Like every other person on the internet, I do have Facebook and MySpace accounts (the latter of which I try to use as rarely as possible, because of how it seems to spawn a good number of pages that make me feel I’ve gone blind and attract a “Look at Me, I Party and I’m Awesome!” crowd). However, I purposely don’t provide a link to my website on those profiles. Most of the people I’ve added have met me at some point in “real life”, and it’s all too easy to combat boredom by just clicking names to see what various acquaintances are up to.
What I don’t want is for people to just show up here, read one entry, and think something along the lines of, “So Elea’s emo now.” Snap judgments at what kind of person I’ve become is something I’d like to avoid. I don’t deny that I ramble and navel gaze an awful lot (and yes, I’m definitely “emo” at times), but there’s also a million other shades to my personality, some of which may never be seen through what I post online. People are complex and difficult to box into neat little categories. And yes, it’s simple to just Google my name and find this page, but at the least, it’ll be one extra step to go through. I suppose what I really meant to say all along is that if somebody really wanted to know what kind of person I truly am, reading my weblog would only cover a bit of it.
As for what I’ve been up to while once again not blogging, here are some highlights…
WordCamp: I volunteered both days, at the “registration booth” downstairs on Saturday, and upstairs at the T-shirt counter on Sunday. My favorite part of going is always getting to interact with fellow Wordpress users (of all ages, as you might notice from the photograph above).
Revamping in-essence.org: This is coming along a bit slower than I’d like, mostly because I keep getting coding/markup projects in between, and I get sidetracked doing that. Not that I’m complaining, seeing as it pays and I’m definitely learning a lot (in between the not sleeping as much, due to keeping my job in the bookstore at the same time). Plus, I like doing it — for the most part, anyway…when I’m not having to grapple with rendering issues in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, for example.
Concert-going: I don’t know when I became so big on going to shows, but I really love checking out bands in smaller venues. There’s much more intimacy, and since I still contend with stage fright when it comes to singing, a complete sense of admiration on my part for genuine artists.
I have a Friendster profile and likewise – I don’t post my blog address up there either albeit for a completely different reason. But I have to agree that people do have a tendency to make quick judgements based on what we write. And considering how deep my thoughts tend to be sometimes (when going through a difficult stage), people may end up labelling, which will only cause me even more undue stress. Urgh.
Ah well, the less friends who know my blog’s existence – the better. I’m sick of having my site used as a source of gossip. It’s happened all too often.