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Posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 1:39:51
All the internet posting I do, I got tired of worrying about posting too much about "me", so I made a blog. It's all about me. Kind of like therapy-- I don't have to share the attention.
Who will I give my blog URL to? Just internet friends? Real life friends? Only really close friends? Anyone and everyone? I'm not sure. All my aspects will get blended, it's scary. Like normally this is the only place I talk about psych meds and therapy. Other boards are for specific interests. I have some friends I only tell about certain things. I thought the blog was just about one specific interest (see? I'm afraid to even name the topic here because that would blend that part of me with here, where it's all psych meds and therapy), but now I've written about other stuff, personal growth stuff, and medical stuff. So if I give the URL to anyone, all those aspects will get revealed to the same person. There's no person who knows all those aspects. Maybe my therapist, but then she only hears about things from my therapy persona, not any of my others. She might not even recognize my work self, or my social self, or my internet self.
So for now I did not give anyone the URL anyway, so it doesn't matter. It's just confusing, a blog is sort of like a journal, but it's public. I have to keep track of what I've written about and that will limit the audience. Like if I ever write about sex, I wouldn't want my family to see it.
I thought I'd have separate blogs, but it's too much trouble, so there's only one blog.
Do you have a blog? How do you manage who sees it and who doesn't?
Posted by Phillipa on August 25, 2006, at 10:17:33
In reply to I started a blog, posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 1:39:51
Remember Spriggy she doesn't post much anymore. She has a blog I forget where it is . Maybe later I can look it up. Love Phillipa
Posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 12:08:18
In reply to Re: I started a blog » Tabitha, posted by Phillipa on August 25, 2006, at 10:17:33
I'm not sure I remember Spriggy.
Posted by wildcardII on August 25, 2006, at 12:08:46
In reply to I started a blog, posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 1:39:51
i tried to do 'myspace' but it was too confusing for me....i'm slow w/ computers =)
Posted by zenhussy on August 25, 2006, at 12:18:42
In reply to I started a blog, posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 1:39:51
any woman who alerts us to the existence of crazy hair is someone we want to read more about!
glad you're writing. glad you have other interests besides psych meds and therapy!! :p
good growth step here Tabitha....growing your way right past yer ol' babble buddies. nah, just stretching yourself in ways that are positive and healthy and progressive.
happy fer you.
--zh
Posted by llrrrpp on August 25, 2006, at 12:42:53
In reply to Re: I started a blog » Tabitha, posted by zenhussy on August 25, 2006, at 12:18:42
Blog is great fun. The opportunity to exercise creative freedom and learn about technology in the process. Have fun!
My brother started a wiki for our family. We can log on, change it at will, and everyone can see our latest pictures, and get e-mails about our plans. It's really nice. Kind of like an evolving family newsletter. I've yet to update it with my questionable mental status, but I've been having a lot of fun poking fun of my brother for all to see. He's a super geek, of the management species.
-ll
Posted by Wildflower on August 25, 2006, at 18:31:13
In reply to I started a blog, posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 1:39:51
> All the internet posting I do, I got tired of worrying about posting too much about "me", so I made a blog. It's all about me. Kind of like therapy-- I don't have to share the attention.
Good for you! I know how scary it is sometimes to post publically. How do you start a blog, anyway?
> Who will I give my blog URL to? If I give the URL to anyone, all those aspects will get revealed to the same person. There's no person who knows all those aspects.
I wish I had an answer but I face the same thing with my in-person friends. I really don't think that there's any one person that knows everything about me. I'm terrified that they'll all talk about me at my funeral and piece together the "real" me. Scary.
Posted by Phillipa on August 25, 2006, at 22:11:10
In reply to Re: I started a blog, posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 12:08:18
Tabitha she used ROLF all the time. Love Phillipa
Posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 22:56:21
In reply to Re: I started a blog » Tabitha, posted by Phillipa on August 25, 2006, at 22:11:10
> Tabitha she used ROLF all the time. Love Phillipa
Oh yeah! Now I remember! LOL!
Posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 22:58:43
In reply to Re: I started a blog » Tabitha, posted by Wildflower on August 25, 2006, at 18:31:13
> How do you start a blog, anyway?
