In an effort to blog more, I’ve been looking for some memes or something to encourage daily posting. Found a fun one and I hope you participate!

This meme is from Sunday Stealing. Its called the Pretentious Blogger Meme, lol.
1. How long have you been blogging?

Counts…. well, regularly here since August.  I’ve tried, in some form or another, to have a blog in the past but I never found myself interesting enough to write about. I’m trying, now, to have more of a diary type thing than a popular blog where I postulate and pretend to know a lot of things about stuff. I just want to blog about life and things.

2. What made you start?

I found I had things to say, stuff I wanted to talk about. The Diary was born.

3. Who inspired you?

I’ll do the PC answer… I follow a lot of bloggers because I’m inspired by real people telling their life stories, a post at a time. People who are open and funny and real. I’d say, if your blog shows up on my blog roll or my reader, you inspire me.

4. About how many hours a week would you estimate you spend on your blog?

Depends on the week. Some weeks, less than 1. Some weeks I spend hours a day here.

5. What kind of experience or background do you have with writing?

Until recently, no professional experience. I feel like I write well, but I don’t focus a lot on proper grammar rules and editorial aspects of writing. I’m more of a fiction writer– I prefer to make things up. Non fiction (and my life is pretty much non fiction) is hard for me, but I wanted to press myself to do some things that weren’t easy and expand my repertoire.

6. Talk about how you come up with blog topics. Where do you get your ideas?

Usually it’s something sparked from conversation on twitter, message boards, or real life. Sometimes from TV or music. Sometimes ‘ripped from the headlines’. Recently I’ve been trying to gather a list of ‘things to talk about’ because I get a little dry and boring.

7. What or who inspires you and your blog?

Is it me or did I already answer this?

8. Where and/or how do your brainstorming for your blog?

I don’t really. Perhaps that’s an issue? If it doesn’t come from my life (and frankly if I don’t have the energy to blog it) it doesn’t get blogged.

9. Do you have any blogging rules or guidelines you follow?

Not really. Just blog. Try not to get spammed.

10. Is there anything you will not blog about?

Politics, probably. Religion, maybe. I feel like those are really personal and I don’t really care what people think about my choices.

11. Do you have any sort of a publishing schedule in terms of day of week or topic?

Not really, but thinking of developing one.

12. How many drafts of potential blog posts do you have right now?

None.

13. In what medium do you draft your posts?

Sometimes email, especially if I’m at work.

14. How often do you completely scratch or delete drafts or blog post ideas?

All the time. If I’m in the middle of writing it and I don’t care or I’m yawning, I might stop, mid-sentence, and send it to trash.

15. If you had to leave your blog in your will to another blogger, who would you choose?

No one. It’s about me. I’d hope KF would delete it.

16. Are there other blogs that you feel are similar to yours in content, style, or voice?

No, I am unique. Just like everyone else!

17. Has anything surprised you since you started blogging?

People actually read this stuff…..

18. What are your goals or plans for your blog going forward?

Do more of it? Maybe, you know… become more popular. Or whatever. I dunno. I don’t have huge plans.

19. Do you make any money from your blog? (optional) about how much a month?

None.

20. What blogging system do you use?

Wordpress, self hosted, because I am a control freak.

21. How did you come up your blog name?

Gonna shout out MissShellie. :D She told me she liked to read about my adventures and that I should start a blog, sort of Bridget Jones-ish but with my flavor. It took awhile to get it up and running, but it’s here finally.

22. How many blogs do you have? What was your peak?

2. I had three but the third I just didn’t really care about and I’m looking to replace it with just a static page, since it’s the home page/CMS for a forum. Actually… I have a blog strictly for my *NSYNC fangirling and crazyness. I don’t post in it often. I also help run stillnsync, which uses WP as a CMS.

23. Are you having as much fun as when you started?

Even more.

24. Where do you find other bloggers like you?

Twitter mostly. Wordpress.com does a great job of grouping bloggers by topic. I wish WP.org had the same thing. Google is great as well. Lastly, I cruise blogrolls of bloggers I love, looking for the blogs THEY love.

25. What’s your one wish when it comes to blogging?

More readers. Lots of comments. Lots of interaction. Tons of fun. Oh, that’s more than one, huh?