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observation
Feb. 15th, 2005 08:46 amHello to my mother, for the next time she googles me and reads this journal!
I'm going over the journal, particularly the entries of the last week, which to the casual reader (and the author) has lacked in, how you say, reasons not to despair. Anyway, the "blog test" is usually a matter of "what if a prospective employer were to read this"? And then, "should this entry be private"? And then, "why am I just describing, to everyone, just how irritated I am with everything right now?"
These are good questions. There are some friends who read my disjointed scribbling who have/will not take out LiveJournal accounts. There are probably some people who wouldn't necessarily find this blog, as it stands to be a positive statement on my behalf. And it is true -- I do swear here on occasion, and vent about bad days or weeks or schoolwork.
It's a warning flag, of course. "My mother is reading this, my teachers could be reading this, one day my boss or CEO or employees or supervisors or trainees or students or customers or clients or patients or constituents or opponents or what-have-you could read this."
However, and just to use an example from today, nothing really seems to be private anymore. That's not an excuse for carelessness; indeed, it's another sobering alarm bell. With that in mind, I'll see whether I can't swear slightly less or gripe a little less frequently on this very-public forum.
I'm going over the journal, particularly the entries of the last week, which to the casual reader (and the author) has lacked in, how you say, reasons not to despair. Anyway, the "blog test" is usually a matter of "what if a prospective employer were to read this"? And then, "should this entry be private"? And then, "why am I just describing, to everyone, just how irritated I am with everything right now?"
These are good questions. There are some friends who read my disjointed scribbling who have/will not take out LiveJournal accounts. There are probably some people who wouldn't necessarily find this blog, as it stands to be a positive statement on my behalf. And it is true -- I do swear here on occasion, and vent about bad days or weeks or schoolwork.
It's a warning flag, of course. "My mother is reading this, my teachers could be reading this, one day my boss or CEO or employees or supervisors or trainees or students or customers or clients or patients or constituents or opponents or what-have-you could read this."
However, and just to use an example from today, nothing really seems to be private anymore. That's not an excuse for carelessness; indeed, it's another sobering alarm bell. With that in mind, I'll see whether I can't swear slightly less or gripe a little less frequently on this very-public forum.
