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Okay, then don't make a post.

Although you are refusing to make a post, at least have the decency to read and respond to the other people in the class who have spent the time and effort in trying something new for the class.

I am also shocked by your comment referring to some sort of an inferred audience that is somehow viewed in a negative way (or 'all wrong'). Do you think that only the people in our class will be reading the posts here? That's right, whoever you are on the other side of the screen, Jessy doenst think you exist. Unless this is Jessy reading, of course. That would just be silly.

If you will post things that interest you only if your friends on LiveJournal are there to read it, then that is another story altogether. Dont want the class to get to intimate with your personal oppinions? I don't think so! You're not exactly the shy one in the class. Plus, assuming you are an interesting and varied person, not everything that interests you is personally revealing.

I also think it is interesting that you interpret this challenge in such a negative way: artificial, constructed, icy. What, then, has this blog been for you thus far with the specific questions that professor Dalke posts at the head of each week? The challenge that I proposed is far less structured content wise (you can write about anything you want) and a little more structured when it comes to participation (you must read and respond to others). I think that this balance is more than acceptable and it makes me sad to think that you shrug it off like it matters not.

It's like youre saying, "pssshhh... I'm not going to waste my time with this." Without thinking about anyone else in the class. We would love to hear from you; you are an extremely intelligent individual with a novel personality that extends from the classroom and into your writing. This comment of yours is not an outlier in that case.

Okay, so you dont want to create a short post about something that interests you. Well, at least you are leaving comments--maybe I'll even get three out of you by the end of the year. We shall see.