and this week: last week's readings!

i tend to be a procrastinator, so i've put off talking about last week's articles for, oh, almost a week now. true to the nature of my procrastinatory being, my memories are fuzzy at best, so i'll have to go with what i remember standing out rather than pull the articles up again. (i tend to wind up reading the articles over again and losing the motivation to respond).

i initially disagreed with the cheung article about discovering your identity through your blog, at least until i heard his argument. i especially thought it was interesting that ms. blood fit in that latter category too (when she mentions discovering what she was interested in based on the links she was posting on her blog).

it's interesting when she talks about the popularity a blogger can receive via the internet--there was this popular artist online whose gallery i used to visit waaaay back in the day, and one time when i was reading her blog she put up a survey she'd gotten from a friend (ah, the meme) in which she revealed that she actually kept her art endeavours a secret from her real life friends. i don't know if this is the case with everybody--keeping your online triumph a secret from your friends and family--though i imagine it is the case with a lot of them. i was a little disappointed blood didn't continue along this line about personal expression online and personal repression offline, but then again, she was talking more about the blog itself rather than the blogger in the article.

i'll post some links later today, if i can muddle through my bookmarks and find something relevant (and non-embarrassing to put up--see my self-presentation awareness in action!)