I really enjoy blogging. I am getting beyond that new-blogger feeling of wanting to blog all the time, and looking for reasons to blog in everything I do. I've briefly thought about writing about my swollen, purple toes (instead I called my dad and got some medical advice), about how some days I don't feel like I have enough time (instead I cleaned my bathrooms), and how I don't eat as much fruit as I used to (instead I ate an orange).

The feeling I have about blogging reminds me of how I felt when I first started selling on eBay. I bought a yoga videotape at Target for $6. I tried it, didn't really like it, so I sold it on eBay. It sold for $25.00. WHoo-hoo. So, I bought the same tape again and sold it, for $29.00. This is what they call getting hooked. I found myself looking at anything and everything to sell. I liked selling so much I almost didn't care if I made a profit. But, really, money was the game and when I could sell a magazine for $20 just because Keanu Reeves was on the cover, I was giddy about it.

The videotape thing fizzled (lots of people started to figure out they could sell the tapes, too) and I just got burned out on the whole thing. I never wanted to go to the post office again. Now, I wouldn't even consider selling something on eBay unless I'd make a good $50.00 profit. Even then, I dunno.

So, will blogging go the same route? Will I run out of junk to say? I don't know. I've already written posts that I've liked but decided not to publish them because I didn't feel like sharing. But, I'm glad I wrote them down.

Blogging seems different, because it's creative and it's not tied to money (or driving to the post office, or stressing about feedback). I like writing, and before I had a blog, I didn't do it much.

For now, I like that when I'm reading a book and a passage stands out, I'll mark it so I can write about it later. I like it that when I have something to say about people playing the Hitler-card, I actually have a forum to vent a little bit. I like that when I got creative with the superhunks, I could share it.

That new car smell may be harder to detect, but the car is still worth driving.