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On 8/25/07, RANDY MANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so I'm wondering what's odd about > me > > oh where do i start > > > On 8/24/07, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > I've been very much myself online for 25 years, from text to video (I > > still > > mostly do text), and have sometimes been asked whether it feels weird to > > have complete strangers know so much about me. If it felt weird, I > > wouldn't > > do it. What I tell about myself online is not quite as open as it > appears, > > but anything I'm "hiding" is mostly out of respect for others' privacy, > > not > > concerns about my own. > > > > Sometimes protecting others gets me into gray areas. I'm beginning to > > wonder: when are the stories of my life MY stories, free for me to tell, > > though other people are big parts of those stories? > > > > It's interesting to see that my daughter (now legally an adult) has > > followed > > this path of openness without my really discussing it with her > explicitly. > > She's had one weird stalker incident (turned out to be a local > teenager), > > but not much else to feel uncomfortable about in spite of being far more > > appetizing a target than I am. > > > > The return for my openness is that I've made a lot of friends (and so > has > > Ross). I have usually been comfortable with blurring the lines between > my > > online and offline worlds - as those who came to vlogEurope last year > > know, > > I had no qualms about inviting to stay in my house a bunch of people > whom > > I > > knew mostly via their videos (which, ahem, I'd hardly even watched). (If > > all > > else failed, Andreas would beat them up for me, right? <grin>) > > > > BTW, while we're on the subject: I'll be in the Bay Area from Sept 5-15 > > and > > would love to see people! In San Francisco 5th evening through 8th am, > > then > > Silicon Valley for a conference (Storage Developers - not exciting to > this > > group, but I am being paid to film it!), then back in SFO Sept 13-15, > when > > I > > leave to return to Europe. > > > > -- > > best regards, > > Deirdré Straughan > > > > living & travelling in Italy > > (and other Countries Beginning with I) > > www.beginningwithi.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
