{"id":341,"date":"2008-03-05T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jennyandadam.com\/Jenny\/2008\/03\/from-the-does-the-world-really-need-another-blog-department.html"},"modified":"2008-03-05T17:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-05T17:17:00","slug":"from-the-does-the-world-really-need-another-blog-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyandadam.com\/Jenny\/2008\/03\/from-the-does-the-world-really-need-another-blog-department.html","title":{"rendered":"From the Does the World Really Need Another Blog? Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, I had a writing teacher make me keep an Observation Log, a journal in which I recorded one tiny fact of my day. Something seemingly minor. It&#8217;s a habit I&#8217;ve followed in fits and starts throughout the years and something I always mean to do more of, as reading back on those observation logs, those tiny details remind me so much more of a moment than my often rather-bland diary entries. For example, from the journal I kept eleven years ago when I was abroad for eight months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Plovdiv, Buglaria, &#8220;I saw a child alone in a bumper car&#8211;driving around and around with no one to bump.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>On the kibbutz, &#8220;When I spray the kiwis, I put a plastic tank on my back, like a knapsack. It holds about 15 liters but I only use 10. I put in 200 ccs of a chemical, a capful of another, and 10 liters of water. I put most of the water in first so it doesn&#8217;t foam up. The black straps dig into my shoulders. A black bar protrudes from the left side and it needs to be pumped to make the sprayer spray at full blast. I look like an exterminator.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;To me, the cutting shears resemble a trout, which is strange considering I don&#8217;t actually know what a trout looks like.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are much more evocative for me than the &#8220;Today I traveled with Ivan to Jordan.&#8221; Those tiny thoughts bring me directly back into the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to make what will appear to be a digression: As you probably all know (if you know me in person, that is) is that I heart my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone\/\">iPhone<\/a>. Oh, iPhone! I&#8217;d marry you if it weren&#8217;t for that evil Adam already living in my house. The thing I love best about my iPhone is&#8230; well, there is no one thing. I love checking my e-mail during the kids&#8217; swim class. I love always having my music next to me. And I love, love, love the photos it takes. I take lots of photos on it. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s combine the two. I&#8217;ve started documenting my life through my iPhone photos. One photo a day. The tiny details of my life that would otherwise get lost. Right now it&#8217;s just photos but I&#8217;d love to start including observations, a la my grad school log. We&#8217;ll see. Anyway, I have a separate blog I&#8217;ve started for this purpose, which you are welcome to check out every now and then, should you so desire: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jennyandadam.com\/jphone\/jphone.html\">jphone jenny<\/a>. Yes, more self-indulgent crap on the Web. Did you expect more from me? Well, you were wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, I had a writing teacher make me keep an Observation Log, a journal in which I recorded one tiny fact of my day. Something seemingly minor. 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