Why Write A Blog?

Alison Sutton has a creative bend. That's why this public relations intern has chosen the blog format to share her relationship tales with the greater world.
The blog lives beyond its original purpose as a college class assignment because it provides Alison with a communication vehicle that allows her to publish her personal stories.
Her approach is refreshing and definitely worth the read!


Why Alison Chose to Create a Relation-Shits Blog:

Have you ever been kidnapped on a first date? Left on a curb during a date? How about received the "I'm not looking for anything right now" text? These are all situations I like to call relation-shits; dates that go horribly wrong but still turn out to be something you can laugh at. This is something I experience far too often as a 22 year old in my last semester in college.

Relationships are something one can only hope to obtain throughout their life, but what about all of those relation-shits you had to go though before finding "the one" or before just accepting defeat in that area? Unfortunately, or fortunately for me and my writing, I am still in the relation-shit phase of my life and the way I have survived all of the ridiculous experiences so far is to write about them. Thus, my blog came to be. Relation-shits became my passion, my embarrassment and my outlet. Blogging for me was a creative way to tell my stories without feeling the pressure I get from telling stories to a crowd in person. Being able to find the right words to convey a humorous outcome to all of my mishaps made sharing them that much more enjoyable. Overall I figured if I can't change the situation, I might as well blog about them and have a good laugh.

As a Communications major at Sonoma State University, I was required to choose an emphasis within my major. I chose public relations and journalism. In my journalism class, my teacher and blogger himself, Chip McAuley had us choose a topic to write a blog for throughout the semester. I figured if I was going to spend four months writing about something, I wanted to focus on a topic that I found be exciting to write about as well as entertaining for others to read. A topic that I believed everyone could relate to in some way while entertaining readers would be none other than hilarious dating mishaps! This theory proved to be correct seeing as one of the students in my class asked me on a date just so he could be in my blog. To which I responded "Why would I want to go on a date with you, hope it is a bad one, so that I can then blog about the horrible experience?!" That date obviously did not happen.

So with my new assignment in place, I reluctantly jumped back into the dating world and all I was able to find were relation-shits. From being approached by guys who had the worst pick-up lines in the world to dealing with my brother and our sibling-shits. All in good humor and fun, my blog warns readers of the possible relation-shit experiences they may encounter in life with boys, parents, roommates, siblings or friends and tips to try and avoid them. While I may not be the best as finding relationships, I can at least help others find the right path to one.

Visit relation-shits.blogspot.com for a good laugh at my "love life" and let me know what relation-shits you have experienced!