Why I blog

I've been meaning to write about a lot of things. A lot of very awesome blogging ideas have come and gone through my head because I just plum forgot to correspond the words to these black keys i'm touching now. This blog thing is still new to me and I haven't quite decided how I feel about it. I like the introspective aspect - the inner thoughts that get put down visually for anyone to see. What holds me back and makes me question is the raging popularity of blogging. I've always had this strong gravitational pull away from mainstream culture - things that would label me. For instance, hiking the beloved Y was like a diseased leper I shunned for 5 years. The sole purpose because its "every BYU student's experience." I did eventually hike the Y, but only because it was a stop on a trail that I was taking with a friend back behind the mountain. To this day I have never hiked that trail just to see the Y. I also have never seen Titanic. When it was all the rage I would close my eyes even when just walking through a room where it was playing. That room was always full of hormonal teenagers watching what they claimed to be the best movie ever made. It may have been worthy of all the awards, it may have been the best female character since Scarlett Ohara (doubtful) - but I couldn't make myself watch it. I didn't want to be in that group: Lovers of teenage drama. Blogging has this beehive-haired, ikea shopping, trendy stay-at-home-mom feel to me. I know it doesn't need to feel like that - i religiously read a few blogs of some friends that amaze me. One is by a friend from high school that lives in NY now and might be the farthest thing from the label i just described. There are plenty of people who blog - i can be whoever i want. And maybe i should work on not giving into stereotypes eh? I dont want to be put in them, and I'm sure no one else does. Wait, let me contradict myself....if i could be put in the chaco-wearing, eco-friendly, book loving, science nerd, church-going, adventure-seeking, avid hiker, road biking, kind hearted and accepting Oregonian category....i would be happy with that :)