Keeping an open mind!

Well there is a first time for everything I guess. This is a new world to me, I've never blogged before nor have I been very interested in reading blogs, but I'm going to give it a go!The world has become a digital place. The internet is booming and everyone wants a part of it. Blogging has become huge, anyone from your next door neighbour to your favourite celebrity has a blog. So today I am checking out some different blogs, just to get familiar and enjoy what people around the world have to say!

The first blog I checked out was on a website “hockeybuzz.com” where any and all hockey fans can blog about the NHL or just hockey in general. I clicked on a blog from a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, his name is Mike Augello. His blog for today was about two scouts who died in the tragic 9/11 disaster. Two LA Kings scouts were on United 175 which crashed into the north tower. His blog had an excerpt from a book describing an NHL coach’s memory of the tragic day. I very much enjoyed this blog, the writer was respectful and very informative. I learned from his post and it was relevant to the date.

I decided to really review and learn from blogs I should check out some different kinds. The next blog I decided to review is a very famous blogger, Perez Hilton. Perez is known for his blogging and has thousands of hits on his blog daily. I think we all secretly have checked out this blog once or twice. His blog is all about celebrity gossip, and it’s not always nice. I think one of the things that make Perez original is that he doesn’t always hide his distaste for some celebrities. Not all of his posts are mean, he does have some nice and uplifting stories, but people don’t really go on his site to hear happy news, they want gossip. My over all opinion of this blog was it is very entertaining, but most of the time inappropriate and not really credible.

Taylor Swift, who can say anything mean about her? She is cute, and sweet and an amazing musician. Her blog is on MySpace. Her latest post was from July (she must be busy!) and it’s thanking her fans for voting for her in the CMT awards. It’s just a personal blog which lets her fans know what she’s up to. Unlike the last two blogs I checked out, this is just a straight forward personal blog about her life, or just like an online diary! It wasn’t the most interesting blog to read, but it wasn’t horrible either. I think the kinds of blogs I enjoy most are ones about things in interested in, and not about a celebrities life.

So I’m starting to get used to this “blog” thing. This is my first time writing one, and to be honest I never really read blogs before. So next I stumbled upon (I seem to just type something into Google and find a blog that catches my eye) a blog titled “Stooped Figure at the Center of Afghan Storm” This was a very interesting blog. It’s about a British reporter who was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The blog isn’t by the man, whose name is Stephen Farrell but another journalist who met the man. Ferrell was captured with another colleague who was Afghani. When Ferrell was rescued, his colleague was already is dead, and the rescue group left his body behind. This enraged the afghans, they feel this shows there is better treatment toward western journalists then middle eastern. What an interesting blog! I enjoyed reading this blog, I hadn’t heard this story before and it is an amazing and tragic story of survival and death. I strongly encourage you to check out the story, http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/10/2062461.aspx Also at this site, it has other great blogs about world events.

The last blog I checked out was posted by the maker of “Shark Water” an award winning documentary about the defining of sharks around the world. The number of sharks in the world has dropped about 90% in 30 years. The blog is asking the public to help bring the movie to China, which is the largest consumer of shark fins. The Chinese have a popular dish, shark fin soup which actually translated in Chinese is “fish wing soup” Bringing awareness about the issue to China is huge! I fully support this movie, and fully support bringing it to China! Sharks are beautiful, magnificent creatures that many ecosystems depend on. What a great blog, knowing it was posted by the man who is traveling the world trying to save these creatures is an exciting thought! Check this out!! http://www.abandonfear.com/index.php/2009/04/18/bring-sharkwater-to-china/ Support it!!

Well reviewing these 5 blogs has helped me see what they are all about, and helped me see how popular blogs really are. You can find them anywhere about almost anything! Look forward to reading more, and writing my own! Until next time,KP