how/what do i want to write?

thanks to my best friend Google Reader, I read a lot of blogs fairly regularly. some are written by people I know, but many are just blogs by other people in DC that i stumbled upon in one way or another. some are useful in the sense that they give me ideas of things to do in the city, but many are just musings on life by other twentysomethings, and i find myself wanting to adopt their blogging style - expressing their thoughts, relating random experiences, no holds barred. a few things hold me back, however: a lot of the things i think about throughout the day and wouldn't mind blogging about are things i wouldn't necessarily want people who actually know me to read. that's definitely part of the appeal of the blogosphere - a sense of anonymity, and knowing/hoping that some random person might stumble upon some words you wrote and laugh or sympathize. and it's something that typing your thoughts into a random Word document that no one else will ever read will never fully satisfy.

on a sort of related topic, has anyone else noticed that it's trendy for producers/whoever decides these things to name TV episodes with song titles? i know for a fact that One Tree Hill and Grey's Anatomy name all their episodes that way, and i'm sure others do too. i can't decide if i think that's cool or if it bothers me. i think it's a bit pretentious, especially since typically the song named in the episode title isn't actually played in the episode. (for those who can't follow my train of thought: this is a related topic to me because i was just thinking about how much i suck at coming up with titles for my blog posts. but i will not resort to random song titles.)

and now, another random picture for you.

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