So... Wil posted a link re: some guy doing research for a paper on why we blog. He asked his readers to trackback on it and here's mine. Why do I blog....?

Well, I've kept a livejournal for quite some time now, but this is my entirely public blog. I use my blog to leave notes for myself and my friends back in America. I started this blog to sort of document my move to Australia to be with my girlfriend (Australia has more liberal immigration policies. America does not recognise same sex partners in any way).

I like being able to leave little mental trails behind me and it's already helped me get dates sorted out when filling out tons of paperwork for DIMIA.

I blog as a sort of communion with my friends and as a way to help me keep my life 'documented' for the future. I don't see any end in sight. I've been doing it since June of 2001 and I still update frequently.

That's my story. Pretty simple. Blogging just makes sense. It's simple and it provides me with a literary outlet. Nuff siad. :)