Finding a Focus

   Every blog needs a purpose.  Well it can be fun for a little while to read the random ramblings of a person spewing thoughts onto a page, those blogs that gain faithful followers are the ones that have an interesting running dialogue with those viewers on a certain topic.  Now, I am not saying that topic has to be awe-inspiring or revolutionary. But it does have to run along a common line of thought.  The difficult part is finding something worth talking about day after day that will hold a viewer's attention for days to come.

   I've been giving my blog a lot of thought over the past week, but have yet to sit down and actually type those thoughts onto paper.  I think, "What a great blog idea!" and then within minutes it has escaped my mind.  I guess it wasn't so great after all.  I think the major problem with blogging is that bloggers rarely reveal their entirely true self to the world. We put on masks based on the situations around us, and I think we

I like pictures, so here is one of Toad Harbor on Oneida Lake
that I took on a live shot today.

do that for the internet world as well.  Your blog followers will probably never meet you face-to-face, and that can be an extremely liberating thought.  It is easy to appear educated and thoughtful on a form you can check and recheck before submitting to the world.  On a blog you can give off an air of indifference, a persona people idolize because they never get the chance to see you up-close and realize how ordinary you find yourself to be.  I know that at times I will probably use this blog to sound far more worldly or mature than I can ever possibly be at the age of 20, but I promise you I will do my best to only present me in a fair and honest light.

   So, what will my blog's focus be? Good question.  For some time, I think I will deviate from topic to topic, much like my mind often does.  I imagine I will eventually find something I am truly passionate about, and I will use that passion to spur many a post.  But until then, you might get a reflective post like this, some commentary on society today, or even a complaint about something I encountered in my daily wanderings.  Don't be surprised if an occasional post pops up whining about the life of a tall person.  Being a six-foot tall self-described "monster" of a person is certainly one of my favorite things to whine and share anecdotes about. But hang tight, and before long, the purpose of this blog will reveal itself, and I'll probably be just as surprised as any of you.