEE! Not on some private piece of paper. I definitely agree with you when you say that it provides a sort of therapy that offline journals can't provide.

P.S: Mazzo, agreed too.

[vespertinegreen]

The point about how our generation will barely speak of our lives to our parents, yet are willing to expose it all through such a public medium as a blog is something very interesting which I'd never considered. That is pretty strange. I suppose young people feel they have more of a support group, that is, people with which they can realte to better, through blog communitites.
I also agree with you about perferring the more persoanl blogs over the political ones. I just find it more interesting to read about someone's life than something (as you said) I could just read in a newspaper.
I thought it was cool how you wrote you were hoping ot learn about what blogs say about our culture and our generation's role in it, because I am interested in this as well. Hopefully through this class, especially the way a lot of it is conducted over livejournal, we will be able to explore different perspectives on this.
Excellent post!
--Anna

[infinitestrings]

The point about how our generation will barely speak of our lives to our parents, yet are willing to expose it all through such a public medium as a blog is something very interesting which I'd never considered. That is pretty strange. I suppose young people feel they have more of a support group, that is, people with which they can realte to better, through blog communitites.

It really is interesting. I mean, one thing people don't tend to think about is that if anyone can find your blog, your parents can too.

Political blogs are interesting and whatnot...but only to a point. The ones I've found are all either dreadfully dull and mechanical, or screaming whining and complaining. They're really all the same.

I love the open-letter format you used.