i'm not as addicted to myspace as I am to blogging!!

So today I'm looking at my site statistics (first sign that I'm addicted) to check my visitor count and the referrers (sign 2) to my site. I notice that a site called MySpace Addiction lists one of my posts about being addicted to myspace as the very first post on their site! Great, now I'm out there as being a myspace addict. Well let me tell you, I may check myspace several times a day, but there are far worse things that I'm addicted to.

One major one is blogging. I love blogging. I love being able to speak my mind freely and not caring who reads it. Or sometimes writing it knowing that a large audience will read it. At one point I had that Sex and the City mindframe where it was like I was Carrie, narrating my life in typed words or writing about revelations or deep thoughts (but no blogging about sex). It had that article feel to it. Now I just type whatever the heck is on my mind. I rant. I observe. I am random. Especially now that I know I get more visitors than actual people I know in real life, I want to speak to them and tell them what I think. It's just that feeling knowing you have an audience that will listen (read) and you use it to your advantage.

On the flip side, I also love reading blogs. I think it all started when Z104 had Kelly Ann Collins on, I started learning about more blogs from local folks and then it just went from there. Then I discovered DC Blogs. It gave me access to other people in the area and I could also be listed to get more people visiting my site. They feature a few blogs every day and I've even been mentioned several times. Then DC Blogs created DC Blogs Live and from there the addiction got worse. It let me know when people posted new blogs so I knew when to check. It also let other people know when I posted, so if I had a catchy title to my post or a good first couple of sentences, it would draw people in. So I blame DC Blogs as part of my addiction! LOL I think I love reading and writing blogs because it's like message boards, another thing that I'm addicted to. I like putting in my opinions about something and hearing what others think. I love getting comments to my thoughts as well as leaving comments to others'. It's just like a message board but spread across different websites.

So yes, while I may have a myspace addiction, it really isn't as bad as my addiction to blogging. My "boyfriend"** even thinks I have a problem! Other things I'm addcited to: panda cam, message boards (mostly in myspace, adding to the addiction), bad reality tv (shows like Flavor of Love), naps, and ben and jerry's cookie dough ice cream.

** "Boyfriend" because it's easier than saying "that guy that I've been seeing for about 6 months"