Why I am blogging?

I've never been much of a stream of consciousness writer. I've never had a journal (except for some reason during a childhood trip to Washington DC). I've never had the need for strangers to know my every thought - hell, sometimes I don't want to know my every thought. But, work has intervened and a continuing education class has demanded that I create a blog, and I thought that maybe this would be a good way to keep in touch with my family and friends. I'm also inspired by Julie Powell of the Julie/Julia Project (http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/). She seemed to have a lot fun and wrote a book that I'm enjoying reading, so what the heck?