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Friday, January 07, 2005

Bloggies

[UPDATED]

Just in case anybody didn't guess, this was written as the drunken stupor was sobering up.

Cue the seriously thinking out loud mode, complete with one finger poised on chin and eyes dumbly looking upward:

Y'know, now that I'm starting to notice other bloggers out there -- it's like they've come out to me, kind of, and I've found one or two people from my past in the blogosphere -- I'm starting to wonder if connections should be made or re-made. How do we do this? This feels like the sort of thing where it's like, "Well, cool. But, um, I'm sorta busy, so......." either on my end or theirs. Meeting men for the first time in person whom I'd met on the Internet was one thing (and, unfortunately, we've often both got ONE THING on our minds -- I've gotten past that with at least one of them but that's another story), but some of these people are going to be straight. Or even have BOYFRIENDS/GIRLFRIENDS. Jeez. Guilt, shame and shyness renewed: what do we do then? what do we TALK about? It's going to be worse than hanging out with co-workers: "Soooooooooooooo........ when's your contract up anyway?" (Me speaking, not them.)

Seriously ridiculously thinking out loud mode off.

I'm seeing a serious collision (not collusion) of links and comments and, God, you might as well just call it GOOSING, going on with woneffe, who had the good fortune to be named one of a few Rhode Island blogs in Providence Monthly. All of a sudden there's a little burst of linkage. It's like a bunch of second graders trapped in the aisles between harshly regimented little school desks fidgeting past each other to put the cute little valentines in all the paper bag-mailboxes each student has decorated and taped to the front of their desk... and, while it might not appear so, I say this with the utmost love of it all. It's so funny!

Of course, I should admit I am benefiting from all this too. Thank you, woneffe, for giving me links, because apparently lots of people are clicking through your site to mine.

Oh, and for anyone worried about my feeling left out of the Providence Monthly article? Have no fear. I highly prefer hiding in plain sight.

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