My Blog and Blogosphere Essay

Blogging is a completely new concept for me. I have written stories and poems before, but I’ve never had the freedom to write whatever I please on a consistent basis. Blogging gives you the freedom to explore your own creative ideas. Some blogs can follow certain guidelines, consistently following a certain concept or idea. However, for my blog I chose to write about whatever was on my mind. I wrote about life, my activities, politics, poems I had written, and even my vacation plans. My blog didn’t follow any guidelines, I just wrote mainly about what I felt or thought. Blogging gave me the freedom to explore myself, my life, and my passions.
My favorite post was about a friend of mine, Bill Kapoun, who passed away over a year ago. I wrote about what he meant to me, how he influenced me, and how he affected my idea of life. He was a brilliant man, who had a passion for travel. He lived life for the moment, and explored many aspects of life that others only dream about. No one I have ever met has influenced me as much as Bill. He was the one that fueled my passion for travel. When he passed away, I really began to review my life and how I wanted to live. I don’t want a normal, traditional life. I want to explore the world, see it through a different light. Every place on Earth has something unique to give us all. No person lives life the same way. We can all learn something from different cultures. There is no wrong way to live, it’s just that in order to live, you must follow your heart, live with no regrets and follow your passions. This particular blog allowed me to share with anyone who was interested in reading, how my friend viewed life.
The “blogosphere” is a great place to share your passions, activities, and life with everyone. I have never really enjoyed writing, especially when it has to follow a particular structure. Blogging gives people the freedom to write freely. I have learned that writing can be fun and influential. It doesn’t always have to be so serious. Through blogging you can learn many things about a person, that’s the beauty of it. By reading some of my classmates blogs, I learned many things about their personality. You can learn about people’s humor, their likes, dislikes, what pisses them off, what they are passionate about, and what they enjoy doing in their free time. Blogging has opened my eyes on writing. The “blogosphere” is a good place to write down your feelings, especially if you don’t feel comfortable talking about them. It’s a good way to meet people, and allow people to truly get to know yourself as a person.

Chopped and Screwed

The first time I ever heard "Chopped and Screwed" music was sometime in high school. At first I thought it was awful, the tempo is slow and lazy, I thought it was boring. Some friends of mine were really getting into it, especially the Houston, Texas scene. But it just wasn't for me I rarely ventured away from classic rock n' roll. When I would hang around these certain friends, they were always listening to it. My interest in it slowly began to raise. It was unique and so different. It was a completely different style then any other rap I had ever heard. These artists were bold and confident. Now I listen to chopped and screwed music everyday.

Sports

Opening day for baseball was several days ago. Basketball season is winding down, and for me it's sad. I love sports, but not particularly baseball. This is the one part of the year that bores me the most. Baseball will soon be the only major sport in action. Unless of course you watch Nascar, golf, or hockey, maybe? Baseball without a doubt is the most boring sport to watch on tv. I often will turn the games on just to fall asleep too. Don't get me wrong, I love going to baseball games and eating nachos, and peanuts. But as far as being America's "greatest pastime?" At one point it certainly was, maybe 50 years ago though. In my eyes the NFL, and football have become America's new, "greatest pastime." Every play in football is filled with action, big hits, great catches, smooth jukes. When you watch baseball, it could be one hour before someone even hits the ball. I like sports with high scoring action. Not a game that can be 1 to 0, like soccer, or hockey. Boring.

April Fools

Yesterday was April 1st, also known as Aril Fool's Day. Luckily, I didn't have any classes yesterday, and wasn't around many people. I've been sick all week, and would have been extremely pissed off if someone pulled a "funny" prank on me. Don't get me wrong, I think it's hilarious when people get tricked or fall for something. Just not yesterday, and especially not if it happens to me. You see, I am someone that can really get mean, I love picking on other people. However, I am also a hypocrite. I can dish all kinds of shit out, but if someone decides to dish it all out on me, I get pissed off. Last year on April 1st, I was going to school at IU. I was hanging out with a friend, and we decided to go cruise around. It was raining outside and had been for a while. We were driving around campus looking for giant rain puddles. When someone was walking by one of them, we would time it up right, and drench them by running over the puddle in the car. If this ever happened to me, I would probably try to chase the car down, and punch the window out. It's enough to ruin someone's day, maybe even their week. I thought it was hilarious.