Comments on: So, what is this about, and for?

By: ...the thoughts are broken...

...the thoughts are broken... — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:42:42 +0000

A year of broken thoughts

Today is the 1st anniversary of this humble little blog. My 1st post was So, what is this about, and for? on Saturday, 29 January 1995. A couple weeks ago I wrote a sort of pre-anniversary post, Bloggy happiness, with some early reflections. I said mos…

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:35:53 +0000

Hi Ivan and thanks for the comment.

I would now take the “quite” out and would be more in line with what you said. Blogging is as narcissistic as one chooses it to be. Although in our society I would suggest that many don’t understand the distinction. I have made a few posts that were narcissistic I have no doubt, but hopefully only a few. I don’t think anyone really is interested in much of my life. So I try to restrict the narcissistic bits to interesting stuff. Of course, how can I judge what others might find interesting? At least in contrast to say, tittilating.

And while I haven’t found as much dialogue as I’d like, I have found it and have tried to contribute to it.

Cheers.

By: Ivan Chew

Ivan Chew — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:42:04 +0000

Hi, I’m reading this about 9 months since it was posted. So do you still feel the same way you did? I used to think blogging was narcissistic (though I didn’t use such eloquent words as you did) but realised it’s as narcissistic as one chooses to be — or not. You’re right about the dialogue. That I agree wholeheartedly. Keep posting.

By: OJC

OJC — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:26:16 +0000

Please keep writing for as long as you find it necessary/intriguing/fulfilling or just plain fun (and and other definitive word you can think of). You are doing something most of us would never think of doing much less go through with it. Thank you.