Comments on: Diary Nostalgia http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/diary-nostalgia/ when do you learn that what you have is a blessing? Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:27:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: piereth http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/diary-nostalgia/#comment-819 piereth Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:46:54 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=244#comment-819 ABS, I reckon that even at our most self-aware, what we write says volumes about us, the real us. And I like that you had a thought! The way my brain feels this morning, I don't think I'll ever have an original thought ever again. Groo. Jen - I know what you mean about the implied lack of privacy a blog gives you. I reckon though that I'm hiding in plain sight, lost among all the soccer moms and christian parents and sports fans and political commentators and gamers and widget freaks who blog away, pouring out thousands and thousands of words. I'm just a little fish. Ha, I know, I want to invent a glamorous, spy-riddled past too, but my child would never believe it! ABS, I reckon that even at our most self-aware, what we write says volumes about us, the real us. And I like that you had a thought! The way my brain feels this morning, I don’t think I’ll ever have an original thought ever again. Groo.

Jen - I know what you mean about the implied lack of privacy a blog gives you. I reckon though that I’m hiding in plain sight, lost among all the soccer moms and christian parents and sports fans and political commentators and gamers and widget freaks who blog away, pouring out thousands and thousands of words. I’m just a little fish.

Ha, I know, I want to invent a glamorous, spy-riddled past too, but my child would never believe it!

]]> By: Jenny http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/diary-nostalgia/#comment-817 Jenny Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:07:58 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=244#comment-817 I've always wished that I kept a diary ... I remember trying to start one and just not quite knowing what to write and then feeling ultra boring because I have nothing to write. I guess I could put some stuff into the blog, but then, who knows who would come across it and read it? Maybe I should be like ABS above and just make stuff up! Then my children can find it when I'm long gone and think "Wow! I never know Mom did all that stuff!" I’ve always wished that I kept a diary … I remember trying to start one and just not quite knowing what to write and then feeling ultra boring because I have nothing to write.

I guess I could put some stuff into the blog, but then, who knows who would come across it and read it?

Maybe I should be like ABS above and just make stuff up! Then my children can find it when I’m long gone and think “Wow! I never know Mom did all that stuff!”

]]> By: Amoeboid Blurry Smile http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/diary-nostalgia/#comment-814 Amoeboid Blurry Smile Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:25:38 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=244#comment-814 I wonder about diaries. When I think of my writing of my blog (which isn't a diary -- a significant portion of the stuff I write is either completely fabricated or altered in such a way that the meaning of the events is utterly changed), I find that the meanings of the things that I write are rarely what I intended them to be. In my case, I'm aiming for only some sort of pseudo-truth. For me, it isn't at all distressing -- in fact it is rather amusing to me -- that I end up capturing a different pseudo-truth from the one I'm aiming for. If one is looking for an accurate reflection of what one was like (which seems a worthy goal -- one can't exactly learn from mistakes if one hasn't noted them), does a diary do a good job of capturing what one was like? Hmm. Now that I've typed that paragraph, it crosses my mind that part of what a diary says is what a person thought was worth writing down and that could indeed be very telling. I guess instead of removing that paragraph, I'll leave it so that you get the fun of seeing that someone somewhere on the planet went through some new thoughts for them (well ... me really) on reading your writings. I wonder about diaries. When I think of my writing of my blog (which isn’t a diary — a significant portion of the stuff I write is either completely fabricated or altered in such a way that the meaning of the events is utterly changed), I find that the meanings of the things that I write are rarely what I intended them to be. In my case, I’m aiming for only some sort of pseudo-truth. For me, it isn’t at all distressing — in fact it is rather amusing to me — that I end up capturing a different pseudo-truth from the one I’m aiming for. If one is looking for an accurate reflection of what one was like (which seems a worthy goal — one can’t exactly learn from mistakes if one hasn’t noted them), does a diary do a good job of capturing what one was like?

Hmm. Now that I’ve typed that paragraph, it crosses my mind that part of what a diary says is what a person thought was worth writing down and that could indeed be very telling. I guess instead of removing that paragraph, I’ll leave it so that you get the fun of seeing that someone somewhere on the planet went through some new thoughts for them (well … me really) on reading your writings.

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