blogs... digital footprints... breadcrumbs
Hansel and Gretel used pebbles to be able to go back home even if they were intentionally left to get lost in the woods. So they kept going back to the place they know and the people they come "home" to (although "home" was not really the correct term there), much to the chagrin of the person who want them lost.

One day, the antagonist found out about the pebbles thus Hansel and Gretel had to improvise. They made use of the bread that they were supposed to eat to mark the paths they set foot on. They placed breadcrumbs because they can't drop pebbles. Unfortunately the birds came and ate the breadcrumbs and the poor kids got lost, so they went on anyway deeper into the unknown forest.

They found a wonderful house made of all the delicious things they could imagine BUT a witch lived in it. To cut the story short, they pushed the witch in the boiling cauldron and killed him/her. (Do male witches wear that witchy frock they emulate on Halloween? *shrug*)

Okay, it is quite a brutal fairytale to tell the kids but how does it relate to the real gist of my blog?

In the effort of people to leave a mark on this world, blogs became the way that was paved for that chance. If you blog it, you know you meant to have someone read it. These are the breadcrumbs and pebbles found all over the digital forest that is separated by a thin line with reality. Some of these posts will be remembered, some will be forgotten but nevertheless, you've made your imprint. Who will read your written thoughts a hundred years from now?

I came across my old Livejournal blog tonight and I pressed rewind and read my earliest entries. It was like collecting back the breadcrumbs and pebbles. I'm pretty sure that somewhere in the middle of my entries, I got lost. My blog made me smile at the nonsensical things I did... wince at the hurtful memories, and marveled at the realization that sometimes, I do make sense.

...and oh yeah, I have one major thing to do: a witch hunt. ;-)