Kris from How To Be A Dad! decided to tag me for an interview meme so here goes! Thanks Kris!

How long have you been blogging?

I wouldn’t say I’ve been blogging for years, but I have been writing online for quite some time. From keeping a livejournal back in the day, to the blogs/sites I have now, I enjoy writing to help keep my thoughts in check and allow other people to enter portions of my mind that I don’t usually allow in everyday life. This blog started in December, a little while after Adrienne and I found out she was pregnant.

What inspired you to start your blog, and who are your mentors?

Our child was the sole inspiration to starting this blog. And as the same as Kris, it allows me to avoid having to tell the same information to the many people in our lives who want to know what’s going on with the baby, and sometimes us.

Some of my daily reads include: Kris, Andy, D is for Dad, Zen Habits, and far to many others to list.

Are you trying to make money online, or are you doing it just for fun?

Nah. My intentions for this blog are far more important than making money from it. For those reasons, I vow never to have ads or sponsors cluttering up any part of my site. If I ever go against this vow, I’d like someone to send me an electronic punch to the face. I look at more traffic and readers being the pay off, and worth more than the little money I make from some silly ads.

Short answer: I do it for fun!

What 3 things do you love about being online?

1. Easier to communicate directly and indirectly with people.
2. Getting feedback! Hearing from other people and communicating. The internet is one giant social network, after all.
3. Being able to share my excitement, and giving everyone the ability to choose whether they want to  share that excitement or not.

What 3 things do you struggle with online?

1. Not being able to express completely what I’m trying to say into words/text.
2. Reading other blogs/entries in an objective and non judgemental way.
3. Accepting that other people always judge and can’t look or read things in an objective way.

There you have it!  I don’t really have anyone specific I’d like to tag, so this is a call to anyone reading to  do their own exclusive interview meme and spread it around like a viral marketing ad. (Leave a link in the comments if you do your own, so I can check it out!)

I’d like to take a chance to thank my buddy Sean for nominating IEYU for a few awards on Blogger’s Choice. And even though I have a very slim chance of winning anything, I still think it’s pretty cool to have a nomination. Also, it gives me a reason to add another graphic to my sidebar, which I think looks pretty nice!

So, if anyone wants me to vote for their blog, I’d be happy to do so, even if you didn’t vote for me! And to anyone who does vote for me, my gratitude goes out to you. Vote here!

If you have a blog of your own you would like me to vote for, leave your link in a comment and I’ll send a vote your way!

As you may or may not have noticed, IEYU has an entirely new look! The last layout was nice, but I think this new layout is way more distinct and interesting. It screams out fun, and fun is what we’re all about.

Let me know what you think about the new design, and check back soon for more updates!