What do you want to be when you grow up?
Maybe some of you can understand what Me be feelin at this particular moment in time.
Me has been staring at a blank screen, a tabula rasa you could say, for quite some time and Me mind is swirling. It's jumping back and forth like some demented ping pong player who is trying to tie his shoelaces and return a serve at the same time.
Where do Me begin?
Someone Me respects quite a bit asked me why Me blogs through the Scary Monster and not Me real name. Then she asked me why Me blogs at all.
"The stuff you write is either philosophical in nature or silly, but it looksMe disagrees with her to some extent(actually a whole lot, but Me is tryin to be polite, Tee Hee). Almost all of Me posts have "A message" in them but it's important to let folks discover it through exploration and discussion instead of ranting and pontification.
like nobody reads the serious stuff. You get more hits on the crap you post
rather than the things you started out writing about."
Me reads all of the blogs of the folks who are kind enough to comment here. Me may not always write a comment meself, but Me does visit. Me also visits a lot of other places to get some idea of how people all over are feelin and thinkin. Fun stuff that is. Me ain't out to become famous. I figure iffin Me do the right thing and live the right way, that be good enough.
Me didn't get around to properly answering me friends query, the simple answer is this:
I blog because I have a voice, because my mind reaches out and tries to discover more about what makes us tick.
I am the Scary Monster, and have been ever since I can remember .
It is the part of me that lets me look at the world in wonder and amazement.
It's the part of us all that forces us to rail against stupidity in all of its multifaceted forms and rejoice in the love, happiness and laughter that we are all, even the meanest, lowest one of us is capable of producing.
I blog because of the sense of community; people gathering for no other reason than to say hello, share an intellectual hand shake or an empathetic hug.
I blog because I like to laugh, need to cry, enjoy a giggle and must argue until I come to a better understanding of what's in my head.
I blog because it's human.
14 comments:
SM, I think you're a very human monster. The reason I knew right off the bat that you're no "monster" is the (sometimes deeply embedded) message in each of your posts. Even in the "nonsensical" posts, there is a message -- if one but looks for it.
I blog for much the same reason you do. It's a space in which to say whatever happens to be on my mind but, more than that, there is a sense of community involved. Even when I have nothing to say, I enjoy that sense of camaraderie and always take the time to see what everyone else is saying. Your blog is one of my favorites so, please, don't stop.
Scary, I love your simple answer...so beautifully put. I could say the same (except for "I am the Scary Monster, and have been ever since I can remember")
thank you for your openess and eloquence!
Thanks ladies! Me will pass your comment on to Me detractor......
The very idea that the Scary Monster has a detractor is just ... wrong. This is grounds to STOMP.
Me will STOMP, but to tell the truth, Me is thankful for her comments. They reinforced the "Why" of my blog.
I hope to collect as many comments as I can to show her that the people who do what we do are not inane.
Me will be going away for a couple of days. Hope you all have a great weekend and Me will see you upon Me return.
Me is checking out a location for the next Cabo installment.
Cheers! STOMP!!
Scary,
I'm reading a book about an existential frog philosopher. It made me think of you and Cabo.
Have Fun Scary!!
I think your detractor needs to be proactive in supporting your interests.
In other words, a "protractor".
Scary-
"I blog because of the sense of community; people gathering for no other reason than to say hello, share an intellectual hand shake or an empathetic hug."
***HUGS*** from me, to you :)
I thought of you last night...I was in Barnes and Noble and found a wonderful book. I won't say what it was- because I honestly thought you had written it- and if you are the author- I want to protect your privacy.
Anyway- I was floored. I ran to a friend who has seen your web page (I showed it to them)- and I said, "Do you think it's possible~ That my Scary Monster wrote this?"
We laughed...and I read...and laughed~ it was brilliant.
And all day today- I've been wondering about you :)
I could be simply crazy- and the whole thing is just a wild coincidence (most likely)...but still, in a city in North Carolina-miles and miles and perhaps an ocean or 2 away- you were in my thoughts for the better part of the evening.
I find that to be very special...just like you~
and all the bloggers I know :)
I'm poking my head out of my hole long enough to say the serious posts are my favorites. Not that I don't enjoy the "silly stuff," but I'm a serious sort of person who appreciates deep, philosophical (and so often mysterious) thoughts. You're doing everything right. I hope you don't change a thing.
Well, well, well. Me will definitely have to copy these comments and show them to me friend, thanks all!
Hmmmm a philosopher frog; it does sound like Cabo, but Me must say for the record that Me is not the author of that book, although Me would love to get me paws on it.
Cabo started out as a bedtime story to help a troubled spirit find some solace and peace of mind. The next installment will be coming up shortly. You will never believe what Cabo does with the stone of destiny.
dudivie wreclomn to me place :) Very cool avatar.
Southern~no worries gal, Me not changin a thing. *wink*
Puggers~ Me like the way you think. Always got an angle on things.
Why blog? Some of us have to blog just to get the voices out of our heads.
Seriously, I blog for the same reasons as everyone else here. There is a reason why we found each other in the first place.
I have yet to figure out what my blog is yet aside from a reflection of who I am. Sometimes it is serious, sometimes deep, other times political and usually very saracsitc and just a tad bit silly I think. I am a Gemini and am working on cutting down to only two personalities. Until I do, my blog will keep changing its purpose for existing. I don't think I helped any...
Some of us don't want to blog as ourselves, Scary, because our real selves are in a state of disrepair whereas my blogging self seems to be doing all right. For a little while each day I can be Corn Dog. Corn Dog did not have cancer. Corn Dog did not have a brain tumor. Corn Dog doesn't fiddle with the epilepsy. Corn Dog runs a decent blog and she gets a few visitors that leave nice comments that make her think and laugh. All is really nice in Corn Dog's world. If I have to be me all the time, I think I might roll up like a pill bug and look for some dirt to fall into and disappear.
I would hate to see Scary Monster disappear and become...who? I don't know. It's like expecting to see Scary on the street or the grocery but suddenly Scary has become someone else. STOMP!
When I was a kid I wanted to be a firetruck...not a fireman, but a firetruck. I was a weird child.
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