Coming of Age Project Intro

            Throughout this course, we explored the idea of coming-of-age in the characters we read about and in ourselves. In most cases, the coming-of-age seen in the novels greatly resembled the coming-of-age events in my own life. In blogging, I was able to relate the two, as well as pour a small part of myself into the blogs. By writing in such a free form, informal manner, I was able to show part of my personality to my readers.

            I like to think that I am a funny person. I also try to portray a sense of speaking in my writing. That was poorly worded, but I basically try to make my personality on paper sound exactly like my personality in real life. I want people to read my writing and have the feeling that I am standing there speaking to them. In writing, I am able to say what I may not say in person.

            Overall, I am introverted. Until I am comfortable around a group of people, I am extremely shy and try to keep to myself. However, in writing, I have found the ability to say things to people that I may not normally say around them. For the other students in this Literature and Civilizations class, my writing makes me seem like an extroverted being from the start. Through the veil that writing gives me, I can become the person who I am normally too shy to be.

            Back to the thought about being funny. Humor is something that I have wrestled with throughout my life. I have always been involved with a humorously talented group of friends. Throughout high school, I dabbled in improv and humorous theatre. With my experience, I have learned one thing: humor is not preconceived. It is something that just happens. The funniest things said are not the ones that are pondered over for hours.

That is the exact approach I took to my blogs. I never thought about what was being said in my blogs; I just said it. For the people who do not know my so well, that is my personality. Besides filtering myself for comments in bad taste, I just say what is in my head. Life is much more humorous that way. In my opinion, people are always too worried about whether their comments will be appropriate or not. The way I see it, unless you are blatantly insulting something in a rude or aggressive way, somebody will find my comments funny. Most of the time it is more than one person.

The idea of blogging really plays into my skill set. I am in no way a formal person and greatly dislike writing extensive papers in MLA format just for the sake of having to write a long paper. I am quick and witty, and that is what entertaining blogging requires.