Anonymous comment meme

[figmo]

This one's been going around....

Please tell me anything you want, anonymously. It can be a secret, a fear, a wish, a hope, a dream, an insult, your great-aunt’s secret recipe for chocolate fudge banana brownies.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think you lead an utterly fascinating life. I don't think it's one I could do - my sleep habits aren't that flexible! - but I adore hearing about it.

[(Anonymous)]

An Atari Falcon!

[(Anonymous)]

Your mind contains many old memories and new ideas of lasting value, but you never bother to write them down in your LJ --- or anywhere else that I can see. Instead you stick to the mundane details of your day-to-day life. Why?

[figmo.livejournal.com]

(I think I know who this is. :-) )

I guess I never thought of them as having "lasting value."

[(Anonymous)]

I should note that I am *not* the same person as the one who you replied to here ... but I should add that *I* believe that you do have a lot of ideas that have lasting value.

I suspect that it depends ^what purpose^ you have in mind in the first place for your blog. I wouldn't bother using a blog for just mundane events ... though I can see using it to "blow off steam" after dealing with some of life's nastier episodes (ranging from an abusive relationship to a death or two in the family).

There's no arguing with [personal] taste (i.e. de gustibus non disputandum) and so on ...

[(Anonymous)]

I'm getting older and I'm afraid of losing what attractiveness I have. I spent so much of my life labelled as "ugly" and I don't want to go back there.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Older doesn't mean "less attractive." I was labelled "ugly" when I was young and trim. "Attractive" comes from within. There are people with perfect physical appearances who radiate "inner ugliness."

One of the benefits of getting older is the folks who called you "ugly" when you were younger (those with "inner ugliness") gain appearances that go with their personalities, while folks like you and me stay the same and suddenly start looking much better in comparison to them.

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes, it's hard to watch you, even on LiveJournal. Why can't you see how often you shoot yourself in the foot? You keep making the same mistakes with people, and they keep getting more and more distant.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew which kinds of mistakes you mean. Unless someone specifically points out what I'm doing wrong, I don't know it is wrong.

[(Anonymous)]

I wish you wouldn't push yourself so hard that you jeopardize your health.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I agree--I wish you wouldn't push yourself so hard that you jeopardize your health. Heck, I'll even put my name to that sentiment, but then add that I recognise it's your life to do with as you please, and that I can't understand your situation from just reading your blog.

[(Anonymous)]

This is a different person. Perhaps the above person means things like knowing that your job wants you to keep set hours, yet you go in at almost 11.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

I go in closer to 10:30am because my management wants me to keep set hours that clash with the hours I need to be there to get the job done.

I think ideally they'd like me to work all those hours, but if I did, I wouldn't have enough time to sleep (not that I do now, mind you).

[(Anonymous)]

I don't get it. I just don't get this being human thing. I don't understand love, I don't understand righteous indignation, I don't get standing up to adversity, I don't understand the joy some people get in living, where they seem to go days, or even weeks, without wishing they were dead. Sometimes I try create beauty so people might think I'm a real human being, but it doesn't take.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Hang in there. Things turn around; it's the way of the universe. Sometimes we live for that turnaround, because when it happens, it's oh-so-sweet.

[(Anonymous)]

You seem to me to be very critical of other people (except Warren) and very critical of every job you ever have had (except your current broadcasting job). Is it possible that unpleasant past experiences are coloring how you see the world in the present?

[figmo.livejournal.com]

I'm critical of everyone, especially myself. As for being critical of jobs, I have two broadcasting jobs. Each has their own problems, but I think it's because I enjoy the work so much I'm willing to put up with stuff I'm not as willing to tolerate in an environment where I'm tolerating the work.

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, I can't say I've found you to be particularly critical (or at least not in a bad way). But maybe that says something about me...*grin*

[(Anonymous)]

I think Mounds and Almond Joy candy bars are disgusting.