Why Blog?

I never really liked the concept of blogging. Post on the web for all to see? But I am guilty of a serious misinterpretation. Contrary to the concept of a live journal or the like, blogging is my chance to write, well, whatever I want, and bare it for the world to see. An aspiring journalist, I make a point of writing each day. Why not here? Not that the physical act of putting ideas on paper doesn't hold a certain romanticism, the smell of the notebook, the light cracking sound it makes as you open it to the first page... Well, at least I'll be able to say I gave this a try.