I know Web 2.0 is getting to be an old and definitely overused term, but I think it’s the best fit for my thoughts today! Since I began blogging in the last year and trudged along my crash course in social networking, it’s occurred to me that this brave new world of blogs and social networks is a lot like high school…

Blogging is putting your thoughts and feelings out there for everyone to see and yes, possibly ridicule. The exact thing many of us spent ridiculous amounts of time and effort avoiding back in our school days.

Reading other people’s blogs can tend to feel like eavesdropping on the cool kids and hoping they don’t notice you’re listening. And actually putting yourself out there enough to leave your comments or thoughts is as terrifying as the thought of showing up for homeroom the day after a complete hair color disaster.

And then of course, there are the social networking sites…my favorites at the moment are Digg, Technorati and StumbleUpon …that are pretty much akin to running for prom king and queen or student council president.

Right here, right now, I will cop to watching my posts and articles ratings and rankings on just about every site out there, just hoping that someone likes me enough to let me into their online clique!

It’s amazing to me that after thinking that thank God, those queasy moments of waiting to see if people liked me, thought I was smart or cool were long gone 10 years ago…I find myself back in the game all over again! Or maybe it’s just because I recently attended my 10th reunion, so those good old high school insecurities or at the forefront!

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