Blogging...Why do it???

A friend recently discussed blogging and bloggers, she is not aware that I have a blog; so I was giving an uninformed opinion as far as she knew. Her ultimate question was that if a blog is a web log, vis a vis , an online diary of sorts...Is it not a form of exhibitionism to publish it on line for all and sundry to read, capture, reprint, comment on and discuss.???? Her view of bloggers where that they had "issues" and needed to "see someone" as they were "putting themselves out there as if naked". I held my wrath and told her that some times it helped to "put it out there " in a quasi anonymous way and it was sometimes a form of venting and other times a way to glean opinion and feed back on matters which you may be stuck on. She still saw it as an form of "getting your 15 minutes of fame" in an easy way....Commenting on as many other blogs as possible, blogging about inane subjects no one cares about as much as possible, blogrolling, listing in blog circles, etc. So as to get your blog listed in Google or other search engine.

I now pose the question to my self, WHY BLOG???I know people look at my blog as I see the listings on my site meter, some do not stay and if I search details I find some obscure reference which has naught to do with their search, no one comments much but perhaps they read what I say and I say it all ( LMAO) so there is nothing left for them to say. I think, I continue, as it has helped me vent so many feelings and such anger that I keep doing it so I do not lose the strength that has gone into putting my feelings "out there"...Also so my blog does not become an obscurity. I really care little who reads and who doesn't, but it is nice to see a comment occasionally:) I see it an an avenue for public comment ( of which I do much) I was bought up to be outspoken and to speak my mind if I did not agree with something. The way to be heard is to speak up and the way to be seen is to stand up...Is an adage my mother always told to me.

I may have pissed some people off with my posts...Well, it runs two ways, maybe someone has pissed me off. I may not have the same views as mainstream people, but I never claimed to be a conformist. And I may just be boring to some...Bad luck, don't read it then!!! I guess in a way , the discussion opened up ,in my mind, a question I had never thought about before. Why do I sit down at the PC most days and create an entry that is equivalent to tearing open my heart at times and at other times like a storm at sea???

I have to think on this...............