I Can't Believe I'm Blogging

Hello world! I am Mark Skrzypczak and through this Blog you will probably learn a little too much about me. A friend of mine told me I should start Blogging. Being a writer, it would only seem natural that I would be Blogging?  I am not much of a fan of the idea but I cannot for the life of me figure out why I resisted. Maybe, it's my educational background (journalism) or the love of word play (poetry) that wrestle with the idea of resisting Blogging. Maybe this take isn't original for this necessary evil but here it goes . . .

First off, I can't stand the term Blog. It's an ugly word, sounds like a taking a crap instead of technological media. Everyone craps so why not Blog!? It seems equally as contagious.

I turn on the television news and every time politics is mentioned it's followed by Blog or Bloggers; (I told you the word is contagious). People with an axes to grind find a way to weasel their way onto the news by blasting their opinion. I have to admit, sometimes this media has a voice that needs to be listened to but for the most part it's fanatics that makes it outrageous. We live an age where media is incredibly biased resorting to drive by journalism and we have to watch multiple outlets to piece the actual news together. Political Bloggers just seem to pollute it even more forcing us to filter out even more garbage to get to the substance. Then again people don't like to filter anything. Probably explains why so many people watch FOX News and are terrified of everything.

I read a column the other day, by Mark DiIonno, in the Newark Starledger about Blogs; I couldn't agree with him more. He opened the article about how one of his readers got his newspaper column mixed up with a Blog. Column writing is becoming a lost art in this age. Anyways, he then mentions about how people are constantly wired talking about their boring lives. I think the lack of creativity is what turns me off from personal Blogs. I don't need to know shopping lists and daily routines posted in repeat. Sometimes that monotony is why I write poetry. Life is poetry. I want to give flesh to things that are simple and simplify things that are complex. The challenge to find the write words to express is way more interesting than anything I could read in any Blog.

Alright, enough with this rant hating on Blogging. It's bad enough that I am doing this! I might force myself to enjoy Blogging, like it's an acquired taste. Journaling was a challenge for me but the entries did get better over time. I'm on here so you can revel in my genius or laugh at my stupidity!