secrets again
post secret is good this week. it's always good, but it's especially intriguing this week. i may have to provide some commentary on a lot of different secrets. which to choose? one that i share? or one that is disturbingly outside of my experience? hmmmmmmmm.... i feel like i don't have any secrets today. everything i have ever done in my life was revealed to five of my closest friends last night as we played a game that was designed specifically to find out which of us is actually the most 'interesting'. that's not the word the game uses, but i prefer "interesting" to "perverted" or "naughty". those things are just judgments on a series of morally neutral behaviors and tendencies. anyway, i told a lot of fun stories and i heard a lot of fun stories and i learned some really disgusting terms that were not a part of any of my stories. and i learned that my friends are very interesting people.
one of my favorite post secrets this week reads: "i used to seek meaningful relationships, now i drink."
i laughed right out loud when i read it. not because it's funny, although it is a little bit. but because it totally makes sense. i understand that sentiment and sometimes it seems like a really good idea! like a natural conclusion. who hasn't thought at some point that meaningful relationships are a pipe dream? they come, they go, sometimes it was worth it, sometimes not. but doesn't it seem much more reasonable to dwell in casual oblivion with people who demand nothing and will never disappoint? it's possible, admit it.
one of the secrets this week is from a person who prints her/his colleagues personal emails and reads them. that's just courageous. and damn funny to anyone who doesn't work with this person. my colleagues would definitely be perplexed by some of the things that my friends and i write to each other via email. but since many of my closest friends are also my colleagues, none of them would be too surprised.
there is a card that claims its author will be dead by the time the card arrives in frank's mailbox. i could spend all day wondering if that is true. generally speaking, i would assume that it is not true. but given the anonymous nature of the project, i have to conclude that this isn't the same as some person going into a chat room, offering partially identifying information, then threatening to commit suicide. the post card artist couldn't be identified and "rescued". so maybe s/he is dead. i wonder if there are people who are still grieving the loss of a friend or family member who viewed the site today and pondered whether their loved one was the author. mostly