the new d-list of celebs

blogging is creating a new kind of celebrity. i will refer to bloggers as being on the d-list. we are not talking world-wide notoriety here, but there is a defnite satisfaction in being "noticed." blogs are helping narrow the gap of 6 degrees of separation. i would bet that we are closer to a 3 degree rule these days. it gives me some good tingly vibes when i hear someone tell me that they have been reading my blog. and to be honest i think that's what keeps me going. basically what i do is write a journal, but anyone can read it. when i was younger i used to keep journals (aka diaries in the 80's) but i would do it for like a week tops...then forget about it for a few months and come back to it, thus leaving behind a disjointed trail of my teenage existence. i have found about 5 different books as i cleaned out my old room at my parents house, all randomly filled out...only to about the 10th page though. abruptly, my life sagas end and i have no proof to track the dramatic days of my youth. thanks to blogging - and in a way i view it as "performing" - i am going to have a great way of tracking how my life in my twenties played itself out. its the audience that motivates me...the recognition...the minute fame.

great story to explain the accuracy of this celebrity....so my friend jos tells me her friend from work reads her blog, in doing so he sees the link to mine, and in reading mine he notices the link to ryan's "straight from the arse." ryan's blog is rather sport-centric in content and clearly has a largely sport fanatic following. well this guy (don't know his name) ends up loving it. laughs, and cant get enough of ryan's posts. (odd isn't it that when reading someone's blog, you realize you know a lot about them; their interests, their passions, the details of their day-to-day life that they disclose, so much so, that you create a connection.) anyway, one weekend he was out and he saw ryan...recognized him! (ryan you are a star) and then realized in an awkward moment that they don't officially know one another, and that their friendship is all one-sided and strictly through the written word. the thing is, i think if someone approached me and recognized me because of my writing, i would be thrilled, it would boost my confidence, motivate me to keep writing, and make me feel like the d-list celeb i like to think i am!

ps im pretty sure ryan would be cool with the recognition as well...thats how he rolls ;)