Retirement
I am an inconsistent blogger. I have had three different blogs at different times (I hear my last one is now a porn site, which is a reference to my former last name, and if you don’t know me I’ll just leave you with that mystery, ha ha!). This one has been my longest running and the one I put the most effort into - though rambling on about whatever maybe isn’t such an effortful endeavour after all.
Anyway, I’m having blog angst. So far blog angst has resulted in 100% blog closure so our odds aren’t good. Here are the problems:
1. The personal stuff I want to talk about is too personal to write about publicly.
2. I’m Growing Up and getting an Adult Job (well, not immediately, but at some point in the next less-than-a-year) and since this blog is only really semi-anonymous, it seems sort of fraught with danger to call people assholes and otherwise beak off when it could be quite problematic for my future career aspirations.
3. If I cut out all the dangerous material I’ll basically be left with what I had for breakfast, which doesn’t make for good reading (leftover pasta, in case you’re interested).
4. Does anyone even care? I know this will sound pathetic and like I’m fishing for compliments but truly, I am not - I’m just being objective. I don’t know how many people visit this site (I lost my password for that part of the system) but based on the number of comments I get, only actual friends of mine ever read it. In which case I could just talk to them instead, which similarly serves Problem 2. Why put it in writing if you don’t have to? I’m sort of a slow writer and it takes a lot of time to put up posts. I love you guys but is the time worth it for all four of you?
5. There is no five, but five is my lucky number, so there you go.
Ponder ponder.
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Well, actual friends and wackos like me, who really do enjoy reading!
You’re in my favourites folder! But I understand about the private/public issue. It’s tricky, but I’m hoping you will keep on blogging! Beaking off is super amusing to read (and you’re edjumacational, too!).
October 7th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Vex,
Is there not some way you could set up a sign in protocol where people could email you for passwords, so they could sign in, and you could screen your readers? If there are only four of them, it shouldn’t be a herculean task. If you could know your readership was secure, you could beak off to your heart’s delight.
~ I.
October 7th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
To be fair I more or less abandoned my Blog when Anna came home. Do what you need to.
October 7th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
On the one hand, I’d hate to counsel something that would cause you more angst. One the other hand, I do enjoy reading your blog, because I like to keep up with what’s going on with my friends, especially those that I don’t get to see as often as I’d like.
On the gripping hand, having a place to talk that is anonymous is a completely understandable need, which is why I do my ranting and whingeing on my LJ in carefully filtered posts.
October 7th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Eh - I’m gonna be selfish. No you shouldn’t stop posting. Be creative and come up with some euphemisms. This is really what you want to hear anyway.. right?
Please don’t go.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Why does it have to be a binary “keep blogging or quit” decision? I’ve got plenty of friends who barely post to their blogs, and then will go through a frenzy of updates.
Take some time off. Post about fluff.
And yes, you can make posts private. There are several options, some are built right into Wordpress (password protecting a post) and others are handled with plugins I can install for you.
October 9th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Personally, as an old friend that isn’t really in close contact with you, I enjoy reading about your exploits, even if you obviously aren’t going into too many details.
I would vote for posting whenever you want,and don’t worry about keeping us happy with regular ones if you don’t want to.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I think you are putting too much pressure on yourself about this blog. If you feel like writing, write! If you don’t, don’t. Just because you don’t update for a while doesn’t mean you have to close your blog. It should be a fun outlet, not another source of stress.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
It’s hard to control anonymity on the web, esp as you can’t control how people link to your blog. I only found *this* blog when checking out the blog of a merry wanderer & saw a familiar name.
That said: see above comment by Mel and multiply by 2.
rw
October 10th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
I also wanted to add the following numbers to the list:
6) Appreciation of the mountain vistas.
7) Canceled due to rain.
No, wait, that was another list…
November 4th, 2008 at 2:05 am
This is not meant to be passive-aggressive in any way: since I never see you or talk to you on the phone, the logic of “only actual friends of mine ever read it. In which case I could just talk to them instead” is broken.
Unless you want to come and game in my group.