Might have to just start making things up. Because I don’t already do that. Much.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 8:27PM You know that one friend you have, who gets a new boyfriend, and that’s all she can talk about, and then she sort of falls off the face of the planet and the rest of you are sitting around having coffee 4 months later idly wondering, “Whatever happened to so-and-so?”
Apparently I’m like that with new jobs.
Except, I can’t really talk about it, because it’s all very important and proprietary and has seven layers of security clearance.
Honest.
Okay, fine. I can’t really talk about it because people at work read my blog.
(Side note: Don’t ever let that happen, if you want to tell a story and maintain any sense of originality. I couldn’t figure out why they were looking at me funny when I was talking about my childhood blanket burrito, and then they were all, “Yeah. We already read that on your blog.”)
So I can’t talk about work, and I don’t discuss my relationship, and the whole point of this blog was NOT to talk about my kid. I’ve effectively narrowed my bloggable options down to the state of my uterus, and what I had for lunch.
(The same, and leftover spinach salad.)
Hm. So. See you in six months?
Reader Comments (27)
Damn those work people for taking you from us!
I protest.
I know the feeling! I don't want to divulge too much into my personal life in my blog and can't talk about other people I know in case they read it, because, really, I don't have anything nice to say at all.
That is exactly why I don't really tell anybody at Jude's school about my blog. But it has somehow gotten around. I can't tell you how many times I've started telling a story about something that happened to me to some random mom at school and she gets this funny glazed look on her face and finally says "Yeah. I know." It's sort of surreal.
You could give everyone code names!!?? That might work!! Ha!!
Hugs
SueAnn
When I started my blog I made a decision NOT to blog about politics or religion and not to write anything that I thought was going to hurt someone. That definitely narrowed my topics but I'm still happy with my decision. Work? I would.
If you were to start an anony-blog, we would follow you there. This assumes you have time for a third blog, which you probably don't.
Don't forget, though, you've got those weird old people next door. I'm up for hearing what's going on with them. And the uterus, and whatever else you've got, up to and including communes.
The work readers are blog killers but please don't stay away 6 months. There have got to be some stupid nutjob on the highway that you can talk about or zombies.
I guess that's the price of being a famous big time blogger?
Or you get like me and don't give a flying monkey's butt what anyone thinks (comes with age - or a severe case of snottiness).
But like others, I'll keep coming back for updates on your uterus and your lunch.
Eh, you'll think of something. :-)
They know about my blog at work, but I don't know whether or not they read it. But then I don't really write about work so it's ok. I'm glad you're liking your new job.
I was wondering if your new work people knew about your blog...that sucks. Blogging about work is such a guilty pleasure. Maybe you could have an exciting affair in a new country and write about that (who, me, projecting?)
None of my co-workers read my blog, but I'm sure the people in IT security do every once in awhile so YAY JOB! I LOVE MY COMPANY!
I had a "No Blogging About Work Policy" when I first started. But they made it so hard to resist. I caved. I know, I'm weak. Luckily, I never let them know about my blog.
DUDE, you let people you work with read your blog? That would be death knell for me, for sure.
You could always start an anonymous blog (to which you'd invite me, of course).
Blogging anonymously is fun and work safe.
In fact, lots of things are fun when done anonymously, though not all of them are work safe.
*ponder*
- B x
I can totally relate to this except my coworkers decided to tattle behind my back and tell a SVP about my blog and I had a "stern" talking to. Cencorship totally blows! Makes blogging a bit more difficult.
well, at least the spinach salad sounded yummy :)
I hear you. I started another blog just for this sorta reason. And now? It's waaay too hard to keep everything straight. Sigh.
I think you should blog about potatoes.
Well you already have three topics you could blog about - your uterus, your lunch, and don't forget Zombies! Unless your new co-workers are all zombies, then I guess that rules that one out. ;)
Crap! I also meant to wish you Happy Mother's Day.
Blonde Moment.
So you just get an extra comment instead - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! :)
And please don't abandon us for 6 months - my cartoon me that you so brilliantly created is getting weary of having her wine glass replaced with the RTT sign. Not to mention you are missed. ;)
Are you going to have to start a new top secret blog?
You should blog anonymously. It is the safest. :)
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I like to use peoples personalities from work and place them in situations outside of work and then oh...do rotten things to them in my story. this way you kind of talk about them but have a cover story.
I worry that my family or Loser Ex reads my blog, which makes me censor myself a little. Apparently not much though. lol