Day of Blogs 2008!

Last year I took part in Blogathon 2007, which was something that I had seen done on the web for a year or two, but never had a real blog that I stuck with to take part. Last year, I raised just over $600 for Victory Junction Gang Camp (hopefully the pledges were sent to them!). Unfortunetly, this year there will be no Blogathon 2008.

There will be a Day of Blogs 2008! A few new people are holding the event where bloggers blog for 24 straight hours to raise money for their favorite charity. While I can’t take part this year, my good friend Tara is and she’s going to be blogging for VJGC just like I did. I will be supporting her in this endeavor and will be helping her raise money since I can’t take part in the actual event this year due to prior commitments.

So head over now and donate, donate, donate to Tara and Victory Junction Gang Camp because I guarantee you, Tara being up for 24 hours straight will be highly entertaining! Click after the jump to view her badge that she has created!

I will be reminding you guys everday to go donate, so be prepared! (more…)

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Blogging High School

As I approach my one year anniversary of being a blogger, I’ve come to learn that blogging is no different than high school. There are the bloggers who think that they are better than anybody else and their blog is the best thing since sliced bread. There are the bloggers who are the geeks, the ones that nobody ever talks to but they sit there, writing day after day just waiting for a comment. There are the bloggers who are picked on by trolls (bullies) and there are those bloggers who are like the head cheerleader - so popular that sometimes their popularity outshines what they really do - blog.

Whenever I tell someone I have a blog, I’m continiously asked if I’m one of those “mommy bloggers.” The ones that sit home all day online and write about what color the poop was in the diaper. Honestly, mommy bloggers don’t really do that at all. I’ll see pics of their kids, they’ll mention something one of their kids did but they never really continiously talk about them.

When I tell them that my blog has to deal with NASCAR a lot, I get the “Wow, rednecks know how to use computers” or “So a sports blog? Are you a lesbian.” It gets old. It’s like with the other PPP users who were kicked my google, we were put in a clique, aimed, and then attacked.

Why can’t a single, straight, college girl in her late 20’s have a blog without being put into a clique?

For the love of God, why can’t we just blog without prejudice?

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