The nature of the blog

Okay, so I think I'm addicted. It's my fifth blog post (I think), and I only signed up around three hours ago. I think I'll need counseling after a few days. When I haven't been posting I've been sitting here waiting for someone to come by and comment....obviously some of that time was spent trying to distract myself otherwise, but still, I'm in trouble.

So, instead of keeping all these topics pent up inside to be released on a day by day basis, I'm just gonna splurge stuff onto the page as it enters my mind. The topic that comes to mind at the moment is mans (and woman's) fascination with discovering the private nature of their fellows. I mean, why else would you read a blog? Personally that one flumoxes me as I've always been a very introverted person. I'm not one for gossip (unless it's funny, or humiliates my enemies, more on them in the future...must resist posting everything in the first day, but remind me about this one if I forget), I haven't even read another persons diary. Not that I've had the chance.

But at the end of the day, isn't this what most blogs are all about? Sure some are reviews and dissitations upon the nature of existance and whatnot, but to me a blog is an online diary, and to some extent a mixture of everything I've just mentioned if I choose it to be.

Is it a personal desire to know other people better, or is it a yearning to know yourself that drives you to read (or indeed write) these things? Do you search for a kindred spirit? Do you search to make yourself feel sane in an insane world? Or just to make yourself feel superior? Sure I'll read other people's blogs if they interest me as people or idealists, but until someone points me in the right direction I guess I'll be right here waiting for someone to come along and prove me right or wrong.