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puppetmaker) wrote2008-11-10 11:01 pm
puppetmaker) wrote2008-11-10 11:01 pm
LJ Idol 58 Sit Down and Shut Up-Ranting LJ Style
I'm putting this under a cut so you can chose to read it or not. I don't want it just popping up on your friend's page. It is my entry to this week for LJ Idol. I hope you like it or at least are given something to think about
A rant can be good for the soul. It allows one to clear their head and get some of the junk that is stored up inside out to be examined. A well-done rant can be a thing to behold. I have read some that are exquisite in their use of language and argument. A poorly done rant can leave one feeling very unsatisfied. And sometimes a rant is just that a rant. Not done for the offering of solutions or other ways to look at the problem but to just get the bottled up feelings out.
I have ranted in the past about various things. I have had lengthy discussions with friends over topics that I know we are never going to agree upon. I have made myself heard above the din.
But there is a lot that I don't rant about on this web log or any of the others that I have. I have a written journal that I keep most of that in. And I have a couple of close friends I can go to with anything and I know that they won't judge me but listen and offer support. Then there is my husband that I can tell just about anything to and he will support me. I have a good support system which I know is a blessing indeed.
There are a number of reasons why I don't rant very often here. This is, to my mind, a public place. It may be my corner of the Internet but it is still accessible to people that I might not want to know certain pieces of information about me and my family. I know I have a couple of people who are passing information onto others that I would really like out of my life but because of how my life is tied up in my husband's, it is not possible for me to totally isolate myself.
What I say can affect my husband who like to call himself a Vaguely Important Person. To me he is a very important person. But I know there are people out there gunning for him. So I have to be careful not to give them any ammunition. And I do have to seriously hold my tongue at times when I have information that the general public doesn't have that I can't say anything about. I just have to sit and watch people slam the man that I love which makes me very angry.
I would like some day to find another position in the editorial field or in some other form of entertainment where I could utilize my unique skill set which would be a boon to the company that finally hires me. What I say here can be a make or break for my getting and job and, more important, keeping that job.
I have had friends who have had things that they said about previous jobs or employers on their web log come back and haunt them in future jobs. There was an article I read in the New York Times I believe about employers and colleges looking at their applicants various social online activities including their web logs, my space pages, face book and web sites and used that as part of their criteria for whether they would get the job or a space in the next class. And what is put out here does not go away. You might delete stuff but it is still out here somewhere. Nothing really goes away. And even if you delete it on your hard drive, it is still there as a number of criminals have found out much to their chagrin.
So I hold some rants back. I avoid some topics on purpose. I try to keep an open mind about what I read on the Internet.
But there are times that a good rant is the only way to go. And I will read and listen to those who need to rant about various subjects even if I don't agree with them. It's their blog and their space on the Internet. Rant away.
A rant can be good for the soul. It allows one to clear their head and get some of the junk that is stored up inside out to be examined. A well-done rant can be a thing to behold. I have read some that are exquisite in their use of language and argument. A poorly done rant can leave one feeling very unsatisfied. And sometimes a rant is just that a rant. Not done for the offering of solutions or other ways to look at the problem but to just get the bottled up feelings out.
I have ranted in the past about various things. I have had lengthy discussions with friends over topics that I know we are never going to agree upon. I have made myself heard above the din.
But there is a lot that I don't rant about on this web log or any of the others that I have. I have a written journal that I keep most of that in. And I have a couple of close friends I can go to with anything and I know that they won't judge me but listen and offer support. Then there is my husband that I can tell just about anything to and he will support me. I have a good support system which I know is a blessing indeed.
There are a number of reasons why I don't rant very often here. This is, to my mind, a public place. It may be my corner of the Internet but it is still accessible to people that I might not want to know certain pieces of information about me and my family. I know I have a couple of people who are passing information onto others that I would really like out of my life but because of how my life is tied up in my husband's, it is not possible for me to totally isolate myself.
What I say can affect my husband who like to call himself a Vaguely Important Person. To me he is a very important person. But I know there are people out there gunning for him. So I have to be careful not to give them any ammunition. And I do have to seriously hold my tongue at times when I have information that the general public doesn't have that I can't say anything about. I just have to sit and watch people slam the man that I love which makes me very angry.
I would like some day to find another position in the editorial field or in some other form of entertainment where I could utilize my unique skill set which would be a boon to the company that finally hires me. What I say here can be a make or break for my getting and job and, more important, keeping that job.
I have had friends who have had things that they said about previous jobs or employers on their web log come back and haunt them in future jobs. There was an article I read in the New York Times I believe about employers and colleges looking at their applicants various social online activities including their web logs, my space pages, face book and web sites and used that as part of their criteria for whether they would get the job or a space in the next class. And what is put out here does not go away. You might delete stuff but it is still out here somewhere. Nothing really goes away. And even if you delete it on your hard drive, it is still there as a number of criminals have found out much to their chagrin.
So I hold some rants back. I avoid some topics on purpose. I try to keep an open mind about what I read on the Internet.
But there are times that a good rant is the only way to go. And I will read and listen to those who need to rant about various subjects even if I don't agree with them. It's their blog and their space on the Internet. Rant away.
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