I’m talking about Blogger Bingo! See that little graphic over there on the left? That is the badge that all the bingo players are flashing on their blogs. Awesome Mel has come up with another fun and exciting way to connect us. I am totally guilty of just reading from my reader and not getting to know other blogs as well as I once did. And now thanks to Bingo I am “meeting” so many blogs!
So how are you guys playing? I start the morning by asking Mother to shout out a number between 1 and 99. Then I check to see what the Bingo of the day is, get a cup of coffee and click on the blog that corresponds with that number.
Sometimes I have to get another number. This happened many times today as the first blog I selected only had “updates” with beta news. And honestly there was no way in hell that I was going to be all, “Hey! Bingo on your beta!” But I read through several months and will come back to her. The next blog I tried wasn’t around long enough to qualify for the “before July, 2009″ bit. Ditto for the next blog! And the next. And the next. (wow- so many NEW blogs!!)
So if you play- what is your method? Just curious. Nosy. All up in your business.
Speaking of new blogs (well not really, but now we are)- I was just curious about your desire to create a blog. Personally I started one because people I had become friends with on a message board had blogs and I loved reading their stories and so this desire to share beyond the message boards got to me. I started on blogger- even had the navy polkadot theme! Then I needed to move because someone I didn’t really want to read me was reading me. So I moved to wordpress. And then I wanted to DO more and decided to go all dot com with my bad self.
I try to blog at least every other day. Not because I think I have interesting things to say, but because if I start skipping days then it can become hard to dive back in. I totally use this space as a safe place for myself but also as a way to be a part of a larger community. I always like to feel connected.
So why did you start your blog? And if you don’t have a blog do you ever wish you did? And if you are a new blogger let me know so I can say hi.
(& holy shit- THANK YOU for all of the amazing food blog links you shared! I am so inspired. And in case any of you were wondering- my batch of cold brew is so good. The bitter aspect of coffee is my least favorite and I love that brewing without heat has made coffee smoother. mmmmmmm. Good thing I made 4 cups of it as I have been up since 4:43…)
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I have had a blog for about 5 + years over at Live Journal. I started it as cheap therapy. I left the father of my children (and my hubby of then 27 years). I blogged to keep my sanity of going to threw leaving him and dealing with 3 teenage children who thought I was insane.
BTW- my hubby wont give me divorce even though it has been over 8 years that I have moved out. I now live with my B/F and he (kinda EX) with his G/F. yeah.. can you say F*cked up?
I also have a sexual adventure blog over there also.
My blogspot blog is just to put photos up for my friends and family to view.
arent you sorry you opened THAT can of worms? LOL
I blog because I need to keep track of whats going on with DS.
I’m playing and I am surprised by how enjoyable it is! I’m just click on a blog at random though. Not sure if its the best method though.
I have two blogs. One is anonymous (this one) and another is one I’ve maintained for years that family/friends read. Each time its been to express myself and to use my writing. I love to write and so blogging is a natural outlet for that desire.
I want to switch to my own dot com but I’m totally computer illiterate. Kudos to you!
I had a blog about 3 years ago but was unable to keep up with it. Then blogger shut it down and i couldn’t get back into it to edit it. I toy with the idea of starting a blog again as I did enjoy it – but I never either find the time or make the time. Plus I never know if I should ‘cross the line’ – there are things about my husband and his family I would love to talk about, but I fear being ‘found out’. Not bad things, mind you, just things about his mental health and how his family doesn’t understand it nor does he. Anyway. I love to read blogs at least because it makes me feel like there are more ‘real’ people out there – i think this is why I don’t watch a lot of TV anymore (oh, and the 4 year old and full time job that take up most of my time). So thanks for blogging. Some day I’ll start a blog and I’ll let you know.
My husband saw me devouring blogs on Surrogacy and IVF so he made me my blog for Valentine’s Day this past Feb. He knew I’d never make a blog of my own because I couldn’t imagine anyone actually giving 2 craps about what I had to say. He knew if it was just sitting there already made that I wouldn’t be able to resist lmao.
I blog because of the community aspect of it. If I didn’t have my blog friends, I’d have NO friends. And that would be sad and pathetic.
I didn’t do blogger bingo this time because I didn’t think I had time. I know, I suck. Maybe next time.
I am playing! I saw the graphic on your blog and thought it looked interesting. I am so out of my element. I didn’t realize it was an ALI thing. I never should have signed up. Oh well. I always like to find new blogs and it is so hard with the google reader since there aren’t side bars to click around on when I’m bored.
I started blogging in 2001 when I moved to Sweden. I was making posts about my life on my main message board, but some of the Swedes were getting really pissed with me b/c they didn’t like my view of their country so I thought I should move it to somewhere private. First, I tried to just make my own blog type thing that I updated with the html and everything myself. After a few weeks I had the brilliant idea to look up “online diary software” and ended up at diary-x. Sadly, those early posts are long gone–very sadly, since those were by far my most interesting posts! It just kind of took off from there.
