Blogging for fun and sport

Reading other blogs has become an interesting pastime for me. I recently read a few entries off a blog that I found through the recommendation of an acquaintance of mine. One thing that I noticed was that he writes in the manner in which I would like to write, if I were simply writing for myself: his writing is candid, like a photograph in time, unposed, and yet full of life.


Maybe I do write that way and it is simply that the subject matter is kept closer to the vest. The fellow whose blog I was reading lays out some details that I might conceal. Is that due to my consideration of my audience, those whom I know already a re reading what I write? Do I automatically censor myself because I don’t want some people to know all the details that I might reveal to others in a more private setting? Is that acceptable? And can I do that while at the same time keep my material fresh, interesting, and engaging?

Some of my blog-buddies are quite good at keeping their blogs interesting though somewhat impersonal. There are others who are almost so personal that I am almost embarrassed to read them, for fear of being too much into their private thoughts. The world of blogging is so interesting in that respect. I have made friends (or so it seems) with some people with whom I am personally unacquainted simply because they are friends with bloggers that I do know. I am even branching beyond those bloggers to acquaint myself with others via cyberspace with bloggers who are friends of my new blogger buddies. The world-wide web is exactly that, and it seems that we are all so very intertwined that one can hardly make a friend without later finding out that they are already related somehow in cyberspace. Crazy world in which we live.