Why Blog?

So.

It's an interesting process, this whole expose-yourself-yet-stay-clothed process known as blogging. When I started mine, it was meant to be nothing more or less than a journal.

For me.

I didn't have to try and entertain or enlighten or be witty/erudite/naked. I didn't expect (nor did I particularly want) others to come read it.

So. Witty it wasn't.

But a few wretched souls showed up here anyway -- boredom-gluttons that they clearly are.

So, should one (well, if not one, at least me?) therefore try to actually, you know, entertain 'em? I mean, I know a couple of jokes; and I can sing and juggle a bit (although the latter skillages don't translate so very optimally to a blog).....

The question (for which I have no real answer) is this: how does the awareness of someone else's eyes change what you write? How does the possible reaction to a post infect and inflect the post itself?

What the hell is the sound of one testicle clapping?

Ponder ponder.