  WHAT THE BLOG?! I was reading a new blog by a guy in Australia. He lives in Canberra, the Capitol as a matter of fact. When we were planning our trip down under a few years ago, our travel agent tried to talk us out of going to ACT. "No one ever goes there," she said. "But we want to and we're paying your salary.
Capiche? " She looked at me spitefully over her bifocals and said, "Kuh-peesh. " Two of my friends in our party worked in state government and the other friend was also very interested in politics. I was simply along for the ride because I got to see the Twelve Apostles off the coast outside of Melbourne. Once we arrived in Canberra, I enjoyed it tremendously. There are many great museums that I wished we had been able to see, but alas, we were only there for a day and a half.
I've been surfing around and trying to understand what attracts me to a blog. I like to click on the Home Page links when reading Halo Scan comments and check out other blogs. Some immediately capture my attention and others don't. I check back with some from time to time and occasionally grow into them. I'll most likely review the ones I have on my blog and and put some new ones up that I'd like to recommend. I like urlLink Belle De Jour because she sometimes writes about very common things in a fresh way.
I enjoyed her story about going to visit her friend's mother and and the ghosts of the children. I also like the way she ends some of her posts with a twist or foreshadowing of things to come. I like urlLink Sometimes Happy because you never know what Troy is going to write about and he has a pretty diverse group of readers commenting on his site. I usually find some interesting new blogs to read by clicking on that Home Page link under the Halo Scan comments. There is a vulnerability in his posts that I think any reader can relate to, but he holds back just enough to remain mysterious and you want to read more. I don't think it's manipulation.
I think it's what he is comfortable with for now. It's like every day is a perfect little pop song. I like urlLink Beastmomma urlLink Not Enough Drew In The Worl d was one of the first blogs that I found on my own. He has a Walter Mitty quality about his writing that makes me check in from time to time. His life has had some interesting ups and downs over the past few months and I've enjoyed watching him overcome it all. He has shared some of his playwriting on his blog, which is very good.
In fact, I must remember to e-mail him to let him know I found two short screenplays that take place in elevators that I wrote several years ago. It was for my screenwriters group. It's always an adventure to check in and see what personality he has taken on for today's adventure as I eat my morning yogurt. If you want to read about a night out with the scoobies, Drew's your man. urlLink To Blog Or Not To Blog has been a refreshing read over the past few days. First, it's nice to read about straight people at times.
I don't want to get stuck in a little, pink, gay ghetto. Mick, that's his name, rants about a lot of things: Easter; DVD catalogues; Kurt Cobain's suicide; lack of rain; and politics. Today he was even kind enough to explain to me why Primeminister John Howard is a wanker. He's also one of those rare people who can use the word fuck a lot in his writing and it doesn't seem out of place. If you want a change of pace, check out the family man from down under. What is it that makes us peek into the daily lives of other people?
It is the accessibility of other people across the country, the ocean or the globe? Do we actually begin caring about the well being of these people we have never met before? Are we stimulated by what captures their attention that day? Do we learn and grow from their own experiences expotentially? I don't know, but it's very addictive to pop over to see what spin Adam has put on the latest political development on urlLink The C-Blog or see if Marti is talking to cats again or uncovering a secret world of desktop items at urlLink Ramblings Of A Redhead . For now, I don't think I'm hurting myself or anyone else, so I'll continue to do it until I need glasses. 
