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I’ve decided that I need a hobby.

I discovered this while trying to write a bio of myself yesterday. I got through all the stuff about education and research interests -- I have lots of those. Then I looked at the little sample bio, and the person had written all their hobbies – it was something cliché like sailing, but it was a hobby no less. And so I tried to think of things that I really enjoy doing. I enjoy working out, but not really all kinds of working out. Mostly I like pilates, but I was afraid that people wouldn’t know what that was and I would look pretentious. I was going to put “running” but I don’t really like the treadmill as much as I like the stairclimber, and even then, only while watching TV on DVD. Reading and writing were boring hobbies. I like to play Nintendo Wii and read pop culture blogs (my favorites are EW’s PopWatch and The Superficial) but those made me seem shallow.
So blogging is my new hobby.

I also thought I needed a Blog With a Gimmick (my favorite example is this one), so I decided that I would write a blog where I made connections. Making connections is definitely one of my favorite things. Then I read this Onion article, and realized I had my title for this blog. Some goals:
(1) Post at least once every other day.
(2) Post about pop culture as well as my aforementioned research interests, which are, according to my bio: ethnography, personal writing, the freshman experience, popular culture, and writing across the curriculum.
(3) Make a lot of connections.

Welcome.