I refuse!!

I refuse!! I know that blogs like Blogger seem like they're on their way out and people would rather use more artistic sites like tumblr and whatever else. But I started this blog and I would like to keep it going as long as possible. Or at least just a little bit longer. Funny thing is that I accidentally found a blog RIGHT HERE (on BLOGGER) from my predecessor at my current job. What are the odds, right? Well, I guess pretty high since he called it "Tokachi Terebi." Just for the record, I haven't been able to find it since. It was complete coincidence that I came across it 'cause I was just searching for good sightseeing places or restaurants in my neighborhood. So I punched in "Tokachi sightseeing." Then there it was: his name, his blog. The guy who informed me of the situation at my workplace before I even got here. So that's sort of cool. But let me get back to the point. In his blog, he said that he was going to try to keep going with the blog, even though it's true that something like 90 per cent of blogs end up being forsaken, left by the wayside, kicked to the curb. That is exactly right!! How many of these blogs do I have floating around there now anyway. The ones that I started, but never kept going with. And then forgot the passwords 'cause I didn't post on them enough. So what can be done? Can it be helped? I guess for me it can. Thanks to this job, I've needed an outlet, a place where I can express myself. A place where only my good friends (and maybe a couple of strangers) will check. That place is certainly NOT FACEBOOK. Now I'm not dissing Facebook for what it is. I'm just saying it's not for what I want. I mean, come on, it's anything but personal, right? People go on it to spy, to criticize, to entertain themselves, to have their online fame. Of course I'm only looking at the negative side. Yeah, I know, there are good points, too. We can keep in touch with people. We can re-connect with old friends from our school days. Well, maybe I'm just old fashioned. I like the ol' blog! It takes a commitment, a decision to keep writing. We need to have the will to do it by ourselves, sometimes for ourselves. Or for that last few who still the "way of the blogger." More chit-chat later. I have to go check my facebook posts so I have something to write about. (Yuk yuk! Snort!)