Not sure where to leave a comment??... then use this article! Scratchpad for bloggers and (shy) friends. I do receive message alerts (email notices of comments left) and I will reply (.....eventually)! Have a great day! Dee
Not sure about this, but is asking for the number of post it notes someone owns an extremely personal question? Who knows, that maybe owning post it notes could be an addiction of which you feel ashamed and guilty. I note you changed the subject matter to talk about a messy fridge with magnets, now most of us have one of those. However, very few are addicted to post it notes! { :>)
What's that Oscar Wilde quote: "If you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you."
.....my lips are sealed Len.....
Sorry, didn't mean to ask a taboo questions. Post-its are a deep and personal choice that I for one would not request any one to disclose if they did not want to.
And as for fridge magnets, well, again it's up to the conscience of the individual fridge-goer.
I started reading the article and it's long. But I don't think all of us tell the world everything on blogs. I mean if I put every little thing that went on and through my head first of all no one would read me due to volume and crap-o-meter but also I don't think any one would like me.
Also my friends and family do read and I wouldn't want to put someting on a blog that they don't know or that would come as a surpise.
Its Ok AJ... I am currently seeking therapy for that too...
It fills my week; keeps me busy and off the streets as they say - all these self-help meetings LOL.
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Re the article: (...well in case I decide to remove the article/URL and post a different topic, it was entitled "Say Everything"; an interesting NY article about today's blogger generation...) I think that the first line was interesting:
"Yeah, I am naked on the Internet,” says Kitty Ostapowicz, laughing. “But I’ve always said I wouldn’t ever put up anything I wouldn’t want my mother to see.”
I think in that sentiment, most of us would agree.
We couldn't possibly keep up the maintenance, for one, of posting everything, saying everything addressing every issue that we would like to post; nor, cover every aspect of our personality or interests.
Your comment was well said AJ.
I do find this whole generation of bloggers; young and old - this new ‘evolution’ simply fascinating.
But, I am not one for the mammoth job of the above aforementioned article. I don't even really wish to make a worthy start.
Blogging for me is a new frontier; a heavenly discovered unknown Nirvana. A quiet room to de-stress...to simply ‘play’. Its like browsing through the box of Leggos, fuddling then slowly forming something new and interesting; and surprise – discovering the fact (& loving it!) that others have come to join me on the mat, not quite noticing when it was they came. Or reading (a good book; poetry perhaps) and being joined by another, asking “What ya reading?”, and enjoying that relaxed and natural conversation that follows.
SETTINGS
....COMMENTS
.........Comment Notification
...............* Yes, email me each time a comment is posted.
(There was a time where I wasn’t receiving email notification. Everything had been set right. Apparently Snowy had the problem too at one stage. In the end, he changed his ‘email’ address to another alternate one that he had, and this worked for him).
I did the same (as he advised), but alas – it didn’t work. Replaced my existing email address (and saved changes) with a new one, but nothing. Then one day, ooh about 1-2 weeks later… it just started working again!
To add/change your email address:
PROFILE
....EMAIL ADDRESS*
....SHOW MY EMAIL ADDRESS?
....SAVE CHANGES
Hey imagine if not only bloggers put everything they did, desired or imagined .... but better still we included that self-chatter box which tries to weight us down and/or limit our achievements. Or, am I the only one who has one of those noisy devices.
Sorry...I haven't got a handle on you just yet, seeing as we've only just met, but I'll try my best regarding a worthy reply:
1. Quote:
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great"... --- Mark Twain.
2. Blogging - articles & comments:
Again not quite sure which angle you're coming from. I prefer to read articles that fill one or two screens (pages) myself, otherwise my concentration span soon disappears LOL. But having said that, I must say that I do get soooo much pleasure, enjoyment and inspiration - discovering and reading the varied points of view; things that people have to say, here on bloggerland.
I also love to receive comments (as long as they are Re-speck-T-bull; all comments will be welcomed and received in a relaxing manner). When I discover a soul mate (regarding the addiction, or acceptance of ‘any’ comments ‘goes’), I am happy to respond in kind.
