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Well, Schatz, she claims it's because she enjoys reading them ...
and would, even if I were not her daughter.
Now, the validity of that statement is, obviously, dubious (at best).
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 27, 2006 at 7:26 AM
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What I don't understand is why at 21 is your mom reading your posts
and journal. My parents read my journals when I was a kid, causing me to destroy them all. I wish now I hadn't. I feel like that part of me is lost now, because of their lack of boundaries. I mean, at least you know she reads your stuff, so it's not sneaky, but it's still kinda weird. I hope when my kids get to the age that they want secrets and have private thoughts that I can respect them. They're so little now, but already we're learning about private things and boundaries.
posted by
Schatz
on July 27, 2006 at 7:19 AM
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...please continue to bare your self......samhain_moon 
posted by
syzygy
on April 24, 2006 at 4:08 PM
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I've long considered writing my posts in "some sort of code", Ann.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 16, 2006 at 5:55 AM
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We ought to invent some code of secret writing to lock our secrets away from prying eyes. Lol.
I've clicked here 5 times in return for the agreed help. Thank you.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 15, 2006 at 2:10 PM
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Whoops! Missed this one yesterday.
The problem arises, Blanche, when it's something you don't want anyone else to read but that
you really need to remember.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 15, 2006 at 11:38 AM
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My uncle had two pieces of advice for me when I left for college: 1. Don't write down anything you don't want anyone else to see (He had been a cryptographer in the Air Force, so he had a slight insight into espionage) and 2. Whatever you do, don't get pregnant.
A man of wisdom. I still keep a jounral anyway.
posted by
Blanche.
on April 14, 2006 at 5:33 PM
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However, Krisles, I (myself) am "light and dainty".
List of possible names I will answer to:
Mad...
Mademoiselle (obviously)
M.P.O.
Your Majesty
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 5:22 PM
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That drawing's really sweet, Ben ...
and Happy Easter to you and Ann, too.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 5:18 PM
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Oh, and the movie you're borrowing your blog title from.....it's one of my
very favorite.....great play on words....great choice!! And, I like your new name....just have to adapt....also, have to see if it is a "fit"....it is a bit light and dainty for the heavyweight writer (compliment....before you rush to ask what I mean!) that you are.....
posted by
Krisles
on April 14, 2006 at 4:52 PM
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I do not know what to call you! I need some identity clarification.....
Anyway.....I quit keeping any sort of journal/diary thingy after my mother found my description of how good it felt to get hot....of course, I didn't describe it that way because I didn't know that's what was happening.....more innocent times, before virginity being lost by that time was so common and demonstrations of getting hot were all over tv, etc..... but, that's what it was....I was 12....Anyway, the description I gave was enough to bring on a very intense....loving, I should add....but, still....embarrassing to me...."talk".....never again..... Now, if the letters I have poured my heart and soul were ever gathered together and put into journal form.....whoa! I've enjoyed your journaling very much, btw....
posted by
Krisles
on April 14, 2006 at 4:48 PM
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Here's another 4 for the sneeze comic idea. Thanks.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 14, 2006 at 4:35 PM
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I was checking to see if it was ok to paste this:
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 14, 2006 at 4:33 PM
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Yes, Ben ...
why wouldn't I?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 4:18 PM
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Mademoiselle
Do you observe Easter?
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 14, 2006 at 4:01 PM
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Aaron ...
A him or a her? A ma'am or a sir? It's time for androgyny ...
here comes Pat!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 3:49 PM
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Yeah, I try not to get too deep, Medusa ...
I like to keep things as shallow as possible.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 3:47 PM
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Wherever I placed my thoughts, penguin ...
(be it on paper
or online) ... my family would find a way to read them.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 3:45 PM
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I'm nearly 21 now, TAPS, and ...
little has changed. My friends and I barely even speak to classmates who aren't a part of our "inner circle".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 3:43 PM
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I try to avoid letting my thoughts out on paper
it tends to come back to haunt me, maybe not like your situation, but my family is crazy so I can't trust them.
posted by
penguinrock26
on April 14, 2006 at 3:41 PM
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You probably should have posted some of the pages, anyway, Talion ...
After all, one never knows what people here might find interesting.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 3:41 PM
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That's why I don't journal
I don't want it to be stolen and read in public, especially if I ever run for public office. I write a lot of stuff, but generally just things I wouldn't mind other people knowing. I don't want to be running for president and then have some mudslinging reporter find an old journal detailing my crush on "Pat" from the old SNL skit.
posted by
AaronB
on April 14, 2006 at 11:06 AM
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Mademoiselle......I have never let anyone read my journals....
