This Just In

It’s interesting to me, reading other people’s blogs.? My friend Nathan has an awesome blog PhilosYphia, where he posts wickedly funny, intelligent and sometimes rather touching, thought provoking posts.? I love to read what he writes, it makes me think.? What I can truly appreciate though is his openness and honesty.? He puts it all out there, and because he does, his blog is very rich in content, in my opinion.

This leads me to wonder…is my blog just fluff? Is it merely a tiny little updater about my insignificant life, a blip on a radar nobody notices? Is this because I keep much of my personal life (which currently has some very rough patches)?to myself? We choose what we want to share with others…our lives, our opinions, all of it.? Am I choosing not to share enough?? What do I want this blog to be? There are so many different aspects that make up the total me,?I guess I would like to make this blog more than just digital crafting, scrapbooking, recipes and snippets about what I did today.? I have FaceBook for the snippets…this blog provides a stage for more philosophical productions should I choose to engage them.

Here’s the thing…I used to be like Nathan…a critical thinker armed with caustic wit and the latest info on societal debate, quick with a comeback that was not only intelligent but humorous as well.? Somewhere along the line I lost that person…or she morphed into something else…something softer, gentler and not nearly so harsh, although she still exists in my head, commenting on people, places, ideas and things via the inner monologue.? I actually get pangs of longing for that girl to be able to express herself whenever I read blogs that are so intellectual it’s ridiculous (in a great way!).? I might just test the waters and see how I fare, expressing myself a bit more, opening up an invitation for debate and probably enjoying the hell out of myself.? Of course I still want to share the other stuff, and I will, it’s a big part of who I am…I just need to let this other part breathe, be, and acknowledge it too.

S.