Ok. I’m in. I know I’m a day late in making these larger posts, but I’m going to make an attempt to post a blog post every day — every single day — during November. And I’m notnablopomo randomizer talking about my Twitter tweets, either (although I really think they should count because you get to see the things I’m doing, thinking, or working on). Ahem.

I know that this is not appealing to everyone. However, when I get as busy as I’ve been (consider this: I work full-time at my regular job, I’m teaching a class, I’m finishing my thesis (60+ pages with a lot of research), I’m studying for the GRE, I’m applying to doctoral programs, I’m refinancing my house, I’m researching buying a new car (because mine is 11 years old and I’m going to need a newer one to get me through the next 5 years that I’m in grad school), I still post a photo a day, and I’m trying to spend as much time as possible with family before I move away), it isn’t always the first thing on my mind to post a new full-fledged blog entry. I’ve tried to keep everyone up-to-date by posting tweets.

I’ve heard some complaints about that, though. I’m sorry. I know that you’re a loyal audience and I’ve tried to do my best by you. So this month is for you. Really.

I have to say, though, that the posts will probably be about a lot of my research. And what, you may ask, am I researching? My area of study is looking at how women create identity in online social communities — both visual and linguistic rhetorical identities. I look at how they (the three particular women I’ve been following) have used images to define who they are, how they use words to define who they are, and how they juxtaposition the two — and what can come of that. I look at the issues of objectification of women and how we can often put ourselves in the role of objectifying ourselves in order to fit in, to meet audience expectations, and to be noticed.

Bored yet? This is just the beginning of the ride. It may be bumpy but you may have fun, too. Yahoo!