About Blogging

njbubbster02: get this
njbubbster02: i just did an interview for some kid who’s a friend of one of justin’s friends.
njbubbster02: about blogging
njbubbster02: through email
Scourgie: weird
Scourgie: what did he ask?
njbubbster02: nothing substantial
njbubbster02: Please provide any personal information you feel I should know. (age, job title, etc) What benefits do you receive from your blog? (Why do you blog?) Your new blog mentions that your brother criticized your old blog’s political ranting and raving. Do you feel you accomplished anything by posting political commentary on your old site? The only people who seem to comment on your blog are close friends, why do you communicate with them via your blog rather than face to face, or even over the phone? Does your blog allow you to express thoughts you normally would not mention in face to face conversation? Thanks again, and feel free to comment on anything else you think could contribute to my story.
njbubbster02: apparently he found me through jacobi
njbubbster02: or vice versa
Scourgie: Was it a school project?
njbubbster02: i’m not really sure
njbubbster02: Hey Nick, Thanks for agreeing to a short online interview for curb magazine, a student publication of the UW School of Journalism. I’m writing an article on whether or not blogs are all they are hyped up to be. I interviewed Adam Jacobi and I want to get another perspective from someone within his “online group.” I’ve procrastinated, like I do on any school project, and have a deadline of tomorrow, so I’d appreciate it if you could answer the attached questions tonight. Please call or email me with any questiosn you have, and I thank you for helping shape my story. David Glisczinski
Scourgie: Ha! I bet it’s a j202 project.
njbubbster02: http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/j417/fall04/index.htm
njbubbster02: i’m thinking j417
Scourgie: I guess so.
Scourgie: I think that’s the magazine classe
njbubbster02: yeah.
njbubbster02: still. wierd.
njbubbster02: you want to see my answers to the interview?
Scourgie: Yes!
njbubbster02: so we can trash the article when it comes out? (jk)
Scourgie: I’m intruigued why you don’t call me on the phone and why i have to keep in touch thru your blog.
njbubbster02: i call!
njbubbster02: not as much as i should
Scourgie: hehe. I know. It just sounded like kind of a touchy question.
Scourgie: Like too onesided.
njbubbster02: like, “have you stopped beating your wife yet?”
Scourgie: Why are you such a nerd that you only talk to your friends thru a blog? Are you intimidated by face to face conversation? Do you HATE people?
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Scourgie: I like how you say that you are really communicative to respond to his sassy question.
Scourgie: I can’t wait to see how he quotes you. You were really helpful.
njbubbster02: yeah.
Scourgie: It seems like he really read your blog though.
njbubbster02: i know
njbubbster02: its scarry
Scourgie: Maybe he’s a fanboy.
Scourgie: He should talk to me about how I read people’s blogs when I haven’t spoken to them in years, Leigh, Maylander, etc.
njbubbster02: jsut got a response
njbubbster02: Thanks for calling me out in interviewing you over email. As i wrote that question i thought of how hypocritical I was in asking it.
Scourgie: ha!
Scourgie: You should blog this! This conversation about your email interview about blogging would appear on your blog! ahh!
njbubbster02: talk about remediation.
Scourgie: A vicious cycle.