Response to Andrew Sullivan's blog post

I visited these sites just because it was interesting (space has a smell, Michael Jackson’s glove sold for $48,400 and plumbing is now considered to be a fast-growing and a high paying job).

12:48 PM

Welcome to Facebook! | Facebook

Again, I went to Facebook just to see if anything new was going on.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

11:51 PM

Welcome to Facebook! | Facebook

Again, I went to Facebook just to see if anything new was going on.

11:10 PM

HP Home & Home Office Store — free shipping details

11:00 PM

HP® Official Store — Buy an HP Laser Mobile Mouse (FQ983AA#ABA) from HP

10:59 PM

HP® Official Store — Buy Mice and keyboards direct from HP

10:55 PM

HP® Official Store — Buy an HP USB 3-Button Optical Mouse (KY619AA#ABA) direct from HP

10:55 PM

HP® Official Store — Buy Computer accessories direct from HP

10:54 PM

HP® Official Store — Buy Gaming accessories direct from HP

I went to HP’s site to find a good mouse to buy.

10:53 PM

Gmail - Labor Day Sale - STARTS NOW! - elvisjoseph91@gmail.com

10:52 PM

Gmail: Email from Google

I checked my Gmail mail – lots of labor day sales!

10:16 PM

17-year-old American upsets Sharapova at US Open - Yahoo! News

10:16 PM

Yahoo!

10:15 PM

Demand for electricity sputters and bills may fall - Yahoo! News

I went to Yahoo to look at some interesting news (electricity bills may fall since demand is down and a 17 year old beats Sharapova at US Open.)

10:04 PM

Memory upgrades from Crucial.com - Determine My Memory Needs

10:03 PM

Masonic Home - Kentucky Weather Forecast on Yahoo! Weather

9:49 PM

Memory upgrades from Crucial.com - Determine My Memory Needs

9:43 PM

RAM Memory Upgrade: Dell, Mac, Apple, HP, Compaq. USB drives, flash cards, SSD at Crucial.com

9:37 PM

Memory upgrades from Crucial.com - Determine My Memory Needs

9:30 PM

Memory upgrades from Crucial.com - Determine My Memory Needs

9:26 PM

Memory upgrades from Crucial.com - Determine My Memory Needs

8:45 PM

Memory upgrades from Crucial.com - Determine My Memory Needs

I wanted a better RAM for my 10 year old PC so I went to this site to see how much my ancient PC can handle.

7:18 PM

Playstation 1 and Playstation 2 Compatibility

7:18 PM

Google

I went to this site to get some info about compatibility issues between PS1 and PS2. Just might buy a PS2 for the first time!

7:06 PM

What kind of ram does my computer use? - Yahoo! Answers

7:06 PM

yahoo answers what kind of RAM for my computer - Google Search

7:05 PM

New Computer Memory RAM Finder Tool Helps Consumers Find The Correct Memory for Computer Model

I wanted a better RAM for my 10 year old PC so I went to this site to see how much my ancient PC can handle.

5:22 PM

Age of Empires III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5:21 PM

Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5:20 PM

wikipedia age of empires 3 - Google Search

5:20 PM

wikipedia age of empires 4 - Google Search

5:19 PM

wikipedia age of empires 3 - Google Search

Excellent Games (Age of Empires)! I am thinking of getting the third one.

1:25 AM

Man who called 911 charged with mobile home deaths - Yahoo! News

1:23 AM

Study: A "properly" calibrated HDTV = cheaper energy bills : Ben Patterson : Yahoo! Tech

I browsed really fast threw some interesting Yahoo News (Calibrate your HDTV folks).

1:23 AM

University of Louisville: It's Happening Here.™

I checked my Uofl GroupWise Email.

1:20 AM

T-mobile vs at&t - Google Search

1:20 AM

T-Mobile vs. AT&T Wireless/Cingular - T-Mobile Talk - Mobiledia

1:20 AM

T-mobile vs att - Google Search

1:17 AM

T-Mobile vs ATT - Mac Forums

1:17 AM

T mobile vs ATT? - Yahoo! Answers

I’m thinking of getting an at&t service – seems to be somewhat better.

Friday, September 4, 2009

9:40 PM

Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

9:39 PM

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

9:33 PM

Age of Empires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

9:25 PM

Age of Empires III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

9:25 PM

Wikipedia

Read about some excellent Games (Age of Empires)! I am thinking of getting the third one.

8:18 PM

fabulous-freebies-2009.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

8:18 PM

Yahoo!

Browsed really fast through some Yahoo news (I like free stuff)

8:02 PM

Welcome to Facebook! | Facebook

Facebook is my life. Go through more of my internet log and you’ll see more of this coming up.

In Sullivan’s article “Why I Blog”, he gives many reasons for the value of blogging as a form of writing. He puts down both advantages and disadvantages of blogging clearly. Sullivan shows the negative side of blogging in detail. He writes, “No columnist or reporter or novelist will have his minute shifts or constant small contradictions exposed as mercilessly as a blogger’s are. A columnist can ignore or duck a subject less noticeably than a blogger committing thoughts to pixels several times a day.” He explains more of how every word of a blogger’s is dissected – even more than how an editor corrects a novel or a newspaper. Sullivan also talks about the negative side seen when bloggers publish posts that were done in a fit of rage and instantly regret doing something like that.

However, in spite of these and more negative aspects to blogging, Andrew Sullivan promotes blogging will all heart. He gives many reasons for doing so. He says that blogging a form of writing like no other. He emphasizes that blogging “is the spontaneous expression of instant thought” – something no edited newspaper or magazine can express. He says that blogging is “more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud”. Now, even though this written expression of thoughts and feelings lacks what a newspaper can give (a completely validated, objective view of events – something someone can trust as soon as they read it), Sullivan argues that blogging gives a reader something more – the instant feelings associated by the blogger (and any normal human) to specific events.

This is the crux of why Sullivan says he blogs. A blog can be extremely personal and yet give an accurate view of events – a view not seen in any other form of writing. For example, Sullivan writes, “On my blog, my readers and I experienced 9/11 together, in real time. I can look back and see not just how I responded to the event, but how I responded to it at 3:47 that afternoon. And at 9:46 that night. There is vividness to this immediacy that cannot be rivaled by print. The same goes for the 2000 recount, the Iraq War, the revelations of Abu Ghraib, the death of John Paul II, or any of the other history-making events of the past decade. There is simply no way to write about them in real time without revealing a huge amount about yourself. And the intimate bond this creates with readers is unlike the bond that the The Times, say, develops with its readers through the same events. Alone in front of a computer, at any moment, are two people: a blogger and a reader. The proximity is palpable, the moment human—whatever authority a blogger has is derived not from the institution he works for but from the humanness he conveys. This is writing with emotion not just under but always breaking through the surface. It renders a writer and a reader not just connected but linked in a visceral, personal way. The only term that really describes this is friendship. And it is a relatively new thing to write for thousands and thousands of friends.”

This is why Sullivan blogs. To receive and send personal and instant emotions and feelings along with events on a whim – without someone removing everything except the event – something that makes blogging a unique, revolutionary and great form of writing.

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