If It Feels Good…Blog
Ξ April 5th, 2008 | → 11 Comments | ∇ nuttin in particular |
I spent a long time reading blogs. Finally I got up the nerve to comment. And yinz responded. I commented more and started to build friendships with some of you incredible people. Honest to goodness friendships with people I had never met in person. People who can bring me to tears, enrage me, engage me, encourage me, make me laugh so hard that my sides hurt. I really appreciated yinz.
Eventually I got tired of hearing the “where is your blog” and “why don’t you have a site” comments. I broke down and, with tons of help from Jester, started this place about a month ago. It has surprisingly been a much needed outlet. Something I never could have imagined that I wanted or needed. So I just wanted to say thanks for all of the encouragement. Just because you are on the other end of a keyboard doesn’t mean that you don’t have an influence on another’s life.
This is a power. Use it wisely. Don’t be mean. Speak your mind, but do it with respect for another’s opposing opinion.
Last night at the bar with a friend in from out of town, because I just don’t regularly hang out in bars!, I ran into a guy who is a really good man going through a rough time. He is wonderfully intelligent and he will freely admit that he can be a total asshole, yet for some reason his awesomely arrogant ass has been really cool with me…and patient with my drunk ass. Turns out the last time I ran into him I was raving about blogging and the support of the internet. And guess what? He has a blog that he is really getting into! Yay!! Seems it is helping him deal with some of his feelings about shit he can’t control in his life. And basically giving him the outlet that it gives us all. I am so happy to have shared the support that yinz have given me. So I will keep telling folks that it feels good to blog. And to be open to the friends you meet online. Not everyone is an ax murderer.
Well, it remains to be seen if my friend from out of town cuts me up into pieces and feeds me to the fish. But I think it won’t happen. Ever the eternal optimist!
Enjoy your Saturday…