Erma Bombeck Writing Competition - Winners
2008
Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
Honorable Mention
Humor - Global
Chad Hatfield
Selah, Washington
"To Blog or Not to Blog"
| I started blogging about six months ago, or should I say, blogging took over my life six months ago. When I started my blog, I never realized how many people it would affect, namely—me. I have to spend time posting things on the blog. Plus I had to create a whole slew of fake accounts to post comments. The whole process is very time consuming and has affected me greatly. I now have no time for exercising, reading my mail, or putting on a belt. Others were also affected. There were many people who asked me for favors that I forgot about because of all of this blogging. For example, Mrs. Wethers next door asked me to feed her bird while she was on vacation. That bird was the most affected of all by far. At times I feel guilty because I am taking up so much space on the Internet. Maybe I want too much. I am leading two lives, a virtual web life and a non-virtual webless real life, when some have no lives—like Mrs. Wethers’ cat. Yes, now that I think of it she asked me to feed her cat, not a bird. No matter now. This whole blogging thing has grown out of control. I write all kinds of things on my blog, but now whenever I look at it, all I see are red lines saying that I spelled something wrong. Or a green line saying fragment. Will I ever stop? I wouldn’t even know how to go about it. Do I need to get something signed by the Webmaster (cousin of wizard of Oz?)? Do I push one of those crazy buttons with a picture on it at the top of my keyboard? I have no idea what any of those are. I definitely do not want to push the wrong one and accidentally delete the World Wide Web, or even just the Internet. There are still some great blogs out there that are guiding the rising generation. Blogs that provide the courage to forego college and instead become American Idol contestants, amateur movie critics, or other necessary duties that we depend on to keep America running. And when it is all said and done, that is what I want. I want my blog to keep America up and running. And perhaps that’s exactly what it’s doing. Since I’ve started my blog, America has kept all fifty or so of its states and has produced some great television shows (spin-offs of British shows). I cannot take the risk. I will continue my blog. I will continue it for America, for great television, and in memory of Mrs. Wethers’ bird or cat. |