Because I don't feel like cleaning my house...

That Random Mommy. This meme is a challenge. But I think I'm up to it. And because I don't want to called a whore, I am even going to name names.

Why do you blog? So I can hold on to what little grasp of sanity I have left. I started blogging in the summer of 2005 after reading a couple of articles about blogging. As a person who keeps a lot to herself it was a good way to get my thoughts out there. Once people started commenting, it was great to have other opinions and some validation. And support. Fuck, the support on here is beyond amazing. I have a hard time telling my friends in real life what is going on, so it's nice to have this outlet. Plus I can erase if need be. Like today, I left a post up for all of about 2 minutes and then took it down. Had I said out loud what I wrote here, I never could have taken it back. And for that 2 minutes that that post was up I needed it there. I needed to say that that I hate parts of my life and that I wanted to to do nothing but lie in bed and cry. (I'm not feeling so much like that now.)

What was the first blog you ever read? I can't even remember what it was called. I found it on IrishBlogs.ie. The site used to be way better laid out and down the sidebar was a list of blogs linked to it. This blogger was from Dublin, but living in Birmingham. I had to read a blog about a guy from my second favourite city in the world who was living in my hometown. Not sure whatever happened to him, I lost the link.

What was the first blog that had you hooked? Another two that I came across on Irish blogs, United Irelander and Red Mum. UI isn't posting these days, but Red Mum is still blogging. She even got a column out of her blog and her photos are amazing. Plus I found two of my favourite bloggers through her, Boliath and Beccy.

Which blogger friend would you most like to meet in real person? Oh, this is a hard one. If you're on my blogroll or should be on my blogroll (I suck at updating) then I want to meet you. If I comment on your blog (even if it's once in a blue moon because I really, really suck at commenting these days) then I want to meet you. And if you're someone who still comments on my blog, even though I am oh so rarely commenting on yours then I definitely want to meet you. I was thinking of saying that I don't want to meet anyone who weighs less than me since it would just make me that much more insecure, but that pretty much eliminates my entire blogroll. So since Random Mommy says we should pick one I am going to pick Boliath. Why? Because I really think she would be like the big sister I never had. Plus, she's been commenting on my blog almost since I started. This does not mean that I don't want to meet everyone else. Remember, should I ever win the lottery, you are all invited to my Camp David-like compound. Once it's built of course.

Which blog do you admire the most, why? I admire so many!
That Chick, M, Rachel, Joy, CPA Mom and Blue Momma for honesty in blogging. Random Mommy,
Ohio Blue Eyes and
Girl From Florida, because I envy their sex lives and their willingness to talk about it. Catwoman, Emily and Alissa for making me laugh everyday. La Bella Mammina, Chrisb, Sandy, Beccy, Frannie and Tiger Lamb Girl for being quite possibly the nicest bloggers ever. Lisa, for being a survivor. I could go on and on, really. But I feel like I've been linking forever.

How different are you in real life than in your blog? Oh, so different! I am very, very shy, almost painfully so. I don't start conversations in real life. I sometimes join in, but not often. I'm also really insecure. This probably does come across in my blog though.

How many blogs do you keep up with on a daily basis? In the last few months I have been really bad. Really, really bad. I check numerous blogs everyday. I try to get through a bit of my blogroll each day. I do find, though, that I check Catwoman's blog everyday. This may because she comments on almost every post I write, it may because she makes me laugh, it may be because she is one of my longest reads. There's a loyalty there I think. Frankly, I would love to be unemployed and have a housekeeper so that I would have no guilt over reading blogs for hours on end.

Link to your 123rd post. Or your 3rd, if you don't have 123. It's from February of 2006 and is all about how on a quest for organization I searched out my house for missing CDs. Probably not worth reading unless you want to know about my musical tastes.