Blogging Community

Another guest poster here. I'm Kristabella, and I blog over here. Jennie asked me to fill in for her while she's in Toronto probably doing all sorts of Canadian things like eating fancy ham and calling it Canadian Bacon, referring to everything in kilometers and finishing all her sentences with eh? Because that is the only thing I know about Canada. That and Ali lives there with her "children".

I always have a mild panic attack when I am asked to guest blog. One, because I'm not sure why someone would want me to write on their site. I mean, come over to mine - I talk about Bacon, booze and I swear a lot. And now that I'm unemployed, I can talk of NOTHING ELSE. (Although, maybe that's why Jennie asked me because clearly I have nothing going on, I can easily go on and on on her site about nothing at all.) (When in reality, doing nothing all day makes you really boring and not funny.)

The other reason I don't like to guest blog is because of everything I've already written here. Who wants to read this? Don't answer that, Slynnro.

So I figured I should come up with some sort of topic besides bad dentists, belly button lint and cat nail clippings. Because that is as exciting as my life is right now.

But something I was recently talking about with my mom was the community that I have created online through my blog. The people I have met online are some of my closest friends. (Weird, right? I should get out more or write about dryer lint.)

It's weird how normal it is these days to have friends that you've met online. And how creepy it was back less than 10 years ago to fly across the country to meet people from the internet, let alone fly that far to go to a blogging conference with 1,000 other bloggers.

All of us bloggers have our own little community, our readers, who feel like close friends and family. People who genuinely care about you and are there to pick you up when bad things happen, like when you lose your job, or there to cheer you on or congratulate you when good things happen, like when you tell the blogging world you're pregnant after months of trying.

This blogging community that we are a part of, whether you write a blog or just read them, is really a unique thing. With the technology we have, with blogs and instant messaging and Twitter and text messaging, you're able to keep in touch with so many people who feel like they are your neighbors, when in reality they are scattered all over the country and all over the world.

The best part for me, is meeting so many people that love the same things I love, drink as much booze as I drink, say snarky things about the same people we don't like. These are people that I have so much in common with, besides just that fact that we all share our personal details on the internet for all to read. There are so many smart, funny, talented women out there on the internet and I don't regret for a second deciding to start a blog (a blog that once got me fired) and share my drunken tales on the interwebs because of all the great people I've come to know.   

Comments

[ali]

Jennie was your hope at getting proof of my children...but, alas, her sister isn't sharing her. boo. so now you'll NEVER know! :)

[Christina]

It is so true. I have more in common with my on line friends than I do with most of my "IRL" friends. I don't know how I got on without them, I wish I had started writing years ago.

[-R-]

I like all your stories, even the ones you think are boring.