I have always been a voracious reader. When I was young, I read everything from Isaac Asimov’s science fiction to V.C. Andrews’ gothic horror/romance novels. However, something changed in me when I read the Diary of Anne Frank. In Frank, I found a friend – an actual, real person who conveyed actual, real life events and feelings. Though my heart ached for her and the experience of putting the diary down when it was over was a painful one, I was impressed with the power of personal revelation. From that moment on, autobiography was my favorite genre. Fortunately, for people like me who revel in true personal accounts of life experiences, the Internet is full of sources for feeding my fancy. Blogs are a hot commodity these days, and the bloggers I like the most are those who get up close and personal. My favorite Blog website is “the Bloggess,” written and maintained by blogger Jenny Lawson. The Bloggess is certainly no Anne Frank, but she feels like a friend nonetheless. Here is why I love the Bloggess, and why everyone should visit her:
The Bloggess is funny. Any time I need a good laugh, I click over to my favorite blog website and read the latest entry. It’s not that Mrs. Lawson lives an extraordinary life. It’s just that she takes even the most common everyday occurrences and finds the humor in them. Even subjects that could be tragic or morose are exposed for all their ridiculousness by the Bloggess – something I’m truly grateful for when I’m looking for a pick-me-up.
The Bloggess is real. She is a wife and a mother, and she does the same ordinary things that all of us do. She just writes about them. And she writes about them frankly, directly, conversationally, and entertainingly. When I read from the Bloggess website, I know there is no pretension. I have visited other “mommy” blogs (after all, I am a mom), and I’ve felt alienated at times. Like, who are these women? June Cleaver? I am a real person, who has real embarrassing moments and who uses real curse words, and the Bloggess speaks to real people like me.
The Bloggess has connections. In addition to an awesome blog roll that will link you to many blogs that are comparably as worthwhile as the Bloggess blog, Jenny Lawson makes wildly entertaining contributions to a number of other sites, including a satirical sex column and a parenting column for the Houston Chronicle. You can find links to all of these from the Bloggess website itself.
If you haven’t checked out the Bloggess yet, then you should head on over there right now – unless you don’t like funny or entertaining stuff. From all I’ve seen on the Internet, nothing quite compares to the quirky humor of the Bloggess, who is “like Mother Teresa, only better.”
