It was quite a long break, I guess. Suddenly, I am fumbling for words. Not that I have nothing to say, but suddenly I don't know where to begin with. My blog is really my sweet heart!
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When I was away from it, I was always thinking about it (read thinking about what to write in my next posts!). You just won't believe it, that while I was studying for my exams, reading the chapters of Sociology (yeah, I want to be a student all my life), I was relating things to blogging, all the time!
In one of chapters of Sociology, the structure and functionality of society is explained and understood through various ways, means and types of communication patterns people have set with each other. It classified communication as subjective, objective, manipulative etc (not the exact terms, I am using) but believe me, while reading all that I was thinking about you - ie., all my co-bloggers and their blogs!!
How, many of us write, sharing experiences and thoughts (Jack, you know that!) and some write very objectively. Of course, there would be many who write as if giving an impression of something, as if highlighting some aspect of their personality which would be liked by all. (No, dear, am not pin-pointing on anyone here!) But surely, I found some connection of Sociology with Blogging. And yes, why not, because blogging is again communication, with the whole world - known and unknown people around us, who write back to us through comments, who connect with us by empathizing with us, who laugh at our jokes, who share stories of their lives. When we thought, we were alone feeling bad about things around us, we just had to write something, and we had so many people around us to tell - "they felt the same". And we were not lonely anymore.
We agree and nod when there are things which affect all of us, as a society. We disagree and argue, sometimes, bitterly to prove our points. At times, we get in touch with a friend, by dropping into his or her blog, only to write some sweet nothings. We know it! We do it at times!
Because ultimately, blogosphere is a social circle, it's a social network (suddenly these two words have a different meaning to us, first after the rampant use by all and sundry of Facebook, twitter etc and secondly because of the movie of the same name). But, what I meant, when I said Blogosphere is a social network, is that it's a society again, it's a bonsai society. You will disagree, may be. True, that more and more people are getting connected through Internet now, even Govt organisations are waking up to it, and this circle is increasing day by day. But, let's not forget that this is just the urban story. Education is yet to reach the corners of our country. So, I would say, it's a Bonsai Society, a little sample of real society.
Don't you see those patterns of blogging? Following, reciprocating comments, building a blog, an image of the blog and ,of course, writing and communicating how YOU would like people to see you. We wear masks here too. Well, many a times, we have to and many a times, we can avoid it and be real. This reminds of another term used in the course book "Impression Management", yes, it was again a theory understanding the social behaviour, yes, it does cross paths with psychology, may be that's why it interested me so much.
So, now you know, my blog and my co-bloggers were never out of my mind all this time! I was thinking about it all the time!
But, let me say this naughty thing to you, that the way you feel when you meet your sweetheart after a long time, I was feeling the same for my blog, I was just, so....hmmm.... shy to speak! (Read, so blank to write a post!) that I kept thinking what to write for last 3-4 days, when I got free from the work, for which I took the blogging break.
Hey, does that happen with you too?! When you gave blogging a break for sometime, did you feel how I was feeling last few days, thinking what to write??
Or else,
You may read the question like this too, that, "do you also feel so shy and speechless meeting your sweetheart after a long time?"!!! ( am just kidding!)
Do write to me....
And yes, I missed you all so much... will be visiting my blogger pals blogs soon...
Take care
RESTLESS :)
PS: By the way, I'll be writing about why am I RESTLESS, in my next post!