I stopped writing in one about 15 years ago. I looked back at some of the crap I had written, and almost burned it like Talion....Most of it had to do with men who have loved and wronged me, etc. It was pathetic even for me to stomach...lol...But I think it is great for you to start one up again. I just don't feel like writing in one. I use Blogit as my quasi-journal..
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on April 14, 2006 at 8:50 AM
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Mademoiselle
Hah! This sounds like young girls. I remember that age and the in's and out's of friendships and placement in the groups. When you're hot you're hot and when you're not you're out.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 14, 2006 at 7:28 AM
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I kept a journal throughout college and a couple years after, accumulating over two thousand hand written pages of boring drivel and angst disguised as amazing insight. I considered posting some of those entries here, but after reading them, I realized the best place for them in an incinerator.
posted by
Talion
on April 14, 2006 at 6:45 AM
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I may have occasion to test that theory very shortly, Jack ...
so, we'll see what transpires.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 6:26 AM
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I never mind droning on and on about myself, Ann ...
even (essentially) for free.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 6:24 AM
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Pictures of who, Mason?
The "lesbos"?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 6:23 AM
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I promise I'll get around to it, Lensman ...
eventually.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 6:21 AM
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mamzel,
I'll get that spelling down sometime soon.
When I wrote a diary, or journal, or whatever you want to call it, I always figured some nut was going to come along and read it. Write it up for your intended audience, and you'll never be embarassed. Give it to them to critique. Put in a few secret memory cues so that you can remember what you were talking about without saying it.
I just read a thing somewhere around here that said if people go to more than one page on the same blog it counts as another read. I think you brought that up once. You can figure it from there. I'm almost sure that's what they meant, but you might look and see if it says that to you. I think I went from the link at the Write icon.
posted by
Jack_Flash
on April 14, 2006 at 3:21 AM
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I wouldn't. Not for the pennies here. Lol.
Congrats. You've won for the blogger quiz. :)
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 14, 2006 at 2:07 AM
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...I drew naughty pictures of them!
posted by
MasonGarrett
on April 14, 2006 at 2:07 AM
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Mademoiselle
Chic name 
I like it.
Still teasing us, eh? You owe us one blender story ;-)
posted by
Lensman
on April 14, 2006 at 1:47 AM
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I've matured in many, many ways since then.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 12:57 AM
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It is my opinion that labels belong on soup cans... not people
- and it's nice to know you have outgrown the need to use them..
posted by
VictoriaP
on April 14, 2006 at 12:40 AM
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Probably, una ...
though, I'm not even sure what really happened a month ago ... I just had an epiphany, I guess. Either that, or I just ran out of other things to write about.
Oh, and I still haven't even gotten around to telling my "blender/hand injury" story yet.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 11:45 PM
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I was 14, vickip ... I've grown a lot since then.
I even have friends (of both genders) who are gay ... imagine that?
Meanwhile, I've stopped worrying about whether people (from my real life) are reading my personal stuff. In fact, I know my mother does and my boyfriend may be doing so, as well.
My life is now an open book.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 11:40 PM
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What happened a month ago? Are you going to write Part II of this post?
posted by
una01
on April 13, 2006 at 11:38 PM
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You aren't gonna call us all lesbos in this one, are you? Cuz, I'd like be
offended ... I prefer the term 'femme' heh, just kidding :) I've had my journals and diaries read so many times it's not even funny -- not at all...in fact it is a crying shame anyone believes it is their business to pick up something so private and personal and read it, and then have the unmitigated GALL to ask me questions about what is written in the diary or journal.
posted by
VictoriaP
on April 13, 2006 at 11:24 PM
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I'm just concerned with my mother using Blogit against me.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 10:20 PM
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I'll help you with your campaign when you run for public office, since
the media will undoubtedly try to use Blogit against you.
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on April 13, 2006 at 10:15 PM
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Yeah, it's been sort of a struggle for me, too ...
I survive by, like, trying to "keep it light". It will be interesting to see if I can continue to do so.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 10:09 PM
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M...
I have tried to keep a journal, but have failed. I do seem to be able to scribble out silly stuff almost daily though.
posted by
food4thought
on April 13, 2006 at 9:42 PM
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