tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post7633087457942054028..comments2024-02-20T03:18:43.590-05:00Comments on Magnificent Octopus: Petite allureIsabella Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-47327365334378814082008-06-25T11:29:00.000-04:002008-06-25T11:29:00.000-04:00I'm possibly too honest and open at times on my bl...I'm possibly too honest and open at times on my blog. Then again it is true that my blog shows just a slice of my life, what I choose to share. Personal friends who I'm close to often say they are surprised I didn't discuss A, B, and C on my blog as it was a big thing happening in my life last week or whatever. <BR/><BR/>For me sometimes things that I need to talk about with them or vent about or am upset about or that take up my emotional energy never make it to my blog. It can be too hard, too raw sometimes to write and blog stuff like that. So my blog readers may think perhaps I analyze and blog about X topic but really they have no clue that I am not obsessing on X topic but it is 'safe' to blog about while I'm dealing with heavier stuff (Y). <BR/><BR/>A couple of weeks ago I found out my grandmother was dying and her decline was swift. After spending about 12 hours sitting vigil with her (sans computer), I drove home, crying while driving sometimes. I stopped the car in my driveway and <BR/>pulled out pen and paper, needing to write and vent. I wrote a poem (not something I do often). It was raw and emotional. I thought that I could blog that and my readers would 'get' what I was going through. At about one a.m. I got a call that she had passed away. The whole thing was so sudden that I have not looked at that poem again let alone blogged it. To be more complete in the telling of that episode in my life the poem really should be on the blog. But I just don't feel like revisiting it.<BR/><BR/>There are also a lot of examples from real life and stories I could tell to illustrate general principles and opinions I have and why. However I can't tell all on the blog lest I alienate friends and family. <BR/><BR/>A friend told me something little recently. It was 'no big deal' and not even a topic I planned on blogging on. Yet she phoned me in a panic the next day begging me to not blog the example from her relative. <BR/><BR/>I think a couple of my friends are censoring themselves from me for fear of me revealing stuff on my blog.<BR/><BR/>Others have joked "you won't blog this, will you?" but I know there is some seriousness behind it.<BR/><BR/>Another thought on blogging sometimes I'm all revved up on a topic and write a long blog post draft. Yet I don't take the energy later to edit it and polish it into something publish-able. In that way probably some poignant writings never see the light of day. Oh well. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I read that a woman was being brought to court by her insurance company regarding the fact that she had not blogged a serious illness of her child yet was claiming he was impaired. I also don't talk about the various health issues we go through here (just some of them) partially for that reason. The argument in court was if the kid was really sick for a long time it would have made it to the mother's blog. <BR/><BR/>Anyhow, what we reveal on our blogs is an interesting topic.<BR/><BR/>P.S. This is my first visit here and I navigated through from Mental Multivitamin.ChristineMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388497877158577422noreply@blogger.com