Purpose of Blog

In an ideal world, I could truthfully say that the noble purpose of this blog is to broadcast all of my various thoughts to anyone who wanted to take a look, to connect my thoughts with those of people across the street or across the Atlantic. But, unfortunately, this isn't an ideal world and the truth is a rather different story. The real, unglamorous truth is this: the purpose of this blog is to fulfill the requirements for my English class. Before today I had no idea that a website called www.blogger.com even existed. Before today the thought of making a "serious" and "revealing" blog wasn't even a nagging spark in the back of my head.
But maybe it is an ideal world. Against my previous inclinations I found myself taking a gander at the "blog tour" and thinking much too long about what my template was going to look like. This blog has already started to take precedence over my other homework (Not a good sign. I've barely started). I can already feel the urge to post my many thoughts on issues, conflicts, even simple everyday stuff. Of course, about half of these posting plans in my head have no place in a blog for an English class. (Imagine my teacher's surprise at a 3-paragraph tirade on how Family Circus is the work of the devil himself. Thanks Bil Keane, but those little kids just aren't funny. Best to quit while ahead, in my opinion.)
Seriously though, after debating with myself for the better part of 30 minutes I have come to this conclusion: the purpose of this blog extends past getting a good grade for an English class. It is about showing what I think regardless of who is looking. It is about letting everyone who cares (or doesn't) what my opinion on anything is, from the somber and sincere to the mundane and trivial. This is the first blog I've ever done, whether or not it's the last is going to be decided by my experiences with this testing of my writing. I can only hope for a good time while I'm here.