I Need To Get A Life.

I haven't yet described just how I've gone about this entire process, so I think now is a good time to do that.

I sort of brushed the surface in this post, and I mentioned Google reader, but now the blogosphere is going to get a dose of my magic.

This is what I wake up to almost every morning:



In all fairness, all those new updates aren't from weight-related blogs. I've had to maintain my loyalties to Perez Hilton while "researching" for this project. I've already decided that I'm going to blame my grades in other classes on this project. I spend no less than 30 minutes a day reading updates from the blogs that I mentioned earlier. [Add Perez Hilton and there goes an hour of my day!]

While I'm reading them I have a few things in mind:

• What does this blogger have in common with other bloggers in the same category?
• Does the blogger only blog about weight issues? If not, what other types of things do they blog about? How do those things relate to their particular view of weight?
• How has society affected the blogger? Do they feel pressures from society to look a certain way?
• How has this blogger gone against the status quo?
• Does this blogger attempt to make connections with other bloggers that have a large amount of followers?
• Does this blogger make themselves available to their readers? Do they provide a public email address? Do they have an "About Me" section? Do they invite readers to friend request them on Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr?
• Does their blog solely revolve around their journey [whether it be weight-loss, Pro-Ana, or Fat Acceptance]? Or does it incorporate stories from other bloggers or friends?

It isn't like I write down these answers to every single post I read. Then I really would have absolutely no life. I just try to take in to account a few of those things each time I read a certain post. I also try to think about the different theories I've learned about in class and how they might apply to what I'm reading and learning.