The true nature of blogging

Today, my related link points to an excellent article. Something that my friend Aditya gave me the link to. A Blog, that has become famous on account of this particular article. A blog..that thousands of people have read. This article has been forwarded as another of those forwards.... has been featured in newspapers... and in general.. is an awesome blog.

I am jealous of this guy!!

The author of the blog in reference is a malayali guy currently studying in IIM Ahmedabad. THE killer institute in India. Where students enter as babies and emerge as fully grown men and women. The number one institute for management studies in India.

So this guy. He has a very good sense of humor. He is really talented, this Mr. Sidin. I read his blog and was pretty amazed at his vocabulary, his ways of putting things .. and his excellent thoughts. But somehow....I noted a desperation. He seemed to be blogging for his audience. An unforgiving audience, it seems, at times. Or maybe he is blogging to attract the women. Anyway.. he no longer blogs for himself. He cannot blog for himself. But instead, he strives to find time to type out something interesting. Something that will please all those people in this world looking for a few laughs. Maybe he thinks of it as a social service to the world. Or maybe...it is an ego trip.

And I wondered....is this my jealousy kicking in telling me to find fault with his blog. Or is it because... I think of myself to be one cut above everyone else....(even though, in reality, I often realize that I am only a few notches below people). I dont know the reason. Maybe I am right.. and maybe I am wrong.

I too cater to an audience. I like revealing my innermost thoughts to the world...actually...to those who I think may want to know me better.
My friends. My relatives.My parents.
Blogging gives me a sort of high. At one point of time, I thought, "what will people think? What will my parents think??". And then...I thought... I am an average person with a typical life. So, no matter what, there will be other people with similar thoughts and ideals. So, no matter what I think, people have probably already been through that phase (especially my parents... who , being my parents, are so similar to me). And if someone else has been through that phase, they would only realize that I am as human as them.

At times, I hope, that a girl will read my blog, and fall in love with me for what I am. Maybe I would find a girl friend in that way atleast. And she would be someone who would be interested in me, and not the other way around, which is always good for a guy's ego:D

Well, after all that, an update on me. I am now in Chicago, visiting my cousin. My friends will be coming down tomm to watch the Manchester United game (I gave up my ticket for a friend... ) I came down early with Borna as she was planning to drive down today all by herself, for the first time, on the highway. Didnt want her to drive down all by herself!!! (Ohhh...I am Sooo Sweeet nah... no wonder I call myself a chocolate chip cookie;) )

Well.. anyway...I am not that unselfish. I get to spend time with my cousin and neices and eat greatt food!! What more can I ask for. I'll be getting back to Purdue tomm evening. Gotta complete moving out and clean up the apartment. And gotta settle into the new one.
Yeah....lotsa work. Till next time... toodle doo