To blog or not to blog…

I have debated about starting a blog for several days now. I’ve religiously kept a journal since I was 12 years old, but putting my thoughts and idea’s online seemed kinda…weird and scary.

I made the final decision tonight at swim practice. As I was swimming my laps my mind began to wonder, as usual, and I thought about how useful a blog would be for honing my writing skills. I’m a third year journalism student and I need to get used to the idea of people reading and *shudder* criticizing my work.

So here I am, my first blog EVER. I want to practice my short hand writing and using active verbs, I’m really bad at using ‘passive voice’ when I’m writing, MS Word grammar check gets me every time! I’m going to try to stay away from the ho-hum of my daily life and challenge my intellect by writing about current events and such. However, I’m sure occasionally you’ll get the joy of hearing what I had for supper or how great (or not so great) Grey’s was that week.

I’m a constant follower of Grey’s, Desperate Housewives and One Tree Hill, just so you know.

I’ll try to write, I mean blog, three to four times a week and I’ll save the more personal, juicy stuff for my own private journal!

Cheers!