Thing #2

I have very little previous experience with blogs prior to these assignments. What little experience I do have has been centered around reading a few blogs during my quest for research materials. One of my friends recently informed me that she had created a blog. She gave me the URL to her blog spot, and I read a few of her posts. I myself have never written a blog before. To be perfectly honest, I never understood its purpose. However, my views are changing.

It was not difficult to decide which blog name to use. Our instructor for the course told us to use our own names for our posts. The name for my blog was created in haste in order to keep up with my instructors directions. I tried several varying combinations of my name, but few were successful. I
was quite satisfied when I thought of the name jessicahudsonandthe23things, though, because it reminds me of a children's story. It makes me smile every time I read it. It was also the first available combination that was not already taken by another individual.


Creating the blog itself was difficult for me because I was a couple of steps behind the instructor during the time that she was giving directions on how to set it up. I was playing catch-up for the whole process. I still do not understand all of the various components of the blogging site itself. I will have to play around with it for a little while to figure it out. Making a blog to publish is not near the hassle that creating the blog site was.

My first attempt to create my avatar was when my computer neighbor attempted to assist me in the rather confusing process. I did not care at that point if my personality was reflected in my avatar because I was simply trying to understand how to paste it into my blog layout. I still have not figured that one out. My first avatar wound up resembling my grandmother more so than myself. Some of the options are quite limiting during the creation process. I went back to the website and created a second, more whimsical version of myself with my avatar clad in the Disney character Snow White's gown with matching heels and a bumped-up head band hairdo. I created my avatar in such a manner because I love fairy tales and Disney movies. Also, the gown looked really cute on my avatar. I believe my avatar reflects my playful, idealistic personality with her innocent appearance.