So, this blogging thing is kinda weirding me out. The more people I "run into" in the blogging world that I know/have known/use to know/blah, blah, blah. The more I struggle with what to write. Should I give a play by play? Should I spend the day surfing the net to find odd and random subjects and pictures to discuss and post? Should I just write poems? Should I write stories? Should I take a billion and one pictures and explain in great detail the significance of the picture as it pertains to my life? Should I use it to talk politics? Should I just whine (sounds like I'm alrady there) about stuff?
AAHHHHHHHGGGGGHHHHHHAA!
And this whole commenting thing! How does on say, "Hey, it's pretty neat that I've found you and your life looks like God's blessing it... why don't you come see what God's done in my life while we've been apart!" Without sounding WAY too needy, WAY too pertinacious, and Way too,"Look at me!, Look at Me!"
THEN you put your little heart out there, leave a comment and wait for a reply......... and wait for a reply..... and wait for a reply! Only to feel snubbed and like the outsider of the "cool group" (think junior high)! MAN! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY to many mind games for me!
The worst part is when you see a "friend" write on someone else's blog and never even acknowledged you! Can't...get...the......knife....out!
I know! I know! This has NOTHING to do with blogging and commenting and EVERYTHING to do with my own insecurities... but I think there should at least be a "polite comment" rule. One where you say, "Hey! Glad you found me! Nice to hear from you! Now we can check in on each other, be friends, and never have to call/write/see each other!"
Wouldn't that be nice? I like nice.
So.... I'm going to work on my own issues, and you (the reader... if I have anymore after this) do what you will.
In OTHER news... a while back (Luke's birthday 4-3) we got a new car! Brand spankn' new! I was in the midst of a blogging strike, then Mom had a birthday, and now I am sharing the news! We LOVE it, and it has blessed our life so much! Luke and I were beginning to wonder how being a one car family was going to work out... don't have to think about it any more! YAY God!
I'll post a picture later.
Until then.. happy blogging and commenting (if you choose to do so)!
p.s. Ty... how in the jeepers do I get that sarcastic mark to work? I tried it many, many times on this post! You can see for yourself how well it worked! HELP ME!
Sunday, May 14, 2006
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Well you should be able click the "edit html" tab at the top of the new post composition area and then paste
<B><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm_mark">¡</A></B> and it will look like this ¡. In comments, you just have to cut and paste (at least in the blogspot blogiverse).
BTW - It is possable that some people either don't recognize you from your posts (I didn't recognize Lisa, and she has a picture with her posts) and sometimes people don't read everyone's comments.
see.. I really WAS being more sarcastic than serious! I just told my Mom that I was worried people would think I was being whinny and dumb!
But don't you... some where deep, deep down... understand where I'm comming from? With the what to blog, and waiting for responses?
I am not very good at leaving comments but now that i am blogging I think I will try to comment more. I have found that I like getting comments on mine! :) Thank you for all of the ones you have left! Have a great week!
Love You!
Xana
I totally get what you're saying, Kara. (And I get that you're sorta kidding, but kinda not.)
I find myself with the opposite sort of dilemma. When I started blogging, my brother and my friend Rush were the only people who knew I was doing it, so I didn't have to think twice about what I wrote--they weren't going to shun me no matter how lame I was in my blog. Now, I have more readers, but I still post whatever random blather pops into my head, then I realize that maybe I shouldn't have broadcast some of it to the whole wide world. I should probably give a little more consideration to what I post, but that seems like too much hassle to me. (I especially worry that one of my in-laws is going to read the comments (2) where I said something mildly insulting (but not unfactual) about my actually pretty nice, as MILs go, mother-in-law.) I've gotta quit that.
yeah, I get that too! Commenting is a scary thing! One time... a group of people thaought I commented under and alias, and I SO DIDN'T! These blogs can be a tricky thing! Fun, but tricky! It takes guts, integrity and thinking before speaking (writing.. same diff)! There should be unspoken rules and such, but there isn't, and then if there were rules, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun! It's a catch 22 if you ask me!
Gina... thanks for understanding me! I know you've always got my back!
I understand KK, its really a whole new addition to my life, having to figure out the bog culture and etiquite (sp), its like living in another country and trying to figure out how not to offend everyone in the room. But, eventually I just stopped caring. I decided that its my blog, I will write what I think, feel, believe, love, and hate, and no one can tell me otherwise. I have had a few comments that were in disagreement with what I said and they try to tell me Im wrong... but I just say, if you don't like it, dont read it. I guess thats harsh, but I just had to shut the insecurities aside and tell myself... its only a blog, not a disseration of my life, or a resume for the world to review and decide to like me. I have fun with it, I enjoy the outlet it gives me to express myself, and get into contact with good ole friends from the past (and new friends). Its great and you have a great blog that reminds everyone why we love you! And I've glad I'm not the only one who can't figure out the sarcasm mark!!!
Kara,,,a little secret...lisa is talking about me heheheheh...i wasn't trying to tell her she was wrong..just voicing my views...at least that is how I meant them...don't tell anyone ok??? our little secret!!! snicker snicker.....
hey, depady- why don't you take your comments about my blog and put them on my blog, don't waste space on someone elses!¡ p.s. i know who you are!
uh-oh..I have been found out...KK did you tell????? who else could have told?? I am in big trouble now...darn it.... I guess this means a time out :((
depady, I think she was just baiting you into giving yourself away . . . now that she knows that KK knows your identity, she'll just put the pressure on until KK cracks and spils the truth about your identity.
I have NO IDEA who this depady is! But I would like to go out on a limb here and maybe step on a few toes... but "dog" certianly is a fitting name! It takes a real dog to be so blunt and opinionated and yet still cowardly at the same time!
Again... I have NO IDEA who this DOG is!
you guys are funny :))
btw..Lisa knew who I was when she posted her entry :)))))
Some of us just like to lurk, ok. Not every post is comment worthy by every reader- ya know (sarcastic mark.)
As far as what to post- be free, experiment, try fun stuff, and in the end- write about you. We love you and want to know about you. I enjoy your posts- they make me think and look at myself and my relationships. Thanks for making my brain tired. Now stop whining and post something!
love ya- shauna
Here's a comment just to let you know that I'm lurking. Where does that fall into your rubric?
I think James just made up a word to make us all feel dumb. That's not very nice, James.¡
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