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September 18, 2007 | Category: In My Life
I have been toying, pretty seriously, with the idea of creating password-only entries. I wish I'd had the foresight to know that someday, having my real name attached to posts about blogging naked would be a real damper on my professional life.
Yeah, OK, seems obvious now.
The other day, I discovered a prospective employer read this blog. And despite the fact that I go to extreme lengths to respect the wishes of those I work for and live with in regards to privacy and intimacy?
Just the fact that I have a personal blog was enough to scare him off.
I don't know what this means to the Facebook generation, although maybe not much - since Facebook like Twitter, etc, is much more in the moment.
On the one hand, it took a lot for me to stick my flag in the dirt and say - this is ME. This is who I really am. I stand behind each word and each story and each post.
On the hand? Dude, I need a J-O-B. I need to work.
It absolutely destroys my creativity and honesty to be self-censoring each word and comma because something might be unacceptable to someone.
But what the hell is the alternative?
Meanwhile, the counter top guy will be here in a couple of hours and I'm thinking... shower? Clothes? Probably good idea.
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