tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151259608195581483.post5140391325961931166..comments2023-04-03T14:09:49.732-07:00Comments on We're On A Road To Somewhere: Not Face to Face(book)Adrienne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658593098911314756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151259608195581483.post-50793333041846277192009-01-22T20:39:00.000-08:002009-01-22T20:39:00.000-08:00tinarama- Cross pollinating. I am right there wit...tinarama- Cross pollinating. I am right there with you. I have gone to great lengths to keep some anonymity in all of this. So then I started to think about who I was trying to hide from and what I was trying to obscure.<BR/> <BR/>I came to this place entirely by accident. On one of the few days that I could watch afternoon television, I happened to turn on 'Oprah'. I am not an Oprah fan but there was someone on that I was interested in, so I tuned in. At the end of the show, there was a promo for her upcoming Eckhart Tolle bookclub. She advertised it as the 'world's biggest classroom'. I was intrigued by a web class (there were 10 in all) that would allow for a world wide audience and decided to join in.<BR/><BR/>Through reading the book, A New Earth, and participating in the class and on line discussions, I found myself being introduced to more and more and more information that would not leave my head. Without any intention to do so, I completely altered my way of thinking and living- very suddenly and I am still recovering from it.<BR/><BR/>These kinds of journeys are intensely personal and can be frightening to share. That was what I was trying to hide- my fear of what other's thought, my fear of what I was becoming (very silly, really, because all I am 'becoming' is aware of what I already am), my fear of rejection and ridicule...<BR/><BR/>I still don't advertise my name in some places, Facebook being front and center there. I have no fear of what other's think at this point, but I still have people I don't need in my life despite that.<BR/><BR/>All that said, I am sooooooo excited to see people I have read on other sites and am very greatfull for your comments! Please feel free to drop in any time!Adrienne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658593098911314756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151259608195581483.post-7013161800040729162009-01-22T17:46:00.000-08:002009-01-22T17:46:00.000-08:00Loved this post. I joined Facebook recently too an...Loved this post. I joined Facebook recently too and have been cautiously navigating the space ... embarrassed at how fascinated I am by it – at my age, 43, shouldn't I be mature enough to think it's all just a little silly? I've been working up to a post about the whole experience on my own blog, which I have NOT linked on FB and which I never invite anyone to read. I've been blogging for over 10 years now and yet the idea of my blog life (which has always been fairly anonymous) cross-pollinating with my Facebook life (which knows my real name and has pictures of me and everything!) fills me with horror. It's all very interesting though, and I do love the medium ... though I draw the line at text messaging! Anyway – I found your page via some bike site you commented on & just wanted to say hi. Cute bikes too, by the way! Love that beautiful Japanese bell.tinaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678143164954370209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151259608195581483.post-742497101246874292009-01-16T09:57:00.000-08:002009-01-16T09:57:00.000-08:00true all that. i hate a cell phone and dunno why i...true all that. i hate a cell phone and dunno why i love my blog so much. i thought it was stupid prior to april of '08.<BR/><BR/>suppose now i've a connection of sorts. for me its less then that, its what i've got to work with.<BR/><BR/>anyhow, more time outside doing things with two hands and/or my legs and eyes aloft<BR/><BR/>tataWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17165424361190612690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151259608195581483.post-18356164766868429502009-01-09T20:59:00.000-08:002009-01-09T20:59:00.000-08:00I work with a number of people who are younger tha...I work with a number of people who are younger than myself- at my grand age of 38, 25 year olds have become a mystery. They have no memory of a time before computers and video games and cell phones. I don't understand their common language, or how half of this stuff works. I watch them spend hours in front of a screen at work (I would yank the damn thing, but it is not my call) looking one another up, 'chatting' about nothing, looking at pictures of friends in their underwear at parties... I don't get it.<BR/>I fear I have become an anachronism.Adrienne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658593098911314756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151259608195581483.post-40282277718060359962009-01-09T06:27:00.000-08:002009-01-09T06:27:00.000-08:00Ha-ha, totally--this virtual friendship thing is w...Ha-ha, totally--this virtual friendship thing is weird. My much younger sister-in-law actually uses the term 'facebook friend' and I still don't quite get the connotation (I think it means someone who is not really a friend). The most useful thing I have found with Facebook is that for those friends that I don't get to see/talk to as much as I used to (perhaps they moved away)when we do talk, there's less time spent on catch-up because I have, peripherally, been updated all along. That said, I for one, will never "feel comfortable in this medium." But I don't want to be.The Jolly Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413710628789759348noreply@blogger.com