Thoughts upon Thoughts
Somethings that have been on my mind:
<> Last Thursday Phantom Scribbler wrote a post about commenting on blogs. It actually made me think a lot about my own thought process for when I comment and when I don't. I try to leave thoughtful comments, but sometimes a quick shout out works best for the particular post. I like commenting. I understand there is a responsibility to be considerate and to watch words carefully because tone is tough thing to translate from words on a screen. I made a few mistakes in my early days blogging and I am grateful for the patience I received in response. I am lucky to have such supportive commenters. I appreciate each of you very much.
<> I've been thinking about the end of school. My children's last day of school is tomorrow. Then they are mine for the summer! I realize I have a lot of my fellow bloggers to thank for my current perspetive on motherhood. In past years I have dreaded the work that comes with our summer activities. There have been days I have simply called off all activities because it just seemed so overwhelming. Of course, the past two years I have spent the summer having just had a baby or still pregnant and miserable. I have to keep in mind that colored my view of summertime. I enjoy reading about your children. I look forward to sharing more about the wonderful, smart things my kids do. Blogging is good for mothering.
<> I've stalled a bit in my writing plans for the summer. I got an email from a classmate this weekend though that has refocused me a bit. She is offering to be my personal reader in exchange for the same in return. It seems the group she's been working with try to be too nice in their critiques. Not that she thinks people should be mean, but one shouldn't have to worry about causing offense when giving well intentioned feedback, especially in a forum set up just for that purpose. So, I will get back on track writing very soon.
<> Finally...I've been contemplating writing about being bipolar. What I'm bipolar? Yep I am. Type 2 Bipolar. It sometimes has such an affect on my thoughts and feelings that it would be a relief to express it here. Trouble is the bipolar mood disorder is so often misrepresented in movies and television it is understandably often misunderstood. I don't want to turn this into a bipolar blog. No contests about whether my weather pixie is depressed or manic today, sorry. So, I've been struggling with whether opening myself up to such an extent will just scare people away, or if it will help my blogging friends understand and love me even more. So, I thought that if instead of investing myself completely into an essay I might never post, I ought to just throw out the fact in a bulleted list and see what people say. What do you think? Want to know more?
On a lighter note, my husband found this really cool picture thing...It questions a bit, what is the real memory and what is the memory of a memory. Have fun with it!
INFORMATION
The first game of the Western Conference Finals is tonight! It starts at 5:30pm MST or PDT. Here in Arizona we don't do that Day Light Savings stuff. Who wants more daylight when it is 115F out?? So half the year we are on the same time as California (like right now) and the other half we are the same as Utah. (How's that for a tangent? I am the tangent QUEEN! Fear me! LOL)
GO SUNS!!!
<> Last Thursday Phantom Scribbler wrote a post about commenting on blogs. It actually made me think a lot about my own thought process for when I comment and when I don't. I try to leave thoughtful comments, but sometimes a quick shout out works best for the particular post. I like commenting. I understand there is a responsibility to be considerate and to watch words carefully because tone is tough thing to translate from words on a screen. I made a few mistakes in my early days blogging and I am grateful for the patience I received in response. I am lucky to have such supportive commenters. I appreciate each of you very much.
<> I've been thinking about the end of school. My children's last day of school is tomorrow. Then they are mine for the summer! I realize I have a lot of my fellow bloggers to thank for my current perspetive on motherhood. In past years I have dreaded the work that comes with our summer activities. There have been days I have simply called off all activities because it just seemed so overwhelming. Of course, the past two years I have spent the summer having just had a baby or still pregnant and miserable. I have to keep in mind that colored my view of summertime. I enjoy reading about your children. I look forward to sharing more about the wonderful, smart things my kids do. Blogging is good for mothering.
<> I've stalled a bit in my writing plans for the summer. I got an email from a classmate this weekend though that has refocused me a bit. She is offering to be my personal reader in exchange for the same in return. It seems the group she's been working with try to be too nice in their critiques. Not that she thinks people should be mean, but one shouldn't have to worry about causing offense when giving well intentioned feedback, especially in a forum set up just for that purpose. So, I will get back on track writing very soon.
<> Finally...I've been contemplating writing about being bipolar. What I'm bipolar? Yep I am. Type 2 Bipolar. It sometimes has such an affect on my thoughts and feelings that it would be a relief to express it here. Trouble is the bipolar mood disorder is so often misrepresented in movies and television it is understandably often misunderstood. I don't want to turn this into a bipolar blog. No contests about whether my weather pixie is depressed or manic today, sorry. So, I've been struggling with whether opening myself up to such an extent will just scare people away, or if it will help my blogging friends understand and love me even more. So, I thought that if instead of investing myself completely into an essay I might never post, I ought to just throw out the fact in a bulleted list and see what people say. What do you think? Want to know more?
On a lighter note, my husband found this really cool picture thing...It questions a bit, what is the real memory and what is the memory of a memory. Have fun with it!
INFORMATION
The first game of the Western Conference Finals is tonight! It starts at 5:30pm MST or PDT. Here in Arizona we don't do that Day Light Savings stuff. Who wants more daylight when it is 115F out?? So half the year we are on the same time as California (like right now) and the other half we are the same as Utah. (How's that for a tangent? I am the tangent QUEEN! Fear me! LOL)
GO SUNS!!!
13 Comments:
Heavens, oshee. My world is full of bi-polars. What's one more.
No you won't scare me away.
Nothing wrong with your comments so far as I can see. I look forward to them.
We have one more full month of school before i assume the Camp Director role!
Write away my dear, i will not diagnois nor judge.
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Oh I think you should be totally real, man! I'm soo into reality of people. I hate this perfection crap everywhere I turn. Don't worry, you can't scare me. I'm well versed in real problems of life. We're people and we ALL have imperfections. The trick is to think it's dang funny, no?
I'm with all the rest - go for it, if it's what's on your heart. My husband has dealt with depression and anxiety disorder, so you won't scare me away either :-)
I'm with you on the summer vacation attitude . . . I know there will be bumps in the road having all my kids home for the summer, but I plan on getting over it and enjoying this precious time.
Good for you for wanting to spread the word on bi-polarism.
No, your commenting won't scare me away either!
I have lupus and I talk about that on my blog sometimes.
Ava
I think that is what makes blogs so interesting, knowing things about the author.
If it is part of your world, if it affects your world and makes you who you are, then you should definitely write about it.
i've actually done a little research on bipolar 2 lately - not much, but we were trying to rule it out or in, pertaining to my daughter. open on up - it'll be good for all of us!
What Gina said. I like hearing about the whole person, as much as I can, on a blog. I don't like it when it seems that people are hiding things.
Congrats on the Suns win. (they won, right?)
Well, I just added you to my blogroll, so no problems here oshee!
I say briefly: Best! Useful information. Good job guys.
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