I’ve been memed, which obliges me to list five reasons why I started blogging. I hope I can come up with answers as articulate as Peoria Illinoisan has, but I get the feeling I won’t. Here goes.

1.) When I very, very first started blogging over on Journalscape, I didn’t really expect anything to come of it. I generally only added entries when I was really, really drunk, and most of them were either really depressing or extremely angry. The rest were song lyrics. I’ve gone back and looked at some of the things I wrote, and it scares me to think I was ever that down on myself and hateful. I’ve changed a lot over the last few years, and I think a lot of it has to do with growing up. Realizing life’s too short to be pissed off and feel sorry for yourself all the time is an important landmark in life. I think my blogging provides me an important reminder of that fact.

2.) A lot of really, really funny things happen around me. Having a record of the situations and stories that made me laugh is a good thing. Once I get around to posting the Summer Camp shenanigans, I’ll be able to laugh at them for a very long time. NOT IN THE TENT!!!!

3.) I’ve been told that my blog makes other people laugh. The laughter of others is more important than my own, even if it is occasionally at my expense. I don’t know if 2 and 3 should be together or not. I think not.

4.) I want to be one of the cool kids. I started smoking, drinking, driving fast, joined an emo band, and blogging all at the same time.

5.) I felt like I had something to say, but no real way to say it. Sure, I could keep notebook after notebook full of my aimless rants, but I can type a lot faster than I can write. Many times my brain will be going so fast, by the time the pen catches up I’ll have forgotten what I was going to say.

I don’t really know who’s left to tag, so I’ll leave that part out.