I don't remember exactly how I stumbled upon the Globe of Blogs - I got lost somewhere along the way buried under my neverending avalanche of new browser windows as I wrote about here.  (Actually, there was probably some semi-coherent "train of browsing" that started at someone's blog.)  But when I found it, I thought, "gee, what a great idea!  Why not register your blog/journal/diary so new ppl will come to read it?"  [In case you have forgotten, dear Traveler, at that time I was still thinking they were all the same thing].  So I head over to the page to register my site:

Submission Type:  New
Weblog Title:  [Hrm...gotta think of one...]
URL:  http://www.nonsensicalgibberish.com/index.html
.
.
.

Anyway, here are the distinctions:

"A weblog (sometimes called a blog or a newspage or a filter) is a webpage where a weblogger (sometimes called a blogger, or a pre-surfer) 'logs' all the other webpages she finds interesting." — Jorn Barger, Weblog Guru

"In short, and in my humble opinion, a traditional weblog is focused outside the author and his or her site. A web journal, conversely, looks inward — the author's thoughts, experiences, and opinions."

Whew...I'm glad I got that straight before I made a nearly fatal mistake that could have caused hundreds of people to jump down my throat asking why an online journal was listed in a blog registry.  Hehe.  It seems like a fine line that people could develop a complex about.  I can see the die-hard bloggers committing to an all-out war against the pure online journalers, with those who do a little of both caught in between in no man's land.  Thank goodness I've been referring to my website correctly all along.

Call me naive, obsessive, hung-up...ok, ok, just call me anal...but I guess in a business where words are critical - it is important to use the correct terminology when referring to things where there may be a fine line.  After all, if I must sit and stare at my screen (or is it monitor?) for minutes on end to come up with the exact word to describe what I am talking about, I suppose I need to take the time to make sure I am referring to my online journal (or is it diary?) correctly.  

Ok...so finally I realized that I was on the wrong site, so I make my way over to diarist.net where I feel I should belong.  My first reaction was "hey, I've been here before", and then realized that in fact I had seen this site in the past.  I recalled that one of the online journals that I read on a daily basis, Footnotes, has won several diarist.net awards.  "Hey, cool!  They have a registry over here too!"  I proceed to fire up a bunch of other promising links while I fill out the registry form (*this* time knowing that I'm registering in the right place).

Title:  [Hrmm...still have to think of one...]
URL:  http://www.nonsensicalgibberish.com/index.html
Author (listed):  C. Li
.
.
.

So of course now I need to come up with a creative, unique title that someone has not yet used.  Looks like registering my journal will have to be put on hold for the time being...

[A short while later...]

While emailing a friend of mine relating this whole blog/journal distinction, I casually refer to my writing as NonSensical Gibberish.  (Because in a way, I feel that my opinions & thoughts don't really matter much, and are basically the inane ramblings of an insignificant web journaler.)  Then it hits me...that would be a *perfect* title!  If only no one else had used it yet (Naming convention prime directive #1)...So I head back to diarist.net and check The Diary Registry and the Open Pages...so far so good....one final google search...Yes!!  There are several hits for NonSensical Gibberish (some being mentioned within journal entries), but no where was it the actual title of an online journal.  So here you are, dear Traveler, witness at the birth of my new journal title.  :)  And yes, I did get my journal registered at The Diary Registry - now just awaiting for it to be added to their extensive list.