I hope I haven’t scared you off, ha ha. Would I be deemed one of those ‘chatter-boxes’ you were referring to?
Don’t be a stranger. P.S. What are you like with cryptic crosswords? LOL (Smiles) Dee
Now that takes some type of fella to be brave enough to actually post any (short and sweet) comment, on the heels of that last essay posted. All man! LOL Hi yourself! (Big beamy smiles) Dee
The reason I only posted a small comment was for the fact that it took me all my free time trying to find the last comment I posted, which appears to have been lost in the void of your blog page.
Anyway how are ya?
"Try being yourself - as everybody else is taken..."
LOL…Shane:
1. Well I stand corrected. If you insist, I will retract the statement “brave” and “all man”.
2. All the better for seeing you (here), ha ha. Big smiles. But I think at last count we were up to…me asking “How are you?” LOL.
3. As for the vast void space of my blog page, it seems it also allows an echo – over my ‘February Calendar Photos 2007’, I have “Great quote: Be yourself. Everyone else is taken”. So I’m not sure what you are on about with your last line. If we can’t be ‘ourselves’ here on bloggerland, where can we be? Plus, you outta know ‘me’ and that this is ‘me’ quite well! Well.. not ‘that’ well, but well bloody enough. LOL. Signed one of your ‘goodest’ friends Dee (Big smiles).
So... I think we're back to "How the bloody hell are ya?" (chuckle chuckle)
I love you!! you are my bestest friend!! You are a lazy shit for not talking with me on msn since last year!! I should kick your ass! Move your fingers and hit that msn and start talking with me.
mwah mwah mwah and heaps of tight hugs
XOXOXOXOXOXXO
Just in case you think another one of your comments disappeared into my vast blog space again, I have re-replied to your latest comment left - where you left it! – on another “Leave a comment” article. Ooops. I guess the fact that I had TWO articles with the same title, only confused matters. So to try and rectify this, I have now changed them to “Leave a comment (ver.1)” and “Leave a comment – or two”.
Big smiles… Dee.
You will always be my best friend, but you know that - it goes without saying, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to be said! MWAH! Thanks for seeking me out here on bloggerland. Thank goodness we (soooometiiiimes) get to see each other at work, otherwise it would be really hard going for us, what with our busy lives, commitments and distance. I’m soooo looking forward to getting out together again soon (hopefully in the next two weeks ok?).
I know when we grow old and grey we will always have each other as friends, but more importantly, I don’t think we will ever stop laughing together. I’m absolutely sure that you’ll still be kicking my ass then too, ha ha!! But, hey, what are friends for?!!. Love ya heaps and always. Don’t be a stranger here ok?! Dee
And I am a post it note addict, I have postits in all different colours and get panic attacks when I cant find a yellow post it. I dont however put post its all over my bedroom, just all over my files at work,,, *gulp deep breath, mental post it to keep going* I am also addicted to Pens, it seems someone close to my heart ( Rav if you missed THAT particular post it) Is the same.... so dont EVER ask for a pen in our home, you will have 25 thrown at you each with a particular sentimental meaning behind the purchase hehe..... BUT do NOT ask for a postit, I am trying to get past my addiction one little stick note at a time... Thannkyou for listening... I have to go make some notes on how I went.........
Ahhh Kell...a soul-sista! Well you’re a brave lassie.
Admitting the problem is the first step to recovery as they say, that is – if you THINK there’s a problem.
You may feel as I do - wishing NOT to be rescued by anyone, at all, ever over my intense like/preference for post-it notes.
(Attn: To all those wannabe gung-ho intervention-possible Samaritans – please note the use of psychologically-friendly-terminology here. I will NOT validate, acknowledge nor use that term ‘addiction’. Denial may spring to mind, but ‘aware and in control’ is my preferred view).
Pssst…Kell….(*whispered*)…If anyone comes in the middle of the night, to whisk you off, I promise, I will NOT let you be forgotten and I will not let it rest. You’ve got my number right?
