To "Anonymous"

I thought about naming the post "Dear Anonymous" but it claims an affection that I do not have. Every once in a blue moon, I marvel at the fact that I've been keeping a blog for nearly 5 years now, albeit with varying degrees of posting rates, and start looking back through some of my old posts and comments. Most readers who comment are my friends and have written sweet or encouraging things that really make me feel connected to them, even in some small way. And indeed, that was the reason for me starting the blog in the first place. When I started it, facebook hadn't taken off yet, I was contemplating a move away from D.C., and a bunch of people I knew had their own blogs or were starting one. So I figured that it was some small comfort as I moved far away.

Anyhow, I do get comments, time to time, from non-friends. Usually, it's some random blogger from another country who would like to advertise the presence of their own blog, or spam. Sometimes I get thoughtful messages from true strangers. And the "anonymous" comments I usually get are from friends who don't want to create a blogger account or fear harvesting of personal info from blogger, or such. So imagine my surprise when I was feeling a bit nostalgic, I perused through some older blog posts to see an Anonymous comment that read to the effect of (I don't really recall it all that accurately): "Stop writing about Yoda costumes and how small you are. Nobody cares about stupid stuff."

Hmmm. I don't even think I could find it again if I wanted to. And really, I don't care. But it's my blog and I can write what I want. Even a rebuttal to some snarky "anonymous" commenter from ages ago. Isn't it funny that with absolutely no proof, I immediately think that this commenter is associated with my in-laws somehow? Of course, that's silly. But on the off chance that is in fact the case, I think it just reflects poorly on such person's character. Irrelevance, stupidity, and frivolity are just some of the prerogatives of a personal blogger. So if one is in search of greater meaning, one should not seek them on personal blogs. Move along, nasty anonymous. And to the extent that you went so far to leave me a nasty comment: up yours and may a pox rain upon you -- hee. Cuz it's my blog and I'll write what I want to, I'll write what I want to.

I think I'm relishing my freedom quite a bit these days. I feel I have gained a measure of it back since Sinj has gotten a bit older. And I'm indulging in a juvenile response to a cowardly commenter from a while back -- just because I can. :)