finnegan

Its so odd tooling around this site. I read the articles and look at the pictures but in the end I find myself just sort of trolling through peoples journals, always with the vaguely guilty feeling of a voyeur. But, then thats the point of writing our journals in this format; we hope that it will be read. A private journal is easily accomplished with a pad and a pencil. No this is an opportunity to pick and choose our private stories as we would like to present them to the world while providing an illusion of privacy, of intimacy. At its core there is a strong masturbatory aspect to all this. I mean aside from all the pretty pictures of nekkid ladies.
I suppose thats the aspect of reading through the journals that I enjoy (no not the masturbation). Its a form of self creation. I find it fascinating watching people create themselves or at least a persona online. And there are subtleties within that framework. For example you might get the person who you can tell outright is full of shit. And yet often you can get a detailed picture of who they are by the persona they want to create. But I think most often its just a venue to say your piece without interruption. Like a loony on the corner with a megaphone, but quietly where we are allowed to speak freely.
Anyhoo I had a nice day how about you?