I’m excited because this weekend 14yo “Lana” will be hanging out with me! I was able to introduce her to the wide world of blogging last weekend, so maybe I can convince her to help me write a post!
1. Where are you blogging right now? At my desk.
2. How many unpublished posts do you have in your ‘draft’ box? 10 (actually 11, because this one’s now a draft!). A few our random drafts of already published posts. One’s a completely finished but unneeded post I wrote last year about why I don’t want to go contra dancing, but I’ll go because I promised (my friends cancelled and never rescheduled, whew!). One’s a poorly written post about my pajamas. Two others are half-thought-out posts about a two-year-old Facebook forward and my multitude of interests.
3. Whose blog inspired you to start your own? Good question. Since I started out pre-blog as a Xanga, I’m sure I got started from reading a friend’s or too. It may have been Dana (my college roommate) that led me to jump off the cliff.
4. When do you usually publish your posts? Since most are pre-written (including this one…I’m writing it Friday noonish), I usually set them to publish at midnight and change (the change is whatever WordPress pre-populates as the minute I started writing the post). If it’s posted later in the day, chances are it’s completely fresh.
5. In your guesstimation, how many blogs do you read? I’d guess 180-200. Checking…Google Reader says 194. That includes those that I’m “checking out,” so the number is always changing.
6. How long have you been blogging for? 3 years, 1 month, and 1 day as of the date of this post.
7. Why did you start blogging? I thought it would be a great way to keep up with friends from college, but that hasn’t turned out so much. I’m glad I did it, though!
8. Why do you keep blogging? I love writing, thinking through controversial issues, connecting with others with different walks of life, and making people laugh.
9. If you could only recommend one blog to a friend, which one would it be? I feel like I’m always hyping her blog, so this is obv: Jen, the Dust Bunny Hostage. If you’re not reading her, you’re DEFINITELY missing out.
10. If the internet was “turned off” for one month, what you you do with all the time you used to spend blogging? I’d probably be bored! If I knew it was just for a month, I’d spend gobs of additional time reading. I probably could read 20 books that month!
HT: Carrie
Awesome.
If the Internet turned off I’d be SO lost.
I imagine my house would be cleaner though.
Great interview! I will be sure to check out that blog and also check out Lana’s blog as well :)
If my internet was off for a month I’d also probably, finally get through my stack of “to read’s” :)
I am with you, if I lose my internet connection for even a few hours I start going mad. It’s my lifeline.
@Amber and Jacki: I think I could handle the lack of Internet at home and get through a stack of great books. But at work? I don’t know how I’d do that!
@Sleepy Jane: Exactly!
I hope to one day get to the point you are… a blogger prepared with drafts! Most of mine are on the fly! lol
Enjoy your weekend with Lana!!!!
I have a whole mess of unpublished posts that will probably never see the light of day, but sometimes I will go back and cannibalize sections for something I am working on. And no internet for a month sounds awful! Although, like you, I would probably read 20 books. Actually, that wouldn’t be so bad now that I think about it.
Blogging has become such a habit and a release for me that I think I’d be pretty upset if they took away my internet or my blog. Interesting answers. I always write posts on the fly – I never use drafts although sometimes I think about what I want to say beforehand – a draft in my head, if you will.
The very thought of the internet turning off for a month is terrifying!
I would cry with no internet for a whole month. Alot.
I’ve always wondered how many blogs other people read, but I was shocked!! I maybe read 10 to 15…total!