Pretty cool huh? I'm going to be adding pictures to the site starting soon. I'm finishing the configurations on the third machine in my room so that I can do graphic editing there.
Well. Bonnie asked about my love life.
Here we tread on those areas that I have had difficulty talking about. Let me talk to you all about why.
I have very little problem in coming forward and telling you all what is going on in my head. This really doesn't bother me. And as much as I feel a little slammed on the DA about the whole Evolve thing, I really have been totally upfront about everything.
But when I'm asked to talk about my own life, I have a little more trouble. Because I'm afraid of crossing that line that I created -- the one that divides the naming reality of the real world, and the naming reality of the UC. I use my real name here. But I'm the only one who uses their real name.
Where does the line end? Which of my friends do I have to name, and which don't I? Where do I make the line end that will not only make sense, but will be consistent?
So I don't know how to talk about those here. I haven't been able to come up with a system in my head that works. Do I rename my girlfriend? If not her, then where do I start renaming? How about my roommate?
I'm trying to keep from people just "figuring out" who everyone on the site is. I know lots of people have guesses on who some people are, but I don't want to confirm anything. And if I give a path from me, through relationships to the other people, to "know" who people are on the site, I'd break the trust I gave when we first started the site.
So I will say these things about my love life. I've been dating the same girl since sophomore year. I'm pretty crazy about her, and I do love her very much. I don't know what exactly is going to happen to us after graduation -- I know where I'll be, and the only thing she knows so far is that she won't be there -- but I do want to see if we can make the relationship work.
So how do I work around this problem? How do I keep site consistency, but yet be able to talk about myself?
Anyone?
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