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Hey friends,
So I used to have a blog when I was an undergrad at Notre Dame. I used to post about everything. Guys, friends, growing up, movies, music, Chicanismo, my poetry. Basically anything and everything under the sun that tickled my fancy.
I started the blog my junior year of undergrad. It was a very hard year for me, and I remember starting the blog my first day of junior year because I was really scared. And at first, I think it was this blog that was very high school emo, and it grew and evolved as I did. I blogged about a lot of the complex stuff I was feeling and experiencing, and I think it kept me sane those last two years. Even posting about lighter stuff, like my silly review of Les Mis, was cathartic for me. I think it made me feel good to know that, hopefully, I was making people laugh, or feel solidarity over our mutual dislike of Justin Timberlake.
At first, I thought just my mom was checking my blog, but I remember running into friends of friends in Chicago, people I'd never met before, and they'd be like "Oh you. I like your blog". It was so cool.
I deleted the old blog, the old Bella Life, when I was applying to law school. It was like the first thing that came up when you googled my name. Even though there was nothing inappropriate on it, I was terrified they'd find misplaced commas or something and declare me illiterate. I've had a few people (like 2) tell me that maybe I should start it up again. I don't know how regularly I'll post with law school, but I'll do it whenever I feel the urge to. I really missed blogging. I think my one fear is that it won't be funny anymore. Like not writing for a few years has made me lose my edge. I hope I can get it back.
So I used to have a blog when I was an undergrad at Notre Dame. I used to post about everything. Guys, friends, growing up, movies, music, Chicanismo, my poetry. Basically anything and everything under the sun that tickled my fancy.
I started the blog my junior year of undergrad. It was a very hard year for me, and I remember starting the blog my first day of junior year because I was really scared. And at first, I think it was this blog that was very high school emo, and it grew and evolved as I did. I blogged about a lot of the complex stuff I was feeling and experiencing, and I think it kept me sane those last two years. Even posting about lighter stuff, like my silly review of Les Mis, was cathartic for me. I think it made me feel good to know that, hopefully, I was making people laugh, or feel solidarity over our mutual dislike of Justin Timberlake.
At first, I thought just my mom was checking my blog, but I remember running into friends of friends in Chicago, people I'd never met before, and they'd be like "Oh you. I like your blog". It was so cool.
I deleted the old blog, the old Bella Life, when I was applying to law school. It was like the first thing that came up when you googled my name. Even though there was nothing inappropriate on it, I was terrified they'd find misplaced commas or something and declare me illiterate. I've had a few people (like 2) tell me that maybe I should start it up again. I don't know how regularly I'll post with law school, but I'll do it whenever I feel the urge to. I really missed blogging. I think my one fear is that it won't be funny anymore. Like not writing for a few years has made me lose my edge. I hope I can get it back.
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