>Easy as pie-- I just used Blogger. It took about 5 minutes to start it.
Posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 23:02:13
In reply to Re: I started a blog » Tabitha, posted by zenhussy on August 25, 2006, at 12:18:42
> any woman who alerts us to the existence of crazy hair is someone we want to read more about!
>Heck, I'd forgotten all about crazy hair! My hair experiments (limited to color in the normal range of human hair) have finally grown out.
> glad you're writing. glad you have other interests besides psych meds and therapy!! :p
>Finally that aspect is under control enough that there's room for other stuff. It's good.
Posted by finelinebob on August 25, 2006, at 23:32:31
In reply to Re: I started a blog » zenhussy, posted by Tabitha on August 25, 2006, at 23:02:13
I've got two blogs. Except the one I really really want to write on is having problems because sometime between when I left NYC and came back, Google/Blogger decided that you can't have JavaScript in your post template. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ... maybe a PHP include....
Posted by Tabitha on August 26, 2006, at 1:37:19
In reply to Re: I started a blog, posted by finelinebob on August 25, 2006, at 23:32:31
I don't have anything in my template yet at all-- just one of the canned ones. I haven't even put in nice links yet. Although I did manage to add a description today.
So why 2 blogs? How do you split them? Is it like work/personal or something?
Posted by finelinebob on August 26, 2006, at 11:54:35
In reply to Re: I started a blog » finelinebob, posted by Tabitha on August 26, 2006, at 1:37:19
> So why 2 blogs? How do you split them? Is it like work/personal or something?
Two different "projects".
#1. I want/ed to start a web site for people like us to post their art, describe what it was about, what they were feeling, stuff like that -- not just for art therapy for us, but to help people who are not like us to understand. Our disorders are nothing that can be explained rationally -- art (written, painted(& scanned), whatever) I think can communicate that better. So I wanted to have a blog, maybe even a group blog, for that. Not enough energy to start this on my own, tho, so it remains a bit of a dream.
#2. Living in NYC is just a trip! Every time I step out the door, I find at least 4 or 5 things I could write about. THIS is the one I used to do a little javascripting in my post template on, but now I can't so I'm half pouting half procrastinating on finding a work-around so I can still do what I want.
Posted by Tabitha on August 26, 2006, at 13:26:55
In reply to Re: I started a blog, posted by finelinebob on August 26, 2006, at 11:54:35
Do you read Cityrag? It's a blog about NYC. Well, it used to be more about NYC, but lately it's a lot of celebrity gossip links and the occasional post about his dog Buddy. There's another good one, mostly photos of East Village, called Gammablog.
Posted by finelinebob on August 26, 2006, at 17:22:53
In reply to Re: I started a blog » finelinebob, posted by Tabitha on August 26, 2006, at 13:26:55
> Do you read Cityrag? It's a blog about NYC. Well, it used to be more about NYC, but lately it's a lot of celebrity gossip links and the occasional post about his dog Buddy. There's another good one, mostly photos of East Village, called Gammablog.
Nope. Around 09/2001 there was a NYC blogging movement getting together, even face-to-face, but the 11th kinda took the wind out of my sails and I lost touch with that particular underground.
I really need to get my NYC one up, and I've got some stuff I need to add to the others. I'll post URLs if I manage for either.
Posted by Tabitha on August 27, 2006, at 19:38:09
In reply to Re: I started a blog » Tabitha, posted by finelinebob on August 26, 2006, at 17:22:53
Just babble-mail me and I'll send the URL. I don't quite want to post it here.
Posted by zenhussy on August 28, 2006, at 11:14:30
In reply to Re: If anyone wants to read it..., posted by Tabitha on August 27, 2006, at 19:38:09
yah but not a babblemailer.
would you consider bbmailing Phil? He'll pass along info either direction....at your discretion of course.
thanks!
Posted by Tabitha on August 28, 2006, at 12:14:13
In reply to Re: If anyone wants to read it... » Tabitha, posted by zenhussy on August 28, 2006, at 11:14:30
Done. Sure is nice of Phil to do that.
Posted by zenhussy on August 28, 2006, at 13:22:36
In reply to Re: If anyone wants to read it... » zenhussy, posted by Tabitha on August 28, 2006, at 12:14:13
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