Keeps Us Both Alive

Day 7. So technically I'm supposed to be writing about Tumblr. From Tumblr. But I'm not. So...I guess how did I start blogging?

This is actually my second blog. Which I'm actually sure most of you that bother to read this know. I first started blogging when I left to study in St Petersburg, Russia. It was kind of an experiment, to see how it would go. I was kind of meh about it...forgot to post a lot (plus internet was expensive/harder to come by), and then I'd end up writing crazy long entries. I lasted like two months. So yay for me sticking it out on this one! So far. Haha. You can read my old blog here.

When I was getting ready to come out here, I decided to start writing again. Part of my decision was also affected by the fact that my [awesome] boyfriend was heading overseas for some time, and this would give me a chance to collect my thoughts and kind of record what was going on in my life. On top of the five billion emails I send him every day (seriously). I moved to Blogger from LiveJournal because I know a few other people on here, so it's easier for me to follow them. I miss a few things about LJ, like the little icons you can put up on posts (I had some sweet ones from Russia), and the little mood cat haha. Blogger's worked fine for me so far though.

I'm actually not sure what'd kept me writing on here. Part of it may be how isolated I feel, thousands of miles from all of my family and friends (not that this is necessarily written to/for them). I don't really have any outlet over here, so I turn to my blog. Sometimes I vent, sometimes I purge my emo, sometimes I ramble on about random crap like this.

I do like writing, though. It helps me kind of collect my thoughts, and seeing them written keeps them more organized. Writing here clears my head to focus more on my academic writing as well. Speaking of which...I've still got a bunch of writing to do tonight! Eck.

So yeah. I do recommend anyone who hasn't blogged before, just try it out. You may think "oh well my life's pretty boring...no one would want to read it...I wouldn't know what to write..." Fun little writing challenges like this can help that though, kind of getting your brain in gear. I think of mine like kind of like a diary. Censored, because anyone can read it, but it can be useful in a lot of the same ways. Or you can have a blog that's more of an in-depth twitter, or even beer reviews (aka a legitimation of certain drinking habits haha). You can do whatever you want, and that's kind of the beauty of it.

Anyways, I should actually go be productive for a while.