Why blog?

Why blog? Perhaps one would ask me:  Is it that you want to make money? Become a famous blogger? Follow a popular trend?  I think yes would be the answer if I have those in my mind but the truth is no.  I'd like the idea of making money writing blogs but it's not it.

I have my reasons of why I want to write a blog.  So why would I want to start a blog?  Hmm...Okay, for those who don't know or know slightly about me, I'm a pretty transparent person.  One can easily tell when I'm in a good mood or I'm annoyed.  One can even tell if I'm lying or just pretending to like, for instance, the dinner casserole being served on the table by the way I look at it.  Really, I am so poor at masking my truest feelings that people, especially those who barely know the real me, are offended.  It wouldn't surprise when the next time we meet I get a raised eyebrow with that I-don't-want-to-talk-with-you or stay-away-from-me look.   I try to be gracious and all that but I fail all the time.  So what's that got to do with blogging?  Well, I'm hoping that this could change things. I mean with having a space to expressly write what's on my mind may be that will help in a way.  I'll just say, "Control yourself.  Just do it on your blog the minute you get home."  :)

Have you ever experienced that awkward moment when you participate in a conversation by speaking up and then have everyone roll their eyeballs and not follow through with what you just said and then continue?  That has happened to me a lot of times.  It's embarrassing and it's really awkward.  I'm not the most intelligent person in the planet but I am also not the type of person who just talk about nonsensical stuff.  So I'm usually opinionated. Others may not like it but what can I do?  I'm just enjoying my rights of freedom of expression.  So to avoid those awkward moments, writing a blog is a good way of voicing out or venting my points of view.  If nobody reads it that's okay as long as I got it out of my system then I wouldn't have to deal with it.

Third, I have this tendency to talk all by myself.   Not when I'm in public, though.  That would be just really weird.  They'll probably call the mental asylum to pick me up in no time.  Really, I talk to myself all the time especially in my room and I like it.  It doesn't mean that I'm in a verge of insanity but rather it's thinking out loud to clear my mind.  Like this morning, I just found myself talking to myself.   I just felt like doing it.  So it got me thinking, that maybe I should start a blog so that whenever I found myself talking to my inner me then I can just type it all up.  You see, I have a very vivid and even a crazy imagination.  Sometimes I even pretend that I'm this character that I have formed in my  mind and make up scripts of what the character will say.  Most of the time, I can come up with interesting, intelligent, witty phrase to say, then I'd tell myself I'm going to write that.  But it never happened because I forgot all about it.  Anyway, that is also one of the reasons why I want to start a blog. 

There is no particular topic that I want to focus on when I write.  I just want a space where I can put into writing what I have in mind.  I think that this is like hitting two birds in one stone.  I express my ideas, improve my writing skills, and gain the confidence to write knowing that people might read it.  So, it's not just two birds but three birds in one stone.