Monday, September 19, 2005

Woo! I'm to the "I hate everything" stage

Things can only get better from this point, right?
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Five Stages Of Grief
Denial and Isolation.
At first, we tend to deny the loss has taken place, and may withdraw from our usual social contacts. This stage may last a few moments, or longer.
Anger.
The grieving person may then be furious at the person who inflicted the hurt (even if she's dead), or at the world, for letting it happen. He may be angry with himself for letting the event take place, even if, realistically, nothing could have stopped it.
Bargaining.
Now the grieving person may make bargains with God, asking, "If I do this, will you take away the loss?"
Depression.
The person feels numb, although anger and sadness may remain underneath.
Acceptance.
This is when the anger, sadness and mourning have tapered off. The person simply accepts the reality of the loss.

Monday, September 19, 2005 4:59:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Five Stages of Leaving an Anonymous Response on Someone's Journal

Creation and Doubts of Creation.
At first, the poster begins his (or her) message with much passion, knowing that this comment is going to be the one to help. However, somewhere between the first and last word, doubt begins to creep up. Is this really going to help? Is he (or she) going to want to hear this? and from me?

Self-trust.
The poster begins to realize that yes, this information is important, but because of its content, another method must be used to put it forth. "He (or she) needs this! But they might take it hard. There must be some way around all of this - to send the message and keep it true to its intent and not turn it into disrespect to me for posting such a thing."

Choosing an Alias.
Now the poster, decided in their minds that their name should not be attached to this message, but the message Must Be Posted!!!, begins to consider aliases that would best put forward the message. "A concerned friend" "Someone that loves you"... There are so many options. However, all of these imply things that not only might help the journal's owner to discover the true identity of the poster, but also manage to create a mystery that unfortunately may well prove to be more interesting than the passionate comment that is being given - no, MUST be given - so that the journal's writer can work through their problems.

Deciding on Anonymity.
When the previous stage is worked through, the poster feels secure in choosing no true alias, but simply leaving his (or her) note stuck to the journal entry as one might leave an unsigned post-it-note on someone's door. Still, the poster does not realize how creepy it would be to leave their unsigned message on a post-it-note stuck to someone's door. In their defense - they've taken the time to write up the post. It would simply be wasteful to just cancel the comment and throw out all that hard work.

Choosing "Anonymous" and Publishing the Comment.
After much ado, there is but one final stage to complete the act of posting anonymously. The poster is to choose "Anonymous" as their identity and then press "publish comment" to send the comment to the much-in-need-of-their-reply journal writer. To complete this final stage, the poster of the comment generally must wait at the journal's mainpage, refreshing and refreshing until they see that their comment has been made. Immediately following, they open the comments page and reread their post, nodding knowingly, sure that this was what needed to be done.

This is where the doubt, passion, and need for anonymity has tapered off. The poster simply accepts that the right thing was done.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:35:00 PM
Heather Meadows said...

LOL

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:13:00 PM

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