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Last week before the onslaught of Snowmageddon II, I trekked out to Public Bar to attend a good-bye happy hour for my friend Amanda, who is leaving for Kabul. The snow and threat of snow kept a lot of our mutual friends at home, so when I strolled into the empty bar I was surrounded by a lot of unknown faces.
Making new friends is not a problem for me, but it can be intimidating to converse with a stranger. You never know what to talk about and the talk that does happen always includes questions on occupations and locations. The talk that night wasn’t any different however my ears perked when the discussion turned to films. I mentioned my attempt to watch all the Oscar nominated movies which lead to my alter ego as a blogger.
Instantly I was faced with questions on what I thought of various films and movies and I was doling out arguments and opinions like I was a talking head on MSNBC. When additional friends arrived I was introduced as a blogger and film critic- the latter honor was very exaggerated but it did lend me a sort of social credibility in the group.
Whether it’s music or social media, I’ve found that I now have more ideas, questions, and topics readily available for these interactions because of my blogging.
People who don’t have preferences are boring. These are the folks who don’t have favorites: no favorite books, music, or TV Shows. They are also the folks who lack any dislikes. People who say, “oh I watch everything,” is really just saying, “I don’t care what I watch.” When you don’t care, you aren’t interested- which makes you less interesting.
My Oscar blogs have given me more to say than, “Avatar was a good film,” I can go in-depth about what the issues are surrounding a film and why I feel a certain way about it.
It is easily to associate having an opinion with someone that’s enjoys arguments, or someone that is vain, the secret is to not only know where you stand on things, but to have the curiosity and understanding to find out what other people think.
I pitched my ideas on Up In The Air to the group and I heard some agreements and some dissents. Out of the experience I learned more about what I thought but also what others thought as well- and it helped me take a look at the entire idea through a big-picture lens.
Blogging is a great exercise in not only written communication, but self discovery as well.
I want to know what the other bloggers out there think- do you find that you are more opinionated through your blogging, that you are able to better express what you think and feel?
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