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Comment on Moving forward, looking back by notsojenny

notsojenny — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:49:42 +0000

yay!! so happy to hear that you’re going to stick around!
i’ll ping you when something protected comes up… if you send me the info now i’ll definitely lose it and need to ask you again anyway : )

i hope everything is going well!! i know you’re super busy!

Comment on Moving forward, looking back by Britt

Britt — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:29:33 +0000

I’d love to read. Hook me up

Even from the west coast of Canada, I remember the impact of that day. The profound sadness, the loss, the hopelessness. It’s a day no one will forget.

Comment on The Format and the Future by magda

magda — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:52:46 +0000

so I’ve been meaning to comment on this post for ages … thinking, I think, that if I waited long enough I’d have just the most perfect and insightful words. I’ve since given up on that, but will say this: I really think that blogs exist for a certain time, a certain window of life. For me (and you), it was never meant to be forever.

I’ve come a long, long way since blogging, and magda’s space means something different to me now than it did when I first opened the account. I know almost everyone who reads now, but so many people I knew back in the day have no idea. It’s a strange balance, and it isn’t going to go till forever. I’ve loved reading you here, and knowing you outside, and that, I’d say, makes it worth it. Sometimes the most valuable things are things we never saw coming, never thought we’d find; the things we thought we’d gain weren’t really as great as all that.

We’ll be in touch, xx.

Comment on The Format and the Future by notsojenny

notsojenny — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:51:19 +0000

whatever you decide, i hope you stay in touch… afterall we’ll practically be neighbors in a few weeks!
i’ve struggled with the whole anonimity thing (i think every blogger has) and for me with my low reader count i’ve decided to open up my life a little more and just make it password protected when i do. that way i still can continue on with my anony. posts but also get to control who hears/sees more about my life.
good luck!

Comment on The Format and the Future by Janice

Janice — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:04:53 +0000

I hope you’ll stay and write more…

Comment on The Format and the Future by Britt

Britt — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:04:37 +0000

I struggle with this too. While technically I’m anonymous to an extent, I still talk about my job and if anyone knew me in real life they’d know right away it was me (woah convoluted sentence batman!). Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it, putting info about myself online. I definitely don’t write with earth shattering ability but I enjoy it – the group, the relaxation/catharsis it provides me while writing.

I’d miss you if you left, just as I missed you before. I think you’re a great writer, but you definitely have to follow your heart. Do what’s best for you.

Comment on The Format and the Future by drbolte

drbolte — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:34:52 +0000

Perhaps the catharsis of blogging is partly the recording of writing, partly the connection it brings you with other people, and partly the community you develop as a result. Now that you’ve developed that community, you can create a locked blog and still maintain it, opening it only to those you trust and know. That may allow you to continue to write without the fear of sacrificing your job or really offering your Employer any reason to be upset with you.

It’s just a thought. I’d hate to see you stop, but I’m sort of at a similar point. I very much want to write more about things, but I don’t feel comfortable doing it in an environment that is so open and so very unanonymous.

Think hard. Don’t give up something that’s important to you.

Comment on Playing Grown Up by Janice

Janice — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:58:20 +0000

All I know is I felt like I was 16 and then suddenly I bought a house, had a mortgage to pay and realised that I am ultimately responsible for my own destiny… if that makes sense. It’s shit scary. We are all in the same boat… thanks for the birthday wish by the way

Comment on Playing Grown Up by Britt

Britt — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:10:58 +0000

I absolutely feel like this all the time. I’m qualified to do my job? I’m getting married? I live with a boy and own a car and pay bills? Oh, I’m so grown up. Except usually I feel about 19.

Comment on Playing Grown Up by notsojenny

notsojenny — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:36:02 +0000

i’m pretty confident that the answer is “Never”
i imagine that even at 85 i’ll still feel like a 16year old fakin’ it