Open Journal Project

During the summer of 1996, I did some thinking about openness of communication. I felt (and still feel) that true free-flow of information between individuals is a very, very good thing. And it's hard to do. It means breaking down a lot of barriers, and possibly changing who you appear to be. I don't like it when I act differently, or am a different person when I'm around different friends, family, and when I'm alone. Anyway, the practical upshot of all this is that I am going to perform an experiment with this web page, and see where it goes.

I propose to lay my life bare. I am going to talk about all sorts of different things: experiences I've had, things I feel, stuff I think I've learned from life. I think it'll be pretty healthy for me, for one, and interesting to see complete strangers' responses to my life. Besides, school isn't giving me much opportunity to be philosophical right now. :)

So that's the plan. I want it to be kind of an open journal. I want to be able to talk about things freely, like I can talk to close friends. I may surprise and/or shock people (especially a lot of my friends and acquaintances who maybe don't know me all that well). To those people I know and who are interested, please read this and you may discover aspects of me that you might never have seen. If you aren't interested in knowing about my 'seedy' side, then you're free to ignore this section of my web pages.

If you're someone I don't know at all, well, I always want to meet new people and hear your responses to my ramblings. I've found that one of the healthiest things you can do is find people that have felt they same way you have felt about things, so that you know you're not alone. We humans spend so much time feeling alone and different and thinking "am I the only one who thinks this way?"

Anyway, we'll see what happens. I hope to get some discussions going, and meet some interesting people out there.

The Journal So Far