merkal2005: Hi Ben, please introduce yourself to Bloghology readers. Where are you from?

arimou0: Hello, my name is Benjamin and I am 29 years old. I am originally from Mexico City but I now live in Columbus, Ohio, USA.


merkal2005: How do you earn your life? What is your profession?

arimou0: My profession is supposed to be accounting, but I only worked as one a couple of months before realizing that it wasn't what I wanted to do with my life. Now I have a small bakery and I am trying to make writing and blogging my only source of income.


merkal2005: Why do you like cooking so much?

arimou0: I grew up around food. My family (first my grandparents then my parents) owned a restaurant for about 45 years and I was practically raised there. Cooking has always amused me. Creating so many delicious dishes from a handful of ingredients is almost like a miracle to me. And I also like cooking so much because I love to eat!


merkal2005: When did you start blogging? What motivates you to write?

arimou0: About 3 years ago. I had a journal in LiveJournal.com, but I never took it seriously until this last April when I started to explore the blogosphere and realized the enormous potential of the new Web.
I've always liked writing so knowing that what I write is going to be read by people from all over the world motivates me to keep doing it.


merkal2005: What are your 2008 goals? How was your blog's performance in 2007?

arimou0: 1. Finish my novel.
2. Make my 3 blogs grow so I can blog for a living.
3. Visit Europe.
4. Make 2 big updates in the new house.

And considering that I didn't know anything about blogging, codes, social networks and so many other things involving the Web 2.0, I'd say that my blogs' performance was good. I would've liked to invest more time on them but that's one of the goals for the New Year.