Blogging & me

NOTE: This is what I typed 3 months after starting my blog. I posted it onMyspace, and apparently I was about to post it here (it’s been saved as a draft this whole time) but got sidetracked for a year. So here it is…

I will not pour my heart out on a public forum. I understand how therapeutic writing your thoughts can be as people have been doing that for centuries. I’ve often heard how you should not send an emotionally charged letter (email, for our generation) until the next day so you can see what exactly you wrote and better decide if you should still send it. Often, writing the letter/typing the email is all that is needed to get it out of your system. Then you can rid of the message without it ever getting out to do harm.

This applies to blogging as well, I believe. Combine this view with my view that most people aren’t qualified to give advice on the topics I need help with the most and, well…. blogging is pretty much pointless for me. Combine this with the fact that most people don’t take my advice or come to me for advice and, well…. human interaction is pretty much pointless! (sarcasm, for those without exegesis skillz)

With all that said, I’ve started a blog at:
gaugeyagee.wordpress.com

Started nearly 3 months ago, I’ve posted a whopping 2 entries, one about live electronic music and another about people who doubt me. Don’t expect anything too personal, and don’t expect frequent posts…. hell, don’t expect anything. You do that and I won’t expect replies, then we’ll all be happy in a very twisted way.

Online quizzes

Clint&Carolyn, you’re responsible for this:

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	8.2
Mind:	7.7
Body:	8
Spirit:	6.7
Friends/Family:	6.2
Love:	9.1
Finance:	9.1
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

My body could use a little work, as I’m probably in the worst shape of my life right now. Not excessively bad shape, just worst shape of my life so far. Once I’m done getting my Masters, I’m going to get back into some kind of physical activity, probably martial arts. That’s something I can take Johny to as well, as long as he doesn’t go using it to beat up other kids or pick fights.

I expected the low spirituality score, and Clint I agree with you that spirituality doesn’t matter for much. A good moral code can come from logic/reason, so there is no need for any ancient books written by madmen running through the desert 2000+ years ago telling me not to eat pork whether it is refrigerated or not. Also, I like the section of the Bible that discusses the ethics of releasing exploitable computer code to spur corporations to clean up their programs.

I’m a bit surprised at the high finance score since I think you two are in much better financial shape than I am.

I expected the “mind” score to be a bit higher, but they asked the wrong questions regarding that. Just because I don’t read literature I tend to get knocked down on that in many tests. They don’t ask if I read online though. I keep up with the latest current world and techie events and news and the discussions that come from these things. I think that has to count for something, but since they don’t ask about it, it doesn’t get factored into the end score.

Their family questions were about immediate family, which I took to mean blood relatives. If I answered those assuming that they meant the family in my house (wife & stepson), I think the score there would have been higher.