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New Policy
Jul. 31st, 2003 07:43 amSome of you may notice that I've disabled anonymous posting. If you're going to comment on my journal, you're going to have to supply a name, even if it's a fake one. My reasoning behind it is this, and maybe some of you can sympathize:
I keep this thing like it's the journal at the foot of my bed, although I do know that folks will read it even if I don't end up having a great life story (though that is my goal in life). Anyway even though I know people are reading, I don't screen my thoughts. I just write it down the way it goes on in my head because that's what you do in a journal and that is an enjoyable process. When I do this, and it comes out all weird or angry or whatever, my friends get it. Y'all don't judge, and most of you are aware of the previous incidents that make me feel the way I do about things. I like that.
Then there are people that read my thoughts and criticize. That makes me feel bad. For instance, there is one person in the world that I hate. There are several that I really dislike. I would never tell any of these people to their faces that I don't like them. I usually don't even make it public knowledge. But my journal is my place to vent. I really doubt any of these people will ever read this, and if they do, they'll get a pretty honest account of how I feel about them, without me crying or apologizing like I would if there was ever some sort of confrontation. So what it comes down to is that on my journal, I feel safe to make the comments that stay in my head all day. Some of them are well thought out and others are spur of the moment, but it's a journal so all of them make the cut. Some people or person, who don't seem to understand me well enough to take what I've written for what it's worth, have been posting negative, and though they may not seem it, hurtful comments. What I write about on here are my feelings, many of which would otherwise remain completely secret - because if people who didn't know me so well caught wind of my thoughts, they'd have a different image of me, as we all would if we knew others' thoughts in addition to their words and actions. The comments to which I refer have been hurtful because they are criticisms of my thoughts. A person should never be made to feel as though their thoughts are morally or otherwise wrong (unless that person is a Republican, or part of the radical right, in which case even then you have to be delicate about it so as to respect their right to have these feelings). I don't feel like any of my thoughts are wrong. If I put some of my thoughts into action, then yeah, we'd have some problems. But I keep all the bad ones tucked up in my tiny corner of the great wide internet, and I feel a lot better about them by being able to do so.
If I write a term paper, criticize its flaws, please.
If I am about to go up on stage and I've got everything mixed up, criticize me, please.
If I'm at work and I give a customer bad advice, criticize me, please.
But my journal is only a rough draft of my words, and we all know words are far from perfect. So take my journal for what it's worth. It's the representation of all the things I thought but didn't say throughout the day, or it's a recounting of a great story (great in my mind, anyway). Granted, this is a public forum and I know strangers will read what I write - but it's mostly for me and I'd like to enjoy it a little more. I guess that gets my point across?
Peace.
I keep this thing like it's the journal at the foot of my bed, although I do know that folks will read it even if I don't end up having a great life story (though that is my goal in life). Anyway even though I know people are reading, I don't screen my thoughts. I just write it down the way it goes on in my head because that's what you do in a journal and that is an enjoyable process. When I do this, and it comes out all weird or angry or whatever, my friends get it. Y'all don't judge, and most of you are aware of the previous incidents that make me feel the way I do about things. I like that.
Then there are people that read my thoughts and criticize. That makes me feel bad. For instance, there is one person in the world that I hate. There are several that I really dislike. I would never tell any of these people to their faces that I don't like them. I usually don't even make it public knowledge. But my journal is my place to vent. I really doubt any of these people will ever read this, and if they do, they'll get a pretty honest account of how I feel about them, without me crying or apologizing like I would if there was ever some sort of confrontation. So what it comes down to is that on my journal, I feel safe to make the comments that stay in my head all day. Some of them are well thought out and others are spur of the moment, but it's a journal so all of them make the cut. Some people or person, who don't seem to understand me well enough to take what I've written for what it's worth, have been posting negative, and though they may not seem it, hurtful comments. What I write about on here are my feelings, many of which would otherwise remain completely secret - because if people who didn't know me so well caught wind of my thoughts, they'd have a different image of me, as we all would if we knew others' thoughts in addition to their words and actions. The comments to which I refer have been hurtful because they are criticisms of my thoughts. A person should never be made to feel as though their thoughts are morally or otherwise wrong (unless that person is a Republican, or part of the radical right, in which case even then you have to be delicate about it so as to respect their right to have these feelings). I don't feel like any of my thoughts are wrong. If I put some of my thoughts into action, then yeah, we'd have some problems. But I keep all the bad ones tucked up in my tiny corner of the great wide internet, and I feel a lot better about them by being able to do so.
If I write a term paper, criticize its flaws, please.
If I am about to go up on stage and I've got everything mixed up, criticize me, please.
If I'm at work and I give a customer bad advice, criticize me, please.
But my journal is only a rough draft of my words, and we all know words are far from perfect. So take my journal for what it's worth. It's the representation of all the things I thought but didn't say throughout the day, or it's a recounting of a great story (great in my mind, anyway). Granted, this is a public forum and I know strangers will read what I write - but it's mostly for me and I'd like to enjoy it a little more. I guess that gets my point across?
Peace.
