Purpose

I debate over the purpose of this blog. It's not like I think it's important, but when I do something, I want to do it right. My original purpose was to stay away from mundane journalistic routines. It was to be a thought-log, a sort of intellectual playground. As time went by, I found myself including poems and, eventually, photos and visual creations. I still shy away from "ordinary" blog topics, as it seems that is done quite frequently and seems rather self-centered. But I don't know. I'm aware I've posed this general question before, but I'm thinking of it again.

Viable topics could include opinion pieces, poems, goings-on, pictures, original art, jokes or funny pictures not authored by me, showcases of friends' creations, quizzes/questionaires, reviews of books and movies, educational primers on subjects little understood, and more. I'd be interested to get some feedback on what people like to read. One part of me wants to keep it clean and austere; academic. The other half sees it as a forum for anything that pops into my head. I'm not asking but if you have an opinion feel free to voice it. The blog is for me, but I hope to make it entertaining for my few readers as well. I'm sitting on the fence between exclusive intellectualism and popular dissertation.