a search for authenticity
When you are in the same room with someone, each on separate computers, and you talk via Instant Messenger instead of speaking to them out loud.
This little definition from Urban Dictionary describes at least half of the communication that occurs in my marriage.
More so than any other time of the year, I want cable television. Normally Dan & I can function just fine with the 5 or 6 stations our bunny ears provide. However, it’s football season and we need ESPN.
My internet family is ever-growing and I feel their love in ways that only happen online. Today’s special internet love moment was a result of Jen Lemen listing the The Weepies as one of her favorite bands on her Facebook profile. Then Ross Catrow was IMing Dan and told him about Pandora. I investigated both The Weepies and Pandora. This resulted in me hearing Somebody Loved by The Weepies, which goes like this….
Rain turns the sand into mud
Wind turns the trees into bone
Stars turning high up above
You turn me into somebody loved
Nights when the heat had gone out
We danced together alone
Cold turned our breath into clouds
We never said what we were dreaming of
But you turned me into somebody loved
Someday when we’re old and worn
Like two softened shoes
I will wonder on how I was born
The night I first ran away from you
Now my feet turn the corner back home
Sun turns the evening to rose
Stars turning high up above
You turn me into somebody loved
Then I smiled and felt loved by my internet family.
xoxo
While at BlogHer I spotted “The Blogging Church” and mentioned it to Pastor Brent of the Well. Pastor Brent read the book in only a few days and then lent it to me. I’m only through the first couple of chapters, but I came across a couple of quotes that speak to heart of why I enjoy blogging.
“Blogging is about connecting communities through conversation.”
“Blogging is simply online hospitality - opening your door, inviting people inside, and sharing stories.”
For several months I’ve been struggling with my personal blog because I feel like I’ve lost the voice that was evolving here, but I’ve been excited to see a stronger community/connection develop. BlogHer inspired me to search again for that voice and become a creative hostess. I’m thrashing out ideas on how to make that happen as I realize how easily technology & social networking are mixing with my other interests.
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