The title of this post may be a little misleading, but I hope to be able to explain. Recently, my friends blog sites have been posting deep long letters of things that have been bothering them, reflections on conversations that have had them thinking through the week, or the joys of life that we call marriage and the complications associated thereof. But as I look at the things that I (Josh) have posted, I seem to put drivel and pop culture statistics or the random West Wing links into my blogs. I feel that I cheat my friends that post significant parts of their lives on their blogs and yet I leave nothing of myself on mine. I guess the appropriate term is to call myself a blog voyer (sp.), in that I enjoy seeing the internal processes that people go through, but not make myself vunerable. But I do not think that it is because I am scared to put any information in here, but rather I talk to Sabrina about a lot of the deeper topics in my life and am either worn out from the talk or indifferent in the end.
Anyways, I know that I need people in my life to give me input, and I appreciate the things they advise me on, but I don't know if I am ready to use a blog as my method of inner peace.
Yeah, I think this is a given. After all, this is your blog. I doubt you have many people telling you guys how to decorate your apartment or organize the kitchen or which sheets to use on your bed, etc. If they did, would you listen? Well, maybe, but you certainly don't have to. Same thing here. Just because other folks are blogging about personal stuff doesn't mean you have to. That's the whole idea, anyway. :)
Besides, my blog hasn't even scratched the surface of truly personal in quite a while. I'm not sure if I should be glad if it appears so or not, though. ;)
Posted by: Robert Yocum | July 04, 2006 at 12:58 AM
I enjoy your blog because I don't have the time to invest in pop culture, so it is nice to read pop culture insights as made by trusted friends. Even though I talk things through with Matt, I feel that I have rarely scratched the surface on a variety of topics. Posting my innate thoughts not only helps me think things through, it allows me to engage in multiple conversations about it with people I trust (and the conversations happen simultaneously). I found a blog yesterday that is just a intimate (and very intimate with details) posting of a forty-something married couple's sex life. I don't think I'll ever feel comfortable enough to post information that personal.
Posted by: Kate | July 04, 2006 at 12:10 PM