Today I can spare a few moments on meta-blogging; having had a little time to spend on my blog, I would like to make the following observation: of the four blogs I frequently read (Tracy: Batflower; Kudra:an anonymous friend through my brother; Emrah: Trains Sation and Selmin: Lonely Satellite), all four have their peculiar styles of writing. Tracy, who is one of the most creative and jolie people I have met, who has lived on the streets, and who has been struggling to merely survive by keeing her miminum wage job as a waitress/fashion designer/artist, is the one closest to my heart in an emotional way. In many ways, she is my emotional other. Whenever I talk to her, whenever I read her journal, I feel elated, and I also feel deep inside that this could have been me, she is also the one I have spent the least time with, so this must be empathy. Kudra has a bashing style- she is striking, original, frank, and brilliant. I would definitely want to meet her if I were in Istanbul. Emrah's blog I find above and beyond what I can ever write or produce in an intellectual sense- he is this thinking man with an amazing memory, if I ever met a genius in my life, it is Emrah. He would have qualified for a 'precog' if he were in the movie Minority Report. Selmin's blog is the most practical, she is using her blog not to contemplate on the meaning of life but to communicate what she is doing when with whom (since she is doing her Ph.D in communication studies, this is not surprizing, one might say). As for me, I have realized I am using my blog space to think aloud (not revealing too much of who I am, but not concealing either, and certainly writing to relieve myself of my emotional burden)...I also intend to hone my writing skills for an altogether different purpose: develop my authorly skills for my upcoming project...So, the question now is, am I a blogger or not?