So Here We Go

What am I doing? I should never be given power to express myself via a blog. That is just insane. First of all, I posses the writing skills of  grade 9 student. This is probably due the fact that reading is not exactly part of my everyday activities. I once spent a whole month reading “The Great Gatsby” for my grade 11 English class. Afterwards, I was not exactly aware of what was going on in the book. All I know is that Gatsby throws the 'dopest' parties. It is not that I hate reading, I just believe my attention span can not handle it. Ah our generation is splendid, don't you think?
    Second of all I detest blogs. People just use for an excuse to criticize other things. They would rant on about nonsense and they believe they are getting a point across. This results in a following, religiously following the words of this 'blogger'. I came across an interesting site called http://www.ihatethis.org/, you should check it out. It is basically a website where people can go and write a blog about the things they hate. Everything from certain types of music, different brands and even politicians. Half the time they do even have an educated answer, it is just “because”. However I believe an academic blog will be different. It will be more sophisticated, have better arguments and in the long run make society a little more aware and a little bit smarter. well at least my blog will do this. I am ready to take on the challenge.
    Making a blog is honestly one of the easiest things you can do. Which probably explains why everyone already has one. All this involved was Googling the phrase “make a blog” and I choose the first option that popped up. Boy do I love advances in technology! I set up my own free account, choose a hilarious and creative title (yeah right) and choose basic settings to what would become the basis of my blog.
    McLuhan basis of the rear view mirror seem to be the purpose of me blogging.  “He felt people subscribed to a "rear-view mirror" understanding of their environment, a mode of thinking in which they did not foresee the arrival of a new social milieu until it was already in place. Instead of "looking ahead" society tends to cling to the past.” [1] My role as this “public figure”  is to make people more aware of their surroundings and get them to think, to this metaphoric car in drive. But in order to do this, I am going to have to treat this like this is my own PRIVATE diary and pretend like no one is reading. That is the only way I am going to be able to break out my hardened shell and take on the public world. Realistically I know people will be reading this, and judging and I accept this and it is overwhelming. So piece by piece I break this metaphoric shell and I will take on this world, one blog at a time. So once again I ask, what am i doing?

                                 This is me pondering the fact that you are reading my thought!

Work Cited
[1] “The Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan.” Heim.ifi.uio.no. Playboy, Mar. 1969. Web. 07 Oct. 2009. .