Ever since I made the decision that I needed more than one blog, I've had a hard time determining exactly what purposes I'm trying to fulfill. My first blog was put up basically out of necessity -- I had things on my mind that I wanted to discuss with a public audience, so I chose the least time-consuming option of creating an account with Blogger. I later realized that I didn't really identify with the name of the blog anymore and decided to relocate it to MarshallSontag.com, as well as split it up to fit my two basic needs.
I needed a blog to document my daily experiences and thoughts, which became Marshall Sontag Live. I also needed a blog in which I could post more substantial essays for the more intellectually-inclined of my audience. But then, after my first post in this blog, I realized that my daily thoughts are substantial. At least the ones that I want to devote time to discussing in a written forum. Maybe if I didn't have a job or a girlfriend, I might make posts about what I had for lunch or what Jason did that pissed me off, but I've had to prioritize where I spend my time as it's in such short supply lately.
So I've come to this conclusion: Icks-nay on the Ifurcation-bay. I'm only going to have one forum in which I post everything that I deem important to spend my time discussing. It may be thought-provoking, it may be interesting, it may be humorous or it may be an angry rant about what Jason did to piss me off (OK, so maybe I can do that once in a while -- But then there will probably be another one later about why I shouldn't allow myself to develop negative feelings towards him.)
I'm not sure if I'll change my mind at some time in the future, but at least I have this book that Grant bought me for Christmas in February to help me get through it. And one more thing: For those of you that aren't very blogficient, you probably won't get the pun in the title of this entry. A blog roll is a list of other blogs that a person puts on their blog. You can learn more blogcabulary here.
Posted by Marshall at February 15, 2004 07:56 PM