When I first started this... experiment, I thought that it would be much like a journal, but less griping and bitching. I thought that this was a place where I could share my thoughts and comments and ideas, and people may or may not read them. And while I do think that this blog is for me, I do also try to take into consideration the feelings of the people who might be reading this. I try not to use peoples' names to protect their privacy. I haven't really put very many pictures of people up here. And I keep my opinions about other people quiet, because this is NOT a gossip blog.
But now I find myself in the position of not blogging something because of the possibility that someone might read it and be offended or hurt by it. I'm really angry right now. I want to scream and yell and vent all of this anger and frustration, and I can't. I want to tell this person to get the $%@# over themselves, and that they just need to move on. I want to tell this person to stop dumping all of their crap on me and other people. I want to explain why I wish this person would just shut the hell up, but I can't. But I just can't take this person anymore. The ultimate frustration is that, despite my unmitigated anger with this person, I can't really let it all off my chest because I don't want to offend them on MY blog. My head is going to explode...
That is the hard thing about blogs. They are utterly personal and utterly open at the same time.
ReplyDeleteIf it helps to manage your irritation at not posting to your blog, think about it this way - would you want to write it all out, and then e-mail it directly to everyone in your address book? Because in essence that is what the blog post would be.
Would that make you feel better? (That is how I put it persepctive when i want to vent)
or write to http://postsecret.blogspot.com/