Hi my name is Summer. I am a chick and I blog.

First of all, I want to give the internet a GIANT HUG. I was in a freak out mode yesterday (not the first, and seriously, not the last) and some peeps out there generously gave me words of wisdom and shared some of their tales of moving frustration/disaster. I don't think I am the greatest creative blogger type, because I LOVE hearing so much about the mess. So much of the time the public side of ourselves is so pressured to be a perfect like a poetic paragraph. I love it when we can share the mess, the disaster, the great green gobs of our lives. We do the best we can, and sometimes the fit hits the shan anyway. So thank you to you all for your support and stories. I'm not alone, and niether or you--that's what blogging is all about, right?

Speaking of which...

I am liking some of the debate about blogging being a chick thing. Thank you to Stephanie who reminded me of Jeff Pitcher's great blog, Above the Orange Trees. I went through a phase of reading him A LOT. I think Jeff might be the blogging world's first hearthrob. He is a gifted musician, writer, adventurer, and activist. He also married THE GREAT Keri Smith, which means he has brains.

And let's not forget Danny Gregory! Or DJ Blurb!

Here's the thing about my friend, Pete: Of all my friends, he is someone who would write A GREAT blog. He is funny as hell, and passionate about indie music. Everytime I see him he has a verbal essay about the latest genius music he's been into. That doesn't even cover all the millions of song projects he is working on. The world deserves HIS genius. I told him so, and that's how we got to the "blogging is a chick thing." I know there is a blog with Pete written all over it. I googled "indie rock boy blog" and got some blogs I think might seriously inspire him.

And in the end, does it really matter at all? If it's a dominantly female thing, then it just means that the people who are a large part of this medium, this movement, happen to be female voices. It doesn't lessen the impact or the meaning we all derive from it. It doesn't make the words that you spill any less important, or needed, or impacting.