Why blog?

blogging is just the same as writing in a journal. true true. but we're already living in a 21st century and almost anybody can afford a laptop/personal computer right now which made diary-ing a thing of the past. Here are also some of my points on why blogging is better than writing in a journal:

1. it won't get wet!

- i had one diary during high school from first year to fourth year. i write a lot. spend time with it a lot since i ain't got too much friends in high school. yes, i don't usually go out with friends. they call me sometimes anti-social because i won't socialize with them ( which i then found out when i took up BSN that anti-social is different from their definition. hahahah) so i kept a diary.on the front page was written in black ink : Paul's Pages. i carried it all the time. since High School was kinda busy, i usually write on my free time - when i go to the toilet. i write and exhale forcibly as well to...you know know what i mean. anyway, my hands are full then so i decided to put my "bestfriend" on top of the flush. alas, the water from the bidet splashed some, well, a lot of water on my diary. "Oh, crap," i then said. now the stupid-est moment came up to me: a dilemma. which move will i make first; (a) wipe the diary and fan it so it won't metastasize (crap, too much nursing jargon) or spread or harm the other pages or (b) wipe my butt first? wow, choices.writing these choices somehow reminded me of R.L. Stine's Choose you own adventure books. The diary was wet. drenched. i can't even read the whole book because it got smudged by the dark black inks made by my title page. anyway, now i decided to go on blogging and it's much better than keeping a diary because it won't get wet. Tip: bring a crossword puzzle or a sodoku and answer them when going to the bathroom. it stimulates your brain to act...blah blah blah... :D

2. it's password protected - not keys!

- every year during high school i get to change journals because either it's already full or the calender is already over. i went up to the school supplies section in a department store and saw different kinds of diaries from big executive ones to mini handheld ones. i then went to the cash register and paid for it. one girl before me also bought a diary. the diary had a lock on it. COOL!!!! i wan't one of those, i thought. the diary was a bit sissy and all but the concept of having a lock on it was very classical. i went back to the section to find "manly" diaries with a lock hoping to find one but diaries which are "lock-made" are all hello kitty's and other designs only a girl could love. disappointed, i then went back home and started writing.

I usually don't read someone's diary intentionally but unintentionally, yes.

scenario: hala, kanino tong diary na to?sabay dukot. hmmm... diary ba talaga to? makibasa nga kung diary ba talaga to. after 100 page flips, ay oo nga diary nga ito! naku di ko to babasahin baka may mga secrets dito. returned the 100-leaf diary on the table.

see, it wasn't my fault that i read it. it's really enticing to read someone's diary because a diary is like an attachment to the person writing it. if you really wish to keep a secret and write it, you might consider blogging it. at least it is being protected by a password and not just some dumbass keys, or you might as well just not write it anyway!