Most of the people who know I write a blog fall into very specific categories:
- Those who knew me before I blogged, so it doesn’t surprise them that I lay out all of my life for public consumption
- Those who met me as I was starting to blog, so it seems like I’ve always done it
- Those I’ve met because I blog, so nothing I do seems in the least bit odd to them
And all those people I’m about to meet in GA? They don’t fall into ANY of those categories.
Will they think I’m weird?
Well, truthfully, they probably will anyway within about a week of having met me so there’s really no chance of hiding that.
Will people be freaked out that I’ll write about them?
I don’t write about my kid’s schoolmates or our neighbors now, so why would I start now? Although. There is always the chance that there will be infinite amounts of blog fodder and I will literally have to cut off my own fingertips to keep from writing super snarky posts about minvans with gun racks.
The restraint!
The pain.
It’s too much.
How MUCH will I hate having to explain for the umpteenth time that YES, I consider myself a real writer even though I don’t have a book or a column…and NO, it’s not just a hobby…and YES, I do actually make money doing it….and NO, I don’t know Dooce.
Writing a blog is sort of ego-centric to begin with…it takes some serious balls to sit down and write about yourself and assume that ANYONE else is going to be remotely interested. Frankly, it shocks the ever-living crap that you all read this and keep me going.
Telling other people that you write about yourself is humbling, because you’re more or less saying “HAI, here’s my soul on a platter, would you care to take a stab at it with that really rusty spoon over there?”
There’s also something a little disheartening about sharing something you feel passionate about and having it shrugged off as totally inconsequential…although I’m completely guilty of it on my end. I will admit to NOT getting the scrapbooking thing, I just don’t, it’s really expensive and WHERE do you store all those books?
Anyway.
So, opinions, people!
Do I go in blog-blazing and getting it out there right off the bat or do I just sit quiet about it and hopefully let it come out in an natural way that won’t have all the new middle school moms starring at me as if I said I sacrifice puppies in my spare time?
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And I have a post up over at Deep South Moms Blog about the best part of a really crappy field trip.