The longer I spend blogging and reading other people's blogs (normal people, people who are NOT teenagers that is) -- the more I realize how utterly we are alike in so many ways. Maybe it's just a blogger mindset? Does one blog because their brain is built in such a way that it feels the need to share their ideas with others who may (but usually don't) care? And because our brains our built in this particular way, does this shape lead us to have some of the same ideas and philosophies??

Interesting. I started blogging, not even quite 2 months ago, because I used to send out mass emails to a select group of people sharing interesting little anecdotes about my life and I thought -- wouldn't it be easier just to send them a link to a blog (much like another friend of mine has been doing for a long time) and then they can just poke and prode through my thoughts and my life as often or as little as THEY see fit and I can keep writing as much as I want without having to tone it to a particular audience. Trouble is that I still do tone, there are many things that get left out because I'm not sitting down to amuse or bemuse a SPECIFIC group just more or less sitting down to WRITE. I think the writing was better when it had a target, instead of just a random group. (Posted next will be a copy of one of my previous mass emails) Well, the writing was wittier I think. When I write (mostly) daily I lose a lot of my drive to amuse and bemuse and just wind up pontificating wildly with my wannabe philosopher self. Which again brings me back to this blogging thing: I think a lot of bloggers are wannabe philosophers. We all have this idea that the things we have been through are SO unique and therefore these things give us SUCH a unique perspective on the world that we MUST be heard!! We need to share our views and you should be drinking from the fountain of this knowledge and blessing our holy names! Amen, can I get a witness?!

Got a little carried away, sorry.

Anyways, I'm going to post one of my earlier mass emails -- about mass emails... In order to keep things in some semblance of order, I'll just tag it under here...

"About those mass emails"

Okay -- if you're reading this email it's because you
are part of a select group of people that I call the
Panel to whom I pose random questions and stories
about my life... Should you be no longer interested
in receiving emails of this nature from me please let
me know...

And actually, the above paragraph is specifically why
I am writing. I have known a couple of people who
constantly send me forwarded emails. I have NO
problems with forwards in general (although the
"please forward this to 47 people in your inbox so
that lives can be spared from the atrocious
paper-cutting death monger disease by AOL tracking
your emails" or whatever -- those are just
silly) -- I could use a good laugh as much as the next
gal, Lord knows, and even if you throw a cheesy
friendship poem my way I am fairly undaunted. Here is
my concern: how did we get to a point in society
where forwards are the only means of sending email to
people you are supposed to be friends with?? In some
cases, the only means of contact. I have received
"I'm happy you're my friend" forwards from folks that
don't even know what color my hair is this week. How
is this possible?? Couldn't tell you what I do for a
living or even know that I was once married...

Let me assure you, Gentle Readers, that I have TRIED
to contact these people at minimum of sending them
replies to their forwards asking them how they are
doing, what they are doing, who they are doing, etc.
No response. None. Until a day or two later, in one
particular case, I got a "funny e-greeting" that I had
to list 5 of my friends and THEIR email addresses so
that the person could win a prize. What, are you
kidding me? So you can add them to YOUR forward list?


So my question is this: at what point would it become
completely rude to simply block these parties from
emailing me at all?? I have tried sending replies
asking for more personal info and having gotten no
answer so I am going to assume the worst and decide
that their email account has been taken over by some
mail forwarding demon whose only desire is to flood my
inbox with cheesy pranks and poems and prayers. It's
best to keep the demons at bay with whatever method
possible, yes?

So -- send your jokes and poems -- I swear I won't
block you, but PLEASE let me know how YOU are doing
sometimes and ask me how I am doing, because otherwise
why bother to make the half-ass effort?!

kisses,
Heather

Ps: I'm afraid that I have no sinister tales from the
world of No Sex in the City -- hopefully I can drudge
up some rejection this weekend in order to provide
y'all some more amusement... At least I'm still
keeping that positive mental attitude, eh? =)

***back to 5/31/03 >>> Funny thing about reading my old Panel emails, most of the reason that I had "material" was because I was single and getting rejected and dejected on a fairly regular basis. Frankly, I don't think even I, in my mad desire for more and more attention, would trade S for the chance to have material again. I'll have to start stealing other people's rejection stories to share... Have any you want to send? Then email me at the link above, damnit!! ;-)***