Arugula to Feminism

Dear Internet,

I have been a tenacious reader of your blogs and news sites. Hungrily gobbling up information from as many different sources as possible and sharing that information, and my opinion of it, with all who would, or would not as the case may be, listen. But not sharing this information through the internet; never have I been one who blogs.

When I was in college in the mid-nineties I had a friend who was a communications major at UCLA. One day in her sunny dorm room I came upon her furiously typing at her desktop, the keys click click clicking away.

"Term paper?" I asked her with an empathetic frown.

"No, I'm journaling. You should see this, it's called weblogging. Look I've even mentioned you a few times."

I peered over her shoulder and sure enough there was my name and with it everything the two of us had did the day before last.

"So, uh who sees this?" I asked, feeling butterflies in my stomach.

"Whoever finds it." She stated matter-of-factly as she continued to type.

I swore to myself then and there that I did not have a taste for weblogging. And as "blogging" became more and more popular, I congratulated myself on my restraint.

That is until I started reading good blogs, even excellent blogs. Blogs that actually made me think, made me laugh. Blogs that didn't have a million spelling mistakes. Come on people the spell check button is right there! These blogs were making headlines. These people were actually having an effect on society!

My favorite blogs are about food, politics, books, art and music; socio-cultural blogs that discuss everything from arugula to feminism. Reading these blogs made me want to express my own thoughts on these subjects and going to graduate school made me want to learn how to be better at expressing my thoughts on these subjects.

So here I am a lover of all things media related, with a love/hate relationship with technology, and a million thoughts and ideas. Here I am, a former media coordinator for a major political party in Europe, who wrote articles for the local newspaper in high school but was too afraid to major in English in college. Here I am, officially a blogger.