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Thursday, November 20, 2003
Just an off day
Sort of an off day. No big rants to do. Bush over in England... nothing exciting. Michael Jackson... Heh, whatever!So just thought I'd share this funny article. Mom Finds Out About Blog from The Onion. Seriously funny yet it does expose a rather interested question. Does your family know about your blog and do they read it?
I sure as hell hope none of my family does! Although I don't post anything seriously private. I mean sorry everyone but my life is just boring. I'm a lame geek. I don't have lots of friends so I don't go to parties or get drunk at friends houses. So it's not like I have too much posted that could be embarrassing to me. Still there's just something that would bother me if I knew family were reading this.
The reason I have a blog is the freedom it gives me to express myself. The ability to do it without worrying about how family would react is very therapeutic. If I knew family were reading this I wouldn't be able to openly express myself. I would become to self conscience. It's a well know fact that writing is very good for victims of trauma. Though I suffer no serious trauma, though I do get depressed from stress sometimes, writing this blog has turned out to be good for me in a similar way.
There would be nothing worse than writing some emotional tirade where I openly expose my innermost thoughts only to have family members contact me to talk about it. I'd probably have a mental-breakdown if a family member tried to talk about a post. It's the semi-anonymous ability to express myself without repercussions that is so therapeutic. I see this as almost a diary where I can write down my ideas and thoughts. Perhaps it's that I have a bit of some subconscious voyeuristic tendency or maybe I'm just an ego-centric weirdo that makes me share this stuff publicly. Regardless, this is not for family consumption.
He he he…
The very idea that she might scares me shitless! 
Posted by
Dexter
on 12/02/2003 at 05:18 PM
on 12/02/2003 at 05:18 PM
Oh come on, you don’t want your mom reading your blog? ;p