tomfoolery

I generally use my blog to broadcast my silliness and other such ridiculous thoughts, stories, and adventures. Nisha, on the other hand, is the epitome of someone who uses her blog to share her beautiful and intelligent words and thoughts. And she's gone far with it! She's taken it to the level of having her own ".com", which to me, is the indication of success in our wonderful world(wideweb). She's literally become my online idol. I get excited when I find out my friends read my blog. She basically has celebrities following her every word.

I met Nisha through AIESEC, and we became closer as we both took on a great amount of responsibility within the organization. There are few friends I have who have watched me grow and experienced the changes I have gone through over the last few years. I feel I have done the same with her. One of AIESEC's statements is that it turns regular college students into change agents and leaders. Nisha is a perfect example.

Before you start thinking we're having a love affair (or are we? ANSWER: No. I'm very committed to my "wife" Ilana, another amazing AIESECer I admire, though she's been in Spain and away from me for over a year), I'd like to share the point of this tell-all infatuation post.

I get made fun of by a lot of my friends for keeping a blog. For having a Twitter. It's difficult to put into words why I want to share my thoughts, feelings, and stories with the world - especially in this day and age, where it's dangerous to put anything online, lest it be found and misconstrued by some future employer. But here I sit in my apartment in Oxford, Ohio, pouring my heart out as quickly as my fingers will type. Truth is, I want to make a difference in the lives of those who read my blog. Ok, that's a little bit of an overshot, but I really do want to.

Back to Nisha. She has given me (and all her other readers) 25 ways to use your blog and social media to create change. Reading this post inspired me to stop posting about jackalopes (ok...maybe I'll still post about jackalopes, but only because they're awesome) and start writing about things that matter - to me, and to other people.

Don't worry readers. You should still expect silliness. It's in my nature.

I just sent in my medical forms for the Peace Corps and should be leaving in July for 2 years of tomfoolery in Sub-Saharan Africa. If internet access is available, I will be blogging about my experience. Before then, I must set some goals for my blog:

1. Find a better forum than Blogspot. No offense, Google - it's easy to use, but I'm looking for a little more class.
2. Make my blog look better! Maybe a picture banner? Suggestions of what to make it of? I'm thinking frolicking jackalopes...
3. Follow some of Nisha's advice on pound out a few of those 25 ways...