Invasion of the Blog

Blogs are everywhere! I went to a friend's house last night and her mom showed me her blog. Another friend also has to keep a blog for her American Civilization class. One of my coworkers showed me her sister's very detailed, pay-by-play mission blog kept by the mission president's wife. It's pretty crazy how fast they have caught on. But to be honest, they aren't so bad. I kind of like them and think they're interesting. I may even have a real one after this class is over. I'm coming over to the dark side!

So when I'm doing paperwork and data entry at work, I like to listen to music. It makes things a lot more enjoyable. Today, however, Pandora was being really slow and I realized just how much I like having music in the background and how much more monotonous work is without it. I became pretty impatient. I'm also realizing that Pandora plays a lot of the same songs over. Or maybe I just need to create some new stations...

Last night when I came home, my roomates were watching License To Wed. I'd never seen it but it had "Jim" from the Office in it and I like him so I sat down and watched it with them. It was okay, but there were just so many references to sex. In fact the main characters are challenged to abstain from sex until they are married and they are just shocked by the notion. I guess that's just how the world sees it, that's just what you do when you're dating someone. Another thing that bothered me was how vindictive the characters are. It's just painful to watch, I ended up just going to bed after about twenty mintues, it's wasn't worth watching.

I've got to be honest, I always thought blogs were a little weird. I was actually kind of proud of myself for evading the pandemic that seems to have hit everyone from coffee shop poets to Jr. High gossip girls to soccer moms. But alas, it is required for this class and so I will, albeit grudgingly, succumb to this cultural phenomenon. If I really think about it, probably one of my main reservations is the fact that I will actually love blogging and become somewhat of an addict (which will only be reinforced by my grade in this class). Only time will tell...