Testing . . . Testing . . . One . . . Two . . . Three . . .

Hey look, there's a blog here.

Pretty sure that this is a personal record for not blogging; my business blog has seem more action than this one has of late. I've shaken up my work life a little bit of late and hoping to be a little more engaged with life (personally, professionally, etc.) as a result. Time will tell....

But, for the moment anyway, I'm back...

Blogger vs. Livejournal

I know a lot of people with LJ accounts. I read a few of 'em, all people I know in person or have met at some time in the past. But I also read their "friends" entries - and for the most part these are people I heve never met, perhaps people I have met once or am acquainted with.

I find it interesting / sad / amusing when a livejournal friends list blows up in an incestuous, positive feedback loop of opinion, venting, ranting, emotion, assumption, comments, snarks and slights (real or perceived). I'm watching one right now. Someone started talking about the merry christmas / happy holidays thing (pro-xmas, with a "please do not diminish my joy" slant) and got jumped on by non xtian friends. It's kind of ugly. Also mildly entertaining (since I know a few of the people involved and could have written the script ahead of time....)

Mostly, it's why I prefer a Blogger-ish thing to a LJ. I'd prefer my readers have to come actively find me. I'd prefer that my readers do not get the instantaneous option of reading what my friends and acquaintances are doing simultaneously and en-masse. I'd rather not write about a workshop or party or cultural event without having 2 or 3 other camera angles / perspectives right there, for the reader to see. I am not producing a documentary here or great art - this is just my little slice of the world, opinion and editorial. I'd like to say BLUE without having a chorus suggesting that it was really light blue or teal or periwinkle or You're color blind, you moron, it's red!

Connected. But not too connected.

Guess What, I am Back

It's been a long time. November 2004 was the last update before I pulled the plug on Jude Mood my previous blog (which for the record, ran from November 2002 through November 2004), neatly bookending a certain major life event. I did archive the old blog....not sure what if anything I will do with it but it does provide a nice life record.

I pulled the plug for a lot of reasons: I was pissing people off, I was filtering what I was writing because of who was reading, I was letting too much of my personal life out there.

I am too much of a iconoclast in certain subjects and with certain communities, and I needed to learn to shut up about stuff....

I hope to avoid some of the mistakes of the past. Have I grown wiser? Have I put some distance between me and the painful angry stuff? Have my wounds healed sufficiently so that I am able to re-engage?

Time will tell.....another experiment.