…hagiology…

hag·i·ol·o·gy 

n. pl. hag·i·ol·o·gies

1. Literature dealing with the lives of saints.

2. A collection of sacred writings.

3. An authoritative list of saints.

I have wanted to have a blog under the title of hagiology since I was about 16 years old, to the point that at one stage I even had access to hagiology.net as a domain to host it on, but procrastination always gets the better of me. Always. However, I read in the Feb ’10 issue of Australian Cosmopolitan recently that the percentage of new blogs being created by females now has decreased dramatically in the past few years - ”56% of blogs were created by women in 2006 – by 2009, that figure had dropped to 33%”.  Point being that it reminded me of hagiology, and the idea I’d had.

Back in the day, when I was a bit of a loner that spent all my time on the internet, I was quite heavily involved (I won’t say “active” since I barely commented on anything) in general conversation forums dominated by teenagers interested in web development and design. How I found myself there, I have no idea, but I found their blogs, ideas and layouts intriguing and decided I had nothing better to do than try it out for myself. I found the word hagiology when looking for ideas on what to name my blog by flipping through a dictionary and pointing randomly at the pages that opened. It attracted me because I was intrigued by the definition, which while obviously having religious connotations, made me think of celebrity status and what we as a society view as important, interesting and influential. I figured that as a 16 year old female, popular culture was probably the extent of what I would blog about, and as such, decided that it worked for me as a title.

From there, I got bored. I remember writing a couple of entries, and a couple of short stories, but never being happy with the layout, and never having the patience to work on it. But here I am, back to try and kick procrastination in the nuts again. I can’t guarantee that this attempt will be any better than the last, nor that the content will be any more grown up than previously anticipated, but at the end of the day I’m still that girl I was 5 years ago – I just don’t have to put up with the hell hole that is high school anymore – and I’m only doing this for me, highly doubting that anyone will ever actually read it.

For those of you who do decide to read my obsessive ramblings… hopefully I don’t come off too psychotic!!