I’d thought about it for a long while after I’d read a friend of mine’s blog. She’s an amazing writer and I’d hoped I could put into words the little and big adventures of life. But I was a little fearful and prorastinated for a few years. Last summer I stumbled on blogspot and went through the pages to start one up. And ta-da! It was started. I’m still learning on how to design a better blog. I’ve found it hard to search to find other blogs that I might find a connection with. Mostly I find new blogs by stumbling on friends that blog or just by accident. Mostly I wanted to have a blog to have a place to collect memories of the amazing things that happen while experiencing mothering the most amazing boy I’d ever met. I wish I had the writing skills of the blog owners that make me laugh and think. But if I put that much time and effort into each post, I’d never hit “publish”. I love the new community I’ve found. These are amazing women. (Seems like more women than men blog, to me).
Until just now, I didn’t even know you could start a blog outside of the way I did. No wonder they all look so different! I have a lot to learn yet…
I started my blog when I was going through secondary IF and I needed a place to vent, get support, etc. I originally had one of the blah blogger templates and, then I discovered the multitudes of templates available on other sites for blogger. Finally, I got sick of the template I had and found instructions to modify a blogger template and that’s how I got what I have now.
ive had a private blog since 2006. But ive been following you a few other gosh for a long while now
I just made the 365 one when you started the idea
and then I started Google reader to keep up to date with everyone.
gotta admit my 365 has evolved a lot and its a mish-mash of everything. Just my painting board so to speak to make all forms of words
Hugs!!
My blog was a personal, private diary until I had all my breastfeeding problems and went public with it as a way to share what I’d been learning about low supply and pumping exclusively, and since then it’s become a great way to connect with a community and do some writing.
My method.. basically I go down the list one by one. But as I feel it’s not fair for the blogs at the bottom, I start 2/3 down the list, then go to the middle third and lastly approach the top third.
But then today I too had a hard time finding blogs with updates [and the one I did find - didn't feel comfortable commenting], so I “cheated” and went for a blog I was sure had updates, and that, my dear, would be you! [your mother's update on W's birth] (sheesh.. guess now I can’t use you for the coffee category or the ‘why blog’ one. LOL)
And as for the question of why do I blog.. well it began with a future perspective, letting the 70 year old me have a peek at my life in the past, and more so giving my child a chance to know me. I know I am denying my future child the basic right to know who his (or her..) dad is (anonymous donor), to know anything about him beyond the few superficial details (colours; height; ethnicity; etc), so I kind of feel like I need to compensate and give my child a chance to view me for real, in depth. BUT I am not saying that all that I write will be revealed to child, or even if any, just that s/he are always on my mind when I write.
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And a bigger BUT will be to say that beyond that, today I blog a lot because I really enjoy the community aspect of it. Here I am in Israel reading a blogger’s thoughts from Florida, and then another blogger from California, and yet a third from Egypt.. and we all have IF in common (whatever stage we are in), it’s nice this feeling of belonging. And of course there are those days when you just need a place to vent
Oh and I am so much enjoying the game!
Ok soooo… I wish I had a blog (although I guess I technically do have one, I just never post there). I have started at least four blogs and kept up with each for a period of time, but I don’t know if I feel comfortable sharing anything really *interesting* and I tend to be opinionated, so I end up ranting about politics or whatever, and holding back on the interesting personal details. You know what I mean? Plus my day job is a writer in a public field, and I worry about conflict of interest, whether work people would find my blog, etc. Your post yesterday inspired me to start a food blog, since I love to cook, but I sat for an hour trying to think of a clever name, then I gave up! So that is my blogging story.
I started blogging because I had been reading blogs since being home on maternity leave with my son (3 1/2 years ago) and I have always loved to write. The Ex wasn’t particularly keen on my sharing our lives with randoms on the internet so she frowned upon the concept. Then we broke up. And I was feeling all rebellious and shit and knew I was going to try and have another baby all on my own. I started looking for lesbian single mother blogs and literally found NONE. So I thought I should start the revolution. Over a year later I still haven’t found any other lesbian single mother blogs (although like your post talks about I tend to stick to my google reader…must try that bingo thing…) but found I love my blog. And I plan on getting it made into a book to give to my children when they get old enough so they can read about how they were brought into this world and their early childhood. Hope they love reading it as much as I love writing it.
I started blogging when I was trying to decide between adoption and insemination…now that my life has had a million curveballs thrown at me I don’t blog nearly as often as I used to, mainly because it used to be a nice place where I could vent. None of my “real life” friends or family know that I blog, so I never have to worry about hurting someone’s feelings. Sometimes I get emails from strangers about how depressing I am..LOL..really I’m not that depressing! I just tend to write about things that make me sad or pissed off. I hope that I can set my life straight and start on the trying to conceive train again, then I’ll blog more often