writing online?

So here I am at Hofstra, and I am blogging. Writing online makes me feel somewhat vulnerable, yet also intrigued. I prefer the typed entries compared to the freewrites that we do in class because I am much better at expressing myself via typing. I am not usually one who likes to have their work posted for everyone to see, but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one. I think the idea of blogging online shows how much our generations have evolved. I remember writing in diaries adorned with bright colors and sealing my random thoughts with the dangling lock and key...Now I can simply log on to one of the many online blog systems and design my page to reflect my personality with specific fonts and colors. I've honestly never really gotten the whole "blogging" thing because from my experience it's just a place for people to ramble on and on about how their day went. I say this because back in the day (8th grade) LiveJournals were the "in" thing and everyone did just that. These blogs literally looked like this: "so I went to school and hung out with my friends then I went home and did homework and now I'm here blogging..so yeah it wasn't a super exciting day, I guess I'll let you know how tomorrow goes, bye!" To me, this pointless. But if this makes a person feel important and heard for one second of their day, who am I to criticize? I definitely prefer this more digital aspect of writing because I text, e-mail and facebook constantly. So if I'm getting graded for typing on this blog instead of writing an essay, I'm content.