HELLOOOO BLOGGER!
Stay with me while I tell you about
my journey through the blogosphere, a quest on a windy road toward
self-expression.
It all started ten months ago when my
parents urged me to start a blog. It was February break, and with time on my hands I decided it
was a good idea since I love to write and wanted to openly and creatively express
myself outside of school. I googled "blog
websites" and Blogger instantly popped up. I thought, "Wow, that was
easy," but I was innocent to the problems that would ensue.
As it turned out, Blogger wasn't even an option for me because
one, I did not have a Google account and did not see the necessity of one, and
two, complicated technical difficulties prevented me from even visiting the
website.
So I went for the next blog platform, blog.com. The name was straightforward and simple, leading me to believe that my experience using it would be too. I got all excited, thought of a unique name and spent hours meticulously going through the set-up process. However, this was all for nothing when after just five months on the website, I gave up due to constant and incredibly frustrating crashes of the server making it impossible for me, or others, to even access the site. So I packed up my posts, and like a single mother and her children, moved on in search of better Internet homes with more opportunities.
So I went for the next blog platform, blog.com. The name was straightforward and simple, leading me to believe that my experience using it would be too. I got all excited, thought of a unique name and spent hours meticulously going through the set-up process. However, this was all for nothing when after just five months on the website, I gave up due to constant and incredibly frustrating crashes of the server making it impossible for me, or others, to even access the site. So I packed up my posts, and like a single mother and her children, moved on in search of better Internet homes with more opportunities.
Tumblr was the next stop and I was really
hopeful that it would accommodate my aspirations and ambitions. My stay was,
again, very short because before long I figured out that Tumblr was more for
wannabe hipsters and attention-seeking teens (for which I am neither). Once again I decided it was best that I
relocate.
Finally we come to the present. I
spent 1 1/2 hours yesterday carefully resituating my babies (posts) and
assimilating myself into this new culture.
Now, will this stay be short-lived as
well? Will I have to sling my virtual rucksack over my shoulder and move on
again?
So far so good, so stay tuned folks because I have a lot
of hopes and dreams to share. To quote Orphan Annie as she entered the Warbucks
mansion, “I think I'm gonna like it here!"
More Posts Soon!
Amanda
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