Back in June, the prolific Jade made an intro post for his new blog.
It’s interesting. The first thing you have to decide about an online journal is whether or not you will tell the truth, and by that I don’t mean lying but omitting the truth, which is the same thing in terms of a diary, like if you slash the tires on some fuckhead’s RV because he parked it right on a corner and you can’t see the oncoming cars. What if the guy reads it? Well, you should have moved the the damn thing when you read the note on the window! Jerk.
How did he know, not even having a site? The biggest problem with this page is that I can’t really say anything about the thoughts running through my own head. It’s not that I’ve ever lied. More that I don’t write what I want to write. Not because I’m uncomfortable writing said thoughts down, but more because I’ll be uncomfortable when I talk to the people I write about later.
I’m sure it wouldn’t be brought up in conversation. But I would know that I wrote it, and they would have read it, and it will take them all the effort in the world not to admit that they read this site.
Some people I know just say “fuck it” and write in no uncertain terms. Do they have less friends because of it? Or are they just more secure about what their friends think of them than I am? Ding ding, we have a winner. #
