Entry #7. Blogging is Now for Me!

Before this semester started, I read some of the online reviews of the GCC English 101 course, and Professor Nielson's class format. I noticed that quite a few of his prior students commented about how much they enjoyed the "blog" portion of his class. Frankly, as I read these positive reviews about how much they enjoyed the blog assignments, I was thinking maybe this is not the class for me."What the hell is a blog?" I thought to myself. Then, when I found out that the blog projects accounted for 15% of our grade, I decided I better try to figure out "What the hell a blog is." At first, I found this more than a little frustrating. Half way through Entry #1, I went to my toolbox to get a very important blog tweaking tool.

 As stated in the title my first blog, at this point I was sure that "Blogging is not for me." Fortunately,

I didn't use the hammer on my computer or myself. Instead, I sat in front of my laptop and did the best I could to try and make sense, maybe even learn, what blogging is. 

The more frustrated I became, the more determined I became. The thought of not being able to do something that has become so commonplace these days, was not going to get the better of me.  So I put away the hammer, tucked my pride in my pocket, and I started asking other people for help. I was able to get my thoughts in order, but I had no idea how to submit them electronically. I found out something that shouldn't have surprised me, but it did. The less you know about something, the more others are willing to share their knowledge with you. The companies that produce men's slacks should build in a "Pride Pocket" for us men to use. With the help I received, basically from strangers, I was able to submit my first blog. Wow! It sounds silly I'm sure to anyone reading this, but to me it was a big deal.    

So now I'm feeling OK with this blogging stuff. Instead of thinking "What the hell is a blog.", I'm thinking "What the hell can I blog about?" This just goes to show you that some of the old sayings are true, and some are not. True; "You're never too old to learn." False; "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."