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head fluff when illuminated can reveal some very special thingsArchive for October, 2008
high-five CT!
Funny how we live in a culture that crams diversity down your throat, and yet news like this: Connecticut Ruling Overturns Ban on Same-Sex Marriage is newsworthy at all. Being respectful and kind to another person isn’t news. Hasn’t anyone heard of the Golden Rule? We talk a fluffy Kumbaya, but when it comes right down to it, we’re scared to death of unfamiliarity.
I mean, high-five to CT, but seriously, it’s about damn time.
So my message to you, dear readers, is: Get your head out of the sand and get familiar with your neighbors. Be nice and stop judging. Thank you.
why blog?
I’ve been swept up in a blog tornado and question why I blog here. Why I blog at all? When I first started, I felt as if I had to say something meaningful, something serious, something that felt like a ton of bricks. A friend commented, “Just write for goodness sakes!” And I did.
But what I’m finding out is that blogging is not just about writing. It’s more than that. I’ve just finished reading Naked Conversations for a class in digital technology, and now I care about my blog. Before, I wrote about my life and thoughts because I am a writer and writers share these types of things. But now, I feel I should do more than share. I am not a fan of “shoulds” in general, but when you blog, you are held responsible for the chain of exchanges that will follow. You guide a conversation that will transform into something you have no control over simply because it has been picked up and picked apart by readers. And you have to be OK with it.
In case you’re curious, you can find a link to my blog for class, musings of a mediabot, here.
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