Poignant
1. If you blog anonymously, are you happy doing this? if you aren't anonymous, do you wish you started out anonymously so that you could be anonymous now?
I started out very anonymous, and gradually became less so, per my comfort level. I found no one I know at work, or friends, really gave a crap about blogs. These days, it's all about being careful on Myfaceinatweet. Anyone who knew me running across this site would, even without my photos of myself, know it was me. But for some reason, they don't. And I'm careful to keep anyone I write about very, very anonymous.
Then, I find this over at Futility Closet:
“The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.” — Charles Lamb
“The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.” — Thomas Carlyle
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.” — Alexander Pope
2. Describe an incident that shows your inner stubborn side.
As opposed to my outer stubborn side?
3. What do you really see when you look at yourself in the mirror?
A human being who has laughed and endured, the faces of the women in my family, my young self, the pores and dry skin. Same face I've been seeing for decades, really.
4. What is your favorite summer cold drink?
Beer. But I drink hot tea all summer, and that is really my beverage of choice.
5. When you take time for yourself, what do you do?
Write, mostly. Hot bath. Walk. Read.
6. Is there something you still want to accomplish in your life?
Just living moment by moment. Open to whatever comes up, better than the disappointment when a treasured dream turns out to be very different in reality.
7. When you attended school, were you the class clown, the class overachiever, the shy person, or always ditching?
I was the shy academic. If I'm in a class these days, I'm the clown.
8. If you close your eyes and want to visualize a very poignant moment in your life, what would you see?
I'm not big on poignancy. I tend to use that word sarcastically, like nostalgia and heartwarming.
9. Is it easy for you to share your true self in your blog, or are you more comfortable writing posts about other people or events?
I am all I have a right to write about. Not easy or hard, but what I feel capable of and what material I have to work with. I write about where my head is.
10. If you had the choice to sit down and read a book or talk on the phone, which would you do and why?
Read. I have a massive problem with phone reluctance. Even D and I only talk for a minute or so when we call each other,
"So, I'm on my way out, anything we need?"
"No, just come home. Is there anything I can have ready for you?"
"Put the kettle on?"
"I will. See you when you get here. Love you."
"Love you too. Bye."
About 99% of our phone conversations sound almost exactly like this. Books are lovely.
I started out very anonymous, and gradually became less so, per my comfort level. I found no one I know at work, or friends, really gave a crap about blogs. These days, it's all about being careful on Myfaceinatweet. Anyone who knew me running across this site would, even without my photos of myself, know it was me. But for some reason, they don't. And I'm careful to keep anyone I write about very, very anonymous.
Then, I find this over at Futility Closet:
“The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.” — Charles Lamb
“The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.” — Thomas Carlyle
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.” — Alexander Pope
2. Describe an incident that shows your inner stubborn side.
As opposed to my outer stubborn side?
3. What do you really see when you look at yourself in the mirror?
A human being who has laughed and endured, the faces of the women in my family, my young self, the pores and dry skin. Same face I've been seeing for decades, really.
4. What is your favorite summer cold drink?
Beer. But I drink hot tea all summer, and that is really my beverage of choice.
5. When you take time for yourself, what do you do?
Write, mostly. Hot bath. Walk. Read.
6. Is there something you still want to accomplish in your life?
Just living moment by moment. Open to whatever comes up, better than the disappointment when a treasured dream turns out to be very different in reality.
7. When you attended school, were you the class clown, the class overachiever, the shy person, or always ditching?
I was the shy academic. If I'm in a class these days, I'm the clown.
8. If you close your eyes and want to visualize a very poignant moment in your life, what would you see?
I'm not big on poignancy. I tend to use that word sarcastically, like nostalgia and heartwarming.
9. Is it easy for you to share your true self in your blog, or are you more comfortable writing posts about other people or events?
I am all I have a right to write about. Not easy or hard, but what I feel capable of and what material I have to work with. I write about where my head is.
10. If you had the choice to sit down and read a book or talk on the phone, which would you do and why?
Read. I have a massive problem with phone reluctance. Even D and I only talk for a minute or so when we call each other,
"So, I'm on my way out, anything we need?"
"No, just come home. Is there anything I can have ready for you?"
"Put the kettle on?"
"I will. See you when you get here. Love you."
"Love you too. Bye."
About 99% of our phone conversations sound almost exactly like this. Books are lovely.
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Posted by Zhoen on Saturday, January 22, 2011
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