An update on my story

Well, as I expected, my story from yesterday brought my “friend” into the open. I never opened up the comments she left for public viewing, and the email address address listed has been marked as spam. All I can say as that I never listed names of anyone or anything, nor direct references to what my job was besides tasks. Anyone see anything I can be sued over?

Even at Eyespeak, I never mentioned names of people nor places besides the city in which I lived. Hey! EVERYONE! I lived in Austin Texas and worked in an office that did shipping and receiving of goods. I was a bookkeeper and sales person.

Quick! Name that company!

Oh, I’m sorry. You still don’t know, nor will I tell you.

Update: I’ve been informed that a “formal” complaint has been lodged with wordpress. If this is examined, I hold firm that the person who opened up their identity was the person in question who has been harassing me since I left the employ of her husband almost 6 months ago. She has done this multiple times on my various blogs, although most of the comments have been deleted. The only time I referred to her by name was in my most recent post after being anonymously emailed blog posts months after I thought the subject was dead.

So, here’s the deal. She feels that I have wronged her in my unhappiness with my previous job (although, she had no actual connection to the job besides her husband, who was the source of my unhappiness), and makes a point to bring up old trash and then emailing it anonymously months after I put the subject to rest by deleting my old blog. One last time: I would not have learned about these entries about my had I not received anonymous emails. I was pushed to react from whom I can only assume is her, as I have seen stats on THIS blog from IP blocking websites. Again, the only person interested in keeping themselves private from me is the person who is making the accusations. This person only came into the open when I wrote my side of what happened, after being bombarded with this persons attacks which were clearly written in my direction. I had kept my mouth shut for 4 months, after the same person wrote a myriad of rude emails and comments on another blog that led me to move here. She asks me when she threatened my parents, and I remind her of the comment she left me that led me to delete the previous blog. Then? She followed me here, after I did everything in my power to delete my identity from this location. It is obvious to me that this person is completely hell-bent on silencing me, even though I have deleted her comments and have thus protected her identity to this point. If there are any complaints, please let me know. Last I checked, linking to a myspace profile quoting a blog post is totally within in the rights of being legal. I used her first name, but it is the same first name used in her myspace profile.

Thinking about blogging

Ok, I’ve read a couple of entries recently talking about people responding (or not responding) to comments, and I feel like I need to make a confession.

If you have a blog readership of more than 10 people and you respond to a comment of mine, I feel special.

For real. I get validation from people acknowledging my existence!

So, it goes like this. I’ve moved my blog around a bunch over the last few years, partially to get anonymity and partially to find the perfect blogging platform. Haha. But, as a result, I don’t have a very strong readership. I’m ok with that, but I’m definitely one of the “little guys” in the blogging world, if even that.

So, until those emails get exchanged, I feel slightly like none of us actually exist in each others worlds. We’re all imaginary in a way. For example, Dooce? Doesn’t really exist in my world. If I ran into her at a store, I’d probably be confused about how to deal. I mean, I know everything about her, yet she doesn’t know I exist. Awkward? YES.

Most blogs in my mind are ongoing stories that are added to daily, until the blogger and I actually communicate. Then I feel special because the main character is talking to meeeeeeee. It’s like Johnny Depp talking to me between acting scenes in Pirates.

I know, it’s kindof a weird point of view. But, I’ve always been an avid reader. And I LOVE reading stories about real people living lives that different than mine. It gives me inspiration and ideas. So, the blogging world has exploded and suddenly I can read my stories EVERY day! They never end! There’s always interesting twists and turns! When I was little, I would actually cry when my favorite books would end. I wanted to know what happened next! Tell me more of the story! So, blogs are like the best books ever, because they never end!

And, then, eventually, I may become friends with a blogger (or reestablish a friendship with an old friend). At this point, in my mind, the blog becomes their diary that I am lucky enough to be invited to read. It’s like the blogger gave me the keys to their hearts and minds… sometimes reading blogs is like the coffee dates I love with my girlfriends. We go on and on about whatever is on our minds, and giggle in the meantime. I get to celebrate with them when something goes well and help them through things when they’re not. I get to laugh at things that we all find funny, and basically I get to be a part of their life (almost as if we’re in the same town).

So, anyways. Those are some thoughts on blogging. Also? As much as I feel special when someone responds to my comments, I also feel special when people leave me comments. It shows that I said something that was interesting enough to respond to. I would LOVE to have one of those interesting, dynamic blogs that everyone subscribes to because they love the updates. And then? If I’m interesting enough for a comment? Self-validation, right there.