Blog vs. Survey

It seems like I've been wanting to set up a blog forever now. One of the two largest reasons I decided to join the most disfunctional, disorganized and disgruntled organization in the world, the US military, was to be able to travel and see the world, and to write about and discuss my new experiences as I do so. Now that I'm finally starting to blog, I have to say I'm a little nervous. I don't know why, it's not as though a million people will read it. It's just that millions of people COULD read it if for some reason if they wanted to. And that's a little freaky, considering that it puts the blogger in a vulnerable position. Which actually leads me to my main point for this entry...blog vs. survey.

I chose not to fill out one of those long surveys about my personality and interests and post it on myspace for a reason. While I think they're funny/entertaining, they fall short of adequately representing the person in my opinion. Usually because people are TRYING to be funny/entertaining, rather than revealing. Besides, people usually answer survey questions with similar answers, if not exactly the same. So what's the point?

People reveal the most about themselves through complete sentences, thoughts and discussions, and the closest way to reach that in written online form is the blog. The vulnerability felt is the whole point of the blog, and the avoidance of vulnerability is the whole point of the survey. Therefore, I blog.

--Deep thoughts by Duty.

Reading: Disappointment With God by Philip Yancey.