Blogger meets real life reader
by jcf. Average Reading Time: less than a minute.
This evening I had this strange experience that a lot of my blogger colleagues probably have had already…
I have met the first reader of my blog in flesh.
I knew Tanja through the web and mail and tonight we were at her place for dinner for the first time. Suddenly she said “you are the invisible guy, right?”. And then she talked about stuff I have blogged about: my kids, my company and so on.
This feels so totally strange. It’s like someone intruded into my private sphere. But then &emdash; I write on a public blog, for public consumption, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise at all.
I guess I have to get used to this… Anyway, Tanja: It was nice meeting you and here are the links I promised you: vowe, don and flightrisk
Chasper: thanks for the WiFi connection, dinner and coffee.
‘t was my first time too -
“It’s like at the end of the play and all the actors come out and they line up and they look at you …”
Laurie Anderson, One Beautiful Evening
Isn’t it strang how Laurie Anderson is able to express feelings so precise with so few words. She seems to have “been there” in a lot of different situations, and able to catch the essence of it so well.
Hmm — time to bring her up on the iPod I guess
Yes, she has a shakespearian “all the world’s a stage” tradition. A tragedy and a comedy part for each of us. (And an advice to successful bloggers?)
… (as a lullaby) the end of the song:
“Oh beauty in all its forms. Funny how hatred can also be a beautiful thing. When it’s as sharp as a knife. As hard as a diamond. Perfect.
We’re singin’ hey hey nonny nay…”