doctoral candidate in rhetoric and scientific and technical communication
experimental
I found a fun little quiz on Lili’s site and took it (results below). That’s not a big deal, really, because so many of us take the quizzes that go around the blogosphere.
I started thinking about the consequences of posting it on my blog though. And I started thinking about one of the questions that came up during my defense. One of the professors asked me about having multiple identities on the Internet and how we could separate those (if we can) and how we can keep one consistent identity throughout. She asked (I’m paraphrasing here), for instance, about our sexuality. Doesn’t that eventually come through and should it be kept secret just to safeguard our careers, our educations, and our offline lives?
I told her that if anyone read my blog, they would get to know more of me than if they just read my facebook page or my twitters. I talk about my life here — the good and bad. But it’s still not all of me. I do filter — and mostly because I know how accessible I am on the Internet. If you know my name, you can find me. I’m not too secretive about where I am online (and that was done intentionally to see how my identity construction compares to someone who may desire more anonymity).
That being said, I don’t post a lot about what happens in the privacy of my bedroom (unless you count the comments about waking up next to Dakota — which, in reality, is the extent of what happens in the privacy of my bedroom. Heh.). Seriously, I don’t see the need to post some of the more intimate analogs of my daily life. They just aren’t relevant to what I write here. If I was writing about a relationship (beyond my relationship with Dakota — who is a beagle, for those of you reading for the first time), those discussions might be relevant (and I have talked about those aspects of my life in earlier entries of my blog, when I was in a relationship).
I also consider that some of the universities that I am applying to have access to what I write here. They know I’m an avid blogger. They know they can find me online if they want to. While I haven’t seen evidence that they’ve been here, it is possible for any of them to find me (and I am linked to some of the people in facebook so they do see new blog entries pop up in there).
Anyway…this whole identity / openness idea is interesting to me. I am constantly thinking about it and how I can be affected by what I post. Do you all think about it? Does it concern you? How do you filter yourselves?
Ok, ok…I know you’ve really been waiting for this part of the post, the part that led me on that esoteric journey into “self.” Here it is…
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| Do you have an inclination for BDSM? created with QuizFarm.com |
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| You scored as Experimental
Experimentation is a great place to be. Open-mindedness when it comes to sexuality can open doors and allow you to discover things that you didn’t think you would find engaging. Having such a curious attitude can help you learn more about your own sexual nature as well as the nature of others.
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I hide pretty well online behind a pseudonym and a fairly well known old-school country music singer with whom I share my name. All in all, if you know my pseudonym only you will never find me, and if you know my name and where I live, you might find my address or phone via a people finder site, but not much else re, forum posts and blogs. I have been pondering changing this up to gain more ‘net-oriety’ online, but decided that I know enough crazies in this world that I think I will pass.