Comments on: You Are (Not) What You Blog

By: *e

*e — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:33:53 +0000

@twolims: Aw. Thanks! About the Chicago, I am not sure but my friend Sean has entered so that has me flirting with the idea. I am just wanting to make sure that running another 26.2mi is really what I want to do, including investing the time, money (FOOD), discipline, etc. On the other hand, I kind of want to learn to surf! Yeah - and the flight and everything as far as costs is definitely coming into consideration. But I love the idea of going elsewhere to do the race, you know? NY would be fab!

By: twolims

twolims — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:05:00 +0000

I love your posts!

Re: your twitter - Whoa - are you really going to try the Chicago Marathon??? I would love to do that someday. I say someday because August 3rd will be my final marathon for about a year and a half. (Shhh…”marital secret” here) August 3rd, I’m doing the SF Marathon. It’s a superb course, beautiful, challenging, it starts early so the weather is good…I could go on and on. Plus, it’s cheaper than going to Chicago!

Actually, I’m dying to do NY someday.

By: *e

*e — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:08:07 +0000

@al bolin: That is sweet of you to say. And what say you of your right bicep?

@Tim: We humans are so largely social animals, methinks. Then again, I think there’s a lot to what we don’t say, what we don’t do even in interactions - almost as much as what we do say and do.

@Lexybeast: Thank you. No I did not, actually, google BDSM at work - though I don’t think that would’ve been the most conspicuous search compared with my coworkers’. Hahaha.

By: Lexybeast

Lexybeast — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:58:03 +0000

Lot of good material here on the philosophy of blogging. Life is all about masks and presentation, and blogging is just another form of that.

If I may ground us all for a minute though, I’d like to just say I hope you didn’t google BDSM at work. Or that you work at a cool place where, if they caught you, they would accept, not judge. =)

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:43:38 +0000

In a contstructive way, web-logging, aka blogging has given the common person to express themselves in ways other than music, dance, materialism (*ahem), or other. But with any form of self-expression, a certain amount of validation is, I think, necessary, because it makes us feel connected.

There are parts of us that we keep to ourselves, and parts of us that we’d love to share. The cool thing about blogging is that you can get back what you put in.

Of course, this is absolutely no way that we can capture every single nuance of our selves in a blog, in part, because we aren’t completely conscious of all aspects of our selves. At least, that’s what I believe.

By: al bolin

al bolin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:43:32 +0000

By blogging into the ether (not really anymore), I can hide the fact that my left bicep is disproportionately larger than any other human being’s.

btw- I can really appreciate the time and effort you put into your entries.

By: *e

*e — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:36:38 +0000

@Edrei: I guess there’s no escaping even that fragment, huh? If we could, then we’d have the benefit of not having to take ANY responsibility for what we say! For the record, I had to Google “BDSM” to refresh my memory. Lol.

@big league: You might get rich hanging around on Robertson with that telephoto lens instead of following me around. Haha. So I take it you’ve gotten my note in the garbage bag with all the cat poop, then?

By: doot dooroot dooroot dooroot doot dooroot

doot dooroot dooroot dooroot doot dooroot — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:33:43 +0000

Here’s a feedback… I love SUVs. Not the Expeditions, or the Ford Exploders, H2 Hummers. But something purpose-built. Like an FJ Cruiser, H1 Hummer, or Land Rovers. Bio-fuel rocks. Why isn’t every car on this thing? I can go on, but it will stray off from the point… So are you giddy yet?

By: big league

big league — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:26:30 +0000

i know you more than thru just your blog. i also rummage their you garbage and take photos of you with long telephoto lens behind the shrubbery.

By: Edrei

Edrei — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:21:56 +0000

You are not what you blog, but you are a fragment of what you blog.

Who you are and what you’re willing to put down are completely different. You may be this thoughtful, introverted girl who is easy going around the corners in this blog, but you might also harbour an intense liking for BDSM in real life for all we know.

The same thing goes for how we portray ourselves in real life. Who we are and what we show to people may be completely different. Whether at work or play. Easy times or crisis. Each character we show is only a small part of who we are as a whole.

I trust that what you show is real, but I also trust that what you show isn’t completely you. That much I would respect. That’s why it would be so cool if I really did meet you in person.

p.s. Not that I’m saying you do BDSM. But if you do. It’s a completely random implication.