March 27th
Comments, not Comets
You know something? Leaving comments on other people’s blogs is difficult for me. It isn’t that I’m not technologically adept enough to type in the comment box and click on the “Submit” button. It’s that I’m afraid I’ll say something stupid. Saying stupid stuff comes natural to me, but I seem to have developed a phobia against it.
So when I’ve just read someone’s post and I think “Hey, I’ve got something to say,” I immediately check myself. I can’t say just anything. It has to be a well-crafted paragraph. It can’t be silly. It can’t be dumb. It can’t be too short. It can’t be too long. It has to have exactly the right combinations of words in it. After all, what will people think if I say something misplaced or brainless?
Trying to meet all those specifications can be troublesome, and sometimes, like now, I think I should just chill out and not worry about it. But seeing as insecurity seems to have become a character trait of mine, maybe I should develop it and see if I can get a cult following out of it.
Does that make sense? Probably not.
And while we’re speaking of comments, mightn’t I ask why nobody leaves any on my site? Yes. I’m entitled to responses, too.
Come on, people, I need you to brighten up an otherwise dull Monday!