OK, I have a few minutes before the girls are home from their first day of school (more on this tomorrow) so I thought I'd put my mind to Gillie's recent tag which is a surprisingly non-scrapping related one.
I like it. It's interesting and on first glance seems to be purely blog related. So onward...
1) Are you happy/satisfied with your blog and with its content and look?
First, the look. In a word? No. Not really. I mean it's OK and I am in the process of re-decorating it, giving it a fresh lick of paint but there are some things I'd really like to do that I just don't seem to be able to work out. Partly because I have yet to teach myself some html but also I suppose, if I'm honest, because I'm just so tired that unless I can make it do what I want it to do at the click of a button, then I just can't be bothered. At the moment, anyway. As for content. Yes. Mostly. Although I would like to 'roll up' my lists (I have a vague idea of what this is but am not 100% sure!), perhaps add another page or 2 so my main page doesn't look so cluttered. I don't like reading other blogs where there is just too much stuff going on either so really don't like it on my own.
2) Does your family know about your blog?
Yes although only my sister reads it. For my mum it's a bit like Antarctica. She knows it's there but has no desire to visit it. This is good because I can moan about her and she doesn't know. LOL. Oh, but I suppose my husband and eldest daughter are family, aren't they? And they read it too (which means I have to watch my language just in case Kat is looking...).
3) Do you feel embarrassed to let your friends know about your blog or do you just consider it a private thing?
No I don't feel embarrassed about my friends knowing about my blog. It's why I started blogging in the first place, so they could keep up to date with what was going on with us all in Canada. Although I must admit to feeling embarrassed about blogging about certain subjects. My faith for instance. But if I'd wanted a private blog I either wouldn't have made my blog public, and therefore wouldn't be doing this tag in the first place, or I would have just kept a journal on my pc.
4) Did blogs cause positive changes in your thoughts?
No. Not much more I can say about that really.
5) Do you only open the blogs of those who comment on your blog or do you love to go and discover more yourself?
I love blog hopping, generally by clicking on links in other blogs and then other links from those blogs and so on... I obviously like to read my friends blogs and there are a few blogs I read regularly. If I find a blog I really like whilst browsing then I will add it to my list of blogs, watch it for a few days/weeks and if it doesn't live up to it's original expectation it then gets the chop. Ruthless, aren't I?
6) What does visitor counter mean to you? Do you care about putting it on your blog?
Hmm, yes and no but only because it's interesting to know if anyone out there is actually reading my blog. I've currently got a counter but am thinking of removing it when I revamp things. I do, however, like the NeoCounter thingy as I find it fascinating to see where in the world the people who log on come from, currently 36 countries!
7) Did you try to imagine your fellow blogger and give them real pictures?
I'm assuming a real picture of myself? My personality etc.? No. Didn't consider my fellow bloggers at all. I did, as I've said, consider my family and friends and I obviously didn't need to imagine them! And they know me so I can only be myself.
8) Admit. Do you think there is a real benefit in blogging?
If you are talking about deep issues here, like, does blogging save the world? Then no but if you mean in a surface sort of way then yes, I do. Personally I find it quite therapeutic but I suppose a journal would provide the same sort of therapy. LOL. But it is a great way to keep in touch with family and friends all around the world so in that respect it closes the distance between us, especially now at this time when travel is so much more accessible and family members are often on different sides of the world.
9) Do you think that bloggers' society is isolated from the real world or it interacts with events?
It obviously interacts with the real world and current events. You only have to look at all the blogs out there and at some point someone will be talking about current political, social and popular events.
10) Does criticism annoy you or do you feel it's a normal thing?
I'd be lying if I said criticism didn't annoy me. I don't think anyone likes criticism. But if it's constructive then it is worth hearing. It may not change whatever is being criticised but I will always take it on board - and then discard it!
11) Do you fear some of the political blogs?
No, because I don't read any. Shock! Horror! I'm such a pleb. And obviously very shallow with only a small amount of brain.
12) Were you shocked by the arrest of some bloggers?
I would have been, if I'd heard about the arrest of some bloggers. On what grounds were they arrested?
13) Do you think about what will happen to your blog after you die?
Never. Who cares? I won't.
14) What do you like to hear? What song would you link to your blog?
I don't like to hear anything when I log on to a blog. It irritates me, not because I may not like their taste in music but I do begrudge being forced to listen to the same track over and over and over again. And I also have a habit of opening blogs in tabs and if more than one blog has a song linked in it then I get this awful cacophony of sound which is enough to make me close down all the windows and go and do something else (more useful) instead. {Sorry started to head off in to the realms of 'Why Don't You?' a TV program from my youth that for some bizarre reason I really liked}. I have in the past been guilty of doing just this but stopped because if it annoys me when I look at blogs it will annoy others looking at mine. Lately I have taken to just putting in little player buttons so the choice is theirs to listen - or not.
Phew! Finished. Interesting though and made me think about things that I don't normally. My brain is now tired so that's all for today, folks...
Oh, but I forgot (see, small brain) I'm supposed to tag 5 other bloggers. Do I know 5 other bloggers, that's the question? I'll give this some thought and choose my victims at some future point that I haven't decided upon yet.
IF, this sounds like the sort of tag you'd like to receive then just let me know and, well, I'll tag you!
*** Edited now to add that due to some of the comments to this post I am now going to tag:
I'll think of another few as the week progresses so warned! ***
