Drum roll -- I mean, Blog roll, please!

Hello, my name is Megan, and I like to read blogs.

As addictions go, this one is fairly harmless, right?

I love to read people's stories, and look at photos of happy people, and read about people going through tough times that eventually end, and just see what's going on. Whenever I see that a friend of mine has a blog, I immediately spend far too much time reading back-posts and "catching up" as it were. I secretly follow many blogs of friends-of-friends and people I only sort of know. It's fun!

The next thing I do when I find a new blog is look through the blogger's own blog roll and other recommended links. And I expand my reading list and spend even more time learning stuff about people I may or may not know in person. It's a never-ending circle.

When I started using Google Reader (a year ago, maybe?), I deleted my own blog roll. It seemed redundant and unnecessary. I have recently decided that was a mistake, because it occurred to me lately that some of you might be interested in the goings-on of my friends, or other cool blogs that I love. What if you're like me and you want the chance to stalk some of the people I stalk?

So, without further ado... drum roll please...

I created a new blog roll!

The new blog roll is on the left-hand side of my page, and is called "I Recommend these Blogs." (Clever title, eh?) It's a sampling of my Google Reader list: there's a mixture of friends' blogs, photography blogs, a couple of "businesses" (like the official Disney Parks blog) and other goodies. Just for fun. Sadly, some of my faves are private blogs, but I think the list I created is enough to go on. So as not to bombard you with the awesomeness of the list, I have set it so you can just see the 10 most recently updated. Some post more often than others, but all are great.

Hope you find exploring these blogs as much fun as I do!

Meanwhile, I checked on my Google Reader feed, and discovered that I follow and subscribe to 134 blogs. Isn't that crazy?! Many are comic strips, and at least 10 haven't been updated in weeks if not months, and very few are updated every day (though some update multiple times a day), but I continue to hold on because I am attached to them. I must admit, it's a little sad that I rarely visit the actual blog sites anymore. This is a major reason why I don't post comments very often, though I read most as soon as they show up on the feed. I will try to be a better commenter.

In addition (I know, I know: MORE awesome time-devouring stuff??!!), I updated my "Megan's blog" play list at the bottom of my blog. It had been about a year since I last looked at it -- totally time for some new stuff. Take a listen, let me know if anything strikes your fancy.


Happy Tuesday!