Hi, My Name is Tilly and I Have a Blog.
It's not that I'm ashamed to be a blogger. It's not. I mean, it's not like I'm actually a blogger. It's more that I just have a blog. Kinda like how I write, but I'm not a writer. (BTW, this is not a self-deprecating fishing comment. It is what it is: fact.) Anyway, I am not ashamed to have a blog. I enjoy writing, and this provides a good motivation for me to write. Bottom line--it's fun.
However, I can't ignore the fact that I noticably wince when this here little bloggidy-blog is brought up in "mixed" company, as in some who are "in the Tilly know" and some who are not (and I intend(ed) for it to stay that way). Sometimes it feels as if I'm being accused of farting or finishing the last of the water cooler without replacing it. It's not a horrible accusation, but it's an (embarrassing) accusation nonetheless. And one that I would prefer not be linked indiscriminately with my name. My self. "Blogger" is not an additional attribute that I possess. Is it?
Regardless...it comes up. And sometimes, although I know that I don't have to explain myself, I do. I have to explain that I'm not some computer-geek-internet-addicted-no-life-having-child-porn-producing-self-important-freak. While I may have a slight addiction to the internet, WHO DOESN'T?! And while I am most certainly part-geek and part-freak, it's better than being milquetoast, no? BUT, I am NOT into child porn. So there's that.
posted by Tilly at 9:37 AM
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this same issues has caused me to wince a few times particularly in the past few days. i usually end up hiding behind something and doing a nervous giggle and quickly changing the topic. but i am a nerd so there's that.
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LOL - Same here. I've been compromised, a breach if you will. I went online the other night and forgot that I had my blogger user profile up - my boyfriend saw it and was like "YOU HAVE A BLOG??". I tried to close the window but of course my computer had to think first and it was frozen. I immediately starting lying.. "no I don't, no I don't!" Too late.
He goes "It says greenleafgal, YOU live on greenleaf! It's sooo you!"
So I grabbed his hand and tried to push it back, hoping the pain would delete the memory. It didn't and it wasn't even painful to him.
He said that he wouldn't read it, I trust him. And then I told my best friend about the incident,so now she knows - but not the site name, thank bob.
But hrumph... I am a blogger. With possibly a new site.
(Oh and I deleted my first comment, that was me. Spelling error. Hate that)
I say some pretty stupid things on my blog, but I generally try to write like I talk. So whoops, every once in a while something comes up that I probably shouldn't be writing. General rule for me, my Mom and Dad won't be reading my blog, but it should be a pleasant read for any of my friends. If not it should be something that should remain in my head!
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