November 7, 2003
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Hi all
Another week-and-a-half has passed. It's a strange phenomenon when time can move so slowly that an hour feels like a day, yet a week can go by almost unnoticed. Has to do with something about forests and trees or something. Feels a bit like the way Einstein explained Relativity -- an hour spent in the company of a pretty girl feels a lot shorter than 10 seconds with your hand on a stove. I'm paraphrasing that story to a horrible degree. Oh well. I'm sure everyone's favourite frizzy-haired physicist wouldn't mind too much.
James mentioned, in an e-mail, that he felt my writing had been in a bit of a slump lately, owing to the difficulties I've been going through. I agree with him, and gave some thought to the reasons behind the decline. It's pretty simple, actually -- what I'm writing is trying to be too many different things. It's trying to both reveal and conceal at the same time, which is a line which is generally only well-tread by good art.
What I'm trying to do is both tell you about my life, yet keep my life concealed from you. Normally I'm much more open here, but since the circumstances involve a number of other people, and since my exact identity is completely open and accessible, I don't think it it's appropriate for me to reveal too many details. So what we end up with is me trying to cloak mundane diary entries in more mystery than they can really handle. Art, songs, poems... they thrive on vagueness and metaphor. But when you try to say ordinary things without the deatils, all you get is mud.
Nevertheless, I don't intend to stop writing. It's a way for me to express certain things, connect with some of you out in the rest of the world. I enjoy it. I'm pleased that you come and read what I have to say, even when I make it difficult for you to do so. Friends don't always need to know exactly what's going on to be able to empathize.
As always, thanks for dropping by. I hope you're well and happy.
Take care
-Justin-
Comments (20)
Your exact identity isn't known. The lady who works for me in the shop is Nadia Burnett, her brother is Justin... I have three nieces/nephews with the surname Burnett, one of their family is .... Justin. Just your name. Not the same.
When I was SoapOpera I think you were my first subber. Amazing. And thanks for the lovely comment on my son's site.
Your's isnt the only blog to be shrouded in mystery. I suppose this shows the weakness of public blogging. I have another one I use for private, or protected posts but only use it when things get really complicated. Tom
I think it's a good idea to have some mystery in your blog. Otherwise, you leave yourself too vulnerable and that's not very safe.
I hope you're feeling more like your old self, soon.
I'm having a similar problem. One of the most important people in my life has a secret she doesn't want shared. I'd love to talk about her her at my site. But I won't. Other people would get hurt. Not just her.
So we have to talk in riddles sometimes. But I'm sending you my positive vibes, and let's hope they help. Thanks for what you do for me, too.
as if you ever Don't do this. What you need, all of you, is a shite site. That is to say, a weblog by which you anonymously title yourself something like "XxsW33716_*:0)", and put your gender on male.
I can almost guarantee obody will ever leave comments. Even getting people to visit will be a chore. On this site you can rant away to your heart's content, replacing the real last names of people with "Nancy" and "Horace". No one will care. No one cares now... hahahaha...
Lighten the hell up and be a little fake now and again.
-B
jeez!
yes, "obody"
Just glad you are here occasionally. Sometimes life gets tough, but things get better. Blessings.
I think we all hold back on here for the most part. Human nature
Thanks for the kind words on my site!
Those are ferries, wow! They are ships to me. Our biggest ferry holds maybe 125 tops. Most of them are half of that. Some only hold half a dozen ppl.
That porn thing, I only got one 'off' comment! Amazing.
That's the tradeoff with letting people in on your real identity---There are things you can't reveal or say. I'm the only Shane Pray I know. I don't care who knows except that I have an uncle who reads what I say and so anything that I say about him is deliberately sugarcoated or barely hinted at for fear of the repercussions involved. I also don't talk too much about my family for fear that it will get back to them. I'm sure it's similar with you in certain situations. I agree that a little bit of mystery is needed in these situations. lord knows there are certain things about myself and my family that I choose not to reveal for personal reasons. Your life is your own and if you wish to keep it private go ahead and do so. It does of course hinder what you can say though. I'm probably not making any sense.
Whatever it is just keep on writing. It can get you through some hard times.
Yes, I think it's good practice not to reveal too much about oneself on one's site. It's just a matter of taking necessary precautions.
Thanks so much for stopping by my site: I appreciate it. It's pleasure to meet you. Please feel free to drop in again anytime!
Enjoy your weekend!!
I'm glad you shar your life in here..because, we knew foerign country's life and it must be real. and we knew same suffering even defference situation and life style.then we can solve the question with learning from wise friends.
i understand about not wanting to compromise your friends and your family's privacy. or just having things you want to keep to yourself. keep writing, for your own sake. we'll be fine.
Sometimes friends want to do more than empathize.
Anonimity is something I think we all crave at some point in our lifes. Wouldnt' it be great to walk down that street and have no one know who I am? Xanga can be that street where you can make great acquaintances but be totally anonymous if you so choose.
PS- by the way... the comment you left -- thats the same one she is having problems with??? how intresting.... i wonder how many other people have experienced that?
still keeping you and your wife in my thoughts and prayers... sending good energy your way (((HUGS)))
For a very long time I have wrapped my life in my creations, never lying but always pretending to be another person, all for the sake of my art, but blogs are started to open me out, show the world the real me, worts and all. Makes for good blogging!
Write what you wanna write man, its your bloody xanga! And if we don't get it - we'll attribute it to the fact that it is modern art and therefore completely devoid of all forms of understanding!
Do you swing both ways?
how well i understand. why do else would my blog be mostly about sharing stories from the past, but rarely about what's happening here and now (unless it's something that's happening with an online friend of course). i do crave being able to be totally open and honest and tell people everything... but not for another 6 months... o.o
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