Coming out
Breda told her mom about her blog.
Kinda interesting to me. See, I never really told anyone I knew in the real world about my website. I didn’t even tell my wife until after a year or so (and that’s only because she saw the domain hosting charge on the credit card). And, it wasn’t until about 2005 (when the blog was three) that I happened to mention it to a couple of friends. Then, one of those friends told another friend. He told my brother in law. And then, this year, my wife told my other brother in law. She even opined that she just thought everybody knew. And this year, my dad found out. He found out because I logged in at his house, did a quick post and didn’t clear history. He’s been reading ever since. In fact, he told me he went back one night and read the entire Notes to Junior Category. Other than that, I don’t really tell folks.
And in this post, some folks asked if I let the guy I mentioned know about the blog. I did not.
There’s a reason I don’t tell people. That reason is that if they read regularly, I’d eventually piss them off. It’s true. I have, for example, mentioned a few disagreements with folks on this blog. Now, imagine they hop on the internets and see me making fun of their position? And now that I know who knows, I can’t make fun of them anymore. It’s inhibiting.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Well, you told me about it the first time we met!
Also, if your dad asks how your daughter got to be called Junior, I hope you remember where you got that from 🙂
Montag
June 13th, 2008 at 9:30 am
man, you’re like seagull. Come in every once in a while, make some noise, and then disappear for a long time!
June 13th, 2008 at 9:33 am
LOL, my bad. Check the domain I am posting from and you might see why I am low profile during working hours.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I figure that everyone who knows me knows and loves the rude smartass that I am in real life, just like on my blog.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I don’t make a point to tell people about my blog, but I don’t hide it either. I’ve brought up my blog to show people at my office pictures from fishing trips, or even gun pr0n, and they probably never bothered to actually look into my blog.
I just make a point to never say anything on my blog that I wouldn’t say in person… so if I say something online that might piss someone off, you can be sure I’d say it to their face as well.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Jeez, sometimes the posts you choose to link to are so surprising. Now everyone’s going to be reading my sentimental drivel.
June 13th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Yeah, I totally get that. I told my family about being on the radio show, because, well, I knew they’d want to hear it, and now? My paternal grandmother, my dad, my stepmom, my stepbrother, and both of my sisters know of my blog’s existence, and I’m sure they’ll check it semi-regularly, so now I’m kind of limited in what I CAN post, even though I kind of make it a point not to air too much dirty laundry on there, anyway. My mom knowing didn’t bother me, because she and I generally think the same things about stuff. But the rest of my family? Hoo, boy. Heh.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I make fun of people “to their face”, as it were, in real life. Why wouldn’t i do it if i had a blog?
June 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Wait a minute.
You guys have friends and family in meatspace?
Weird.