Monday, January 10, 2005
BlogAmy??
I started blogging in February of 2003. Since I chose marriage and motherhood over college, and when my youngest was about to start college, I figured I should at least make an attempt to get a college education. I was able to take a free class at a local university because I was old and had lost my job in the last year. My teacher was an imbecile, but she did require us to keep a journal. That was the only good thing I learned from her.
I decided to make my blog my journal. My first blog was called "College?? What the h*** was I thinking??" When the class ended, I created a new blog called "BlogAmy." My first post was on May 6th, 2003. A few days later, I figured I should explain why I called it that. I explained that it wasn't a play on words -- it was simply Amy's Blog - Blog by Amy - BlogAmy.
I was elated when I did a search on MSN for blogamy. I was #1 (of two). The second one was a blog, but the reference to "blogamy" was just the word at the bottom of his page with no link. Since I haven't posted in forever, I'm nowhere to be found these days.
A month later, blogamy.com appeared. I could kick myself for not registering that domain. It's a blog by another Amy. At the end of her first post she says, "Finally, and to the point, if you're wondering why "blogamy"? Well, it brought to mind blasphemy to tell you the truth. Since I feel that most of what I have to say here, overall, will probably be considered as such...well, there you have it."
That Amy and this Amy are as far away politically as the east is from the west. But that's what makes the world go 'round.
I guess I could have changed it this time around. As I mentioned in a comment on Michael's blog, I was toying with the idea of doing a he said, she said kind of thing, which I may still do. But I'm stubborn and I don't want to change the name. So BlogAmy it is, and BlogAmy it'll stay.
I started blogging in February of 2003. Since I chose marriage and motherhood over college, and when my youngest was about to start college, I figured I should at least make an attempt to get a college education. I was able to take a free class at a local university because I was old and had lost my job in the last year. My teacher was an imbecile, but she did require us to keep a journal. That was the only good thing I learned from her.
I decided to make my blog my journal. My first blog was called "College?? What the h*** was I thinking??" When the class ended, I created a new blog called "BlogAmy." My first post was on May 6th, 2003. A few days later, I figured I should explain why I called it that. I explained that it wasn't a play on words -- it was simply Amy's Blog - Blog by Amy - BlogAmy.
I was elated when I did a search on MSN for blogamy. I was #1 (of two). The second one was a blog, but the reference to "blogamy" was just the word at the bottom of his page with no link. Since I haven't posted in forever, I'm nowhere to be found these days.
A month later, blogamy.com appeared. I could kick myself for not registering that domain. It's a blog by another Amy. At the end of her first post she says, "Finally, and to the point, if you're wondering why "blogamy"? Well, it brought to mind blasphemy to tell you the truth. Since I feel that most of what I have to say here, overall, will probably be considered as such...well, there you have it."
That Amy and this Amy are as far away politically as the east is from the west. But that's what makes the world go 'round.
I guess I could have changed it this time around. As I mentioned in a comment on Michael's blog, I was toying with the idea of doing a he said, she said kind of thing, which I may still do. But I'm stubborn and I don't want to change the name. So BlogAmy it is, and BlogAmy it'll stay.
