Are family blogs a new trend?

I was looking at random blogs here on blogger via hitting the "next blog" button again and again out of boredom and came across a handful of family blogs.  I have never seen anything of the sort before and while clicking through for about five minutes I saw at least four blogs about families.  I thought it was the strangest thing.  These are blogs set up by parents who write posts about their kids and the things that are going on in their homes... I don't get it.  I can see one justifiable reason which would be to set up a blog about your family just to keep your extended family up-to-speed but to have it wide open for anyone is just odd.

I skimmed a few posts of one of these blogs in particular and the topics included a new haircut, a rash on a daughter's face (with pics), a school play, play-dates, etc.  A different blog was a little more vacation-heavy and talked about trips and the such which I can understand but I couldn't help but immediately think of the show, John and Kate + 8.  I wouldn't be surprised if these families followed the series feeling like they deserved a similar spotlight and fired up a blog to document themselves for the world to see.  I guess I just don't understand the point of it.  I especially wouldn't want to do it if I was the parent and if I had young children, it just doesn't seem right.  Am I looking into this too much for how small and pointless it is?  Are family blogs a new trend?  Is it modern and cool to be a family blogger?  Are parents that blog about their kids "with it" or is some self-evaluating in order?

Recently...

My 4th year of college is behind me, Summer is half over, I have been jobless since I moved back home (regardless of applying for countless positions since February) and life in general has been uneventful.  I have been spending my days hanging around or working out and improving my DJing skills among other things.  For the past month or so I have been preparing for a fashion show that I will be co-hosting and DJing.  As of right now it is scheduled for a tentative date of July 16th, you should all come and help out if you happen to be near Northbranch, MN (it is a fundraiser fashion show put on by Maurice's clothing store).  The remainder of the summer will fly by as it always does and I will be back in St. Cloud for my final (finally) year of school.

It's funny how things pan out each summer.  I always have full intentions of doing fun things, taking trips, meeting up with friends from all over, etc. etc.  I haven't accomplished much of that at all this year.  I did manage to make it out to a concert to see none other than Dj Mehdi, one of my favorite acts on the Ed Banger Label from Paris, alongside Henry Riton.  Together they put on a show under the name of their current collaboration project, Carte Blanche.  It was phenomenal and I was able to shake Dj Mehdi's hand!  I felt like a little school girl meeting Justin Bieber.  It was a highlight to say the least as I am unhealthily obsessed with the entire Ed Banger Records crew.  Maybe you are too, but if you're not you should at least check them out.

Brain picking

I am considering getting a tattoo, I'm not sure when but I have wanted one for awhile now and for the past few months I have been pretty much set on getting a simple cross on the inside of my forearm, something that looks like this but higher up and without a matching friend. I feel like it would be pretty inexpensive, tasteful, and somewhat original compared to the over the top elaborate cross tattoos I see so much of. I guess the only thing making me wait on it is the fact that I don't really have a need for it or a cool story to back it up. I'm not very religious either so it wouldn't be much of a God thing of sorts. I am an uber fan of Justice who's logo happens to be the Christian cross although they claim there is no affiliation between their music and the faith. They use the cross as an icon for interpretation, "everyone can read it as they wish and make their own meaning of it", I like that. I think that plays a lot into why I want to get this simple tattoo but at the same time I don't want it to strictly be a "band tattoo", but then again I guess that wouldn't be so bad. I have a feeling it might get done while I am over in England...

I really hate when people say that they want to see you/hang out with you and don't follow through. I hate it more when I look forward to it and plan my day or time around whatever plans me and the person made and then the plans never happen. It's understandable that "things come up" and plans can change but what I'm talking about is people bailing just "cuz" and not for any valuable reason. This is the type of thing you can lose "friend points" over in my book. I won't hold a grudge but it's a pet peeve nonetheless. If you know that you don't want to do something don't say you want to, it's simple :)

Another thing I hate is the "bro" image aka guys who wear Ed Hardy and Affliction among other overly priced brands and act like they are hot shit because their t-shirt set them back $200 and their jeans are so "premium". These clothing lines are somewhat respectable on their own, I'll admit I have seen some nice Ed Hardy tees. For the most part however, the common consumer of such clothing can be summed up as attention hungry, insecure tools and/or "scene girls" trying too hard to be appreciated. I don't know what it is about the apparel but i see so many of it's wearers overly induced with high levels of testosterone and inflated egos, it's disgusting, please grow up. My opinion isn't uncommon either, a lot of my friends feel the same way but if you want a more blunt point of view read this. (Disclaimer: Apologies to the few friends of mine who purchase these products, you know who you are, you are not the definition of what I explained above haha, I am not friends with tools)

There are also things I love... more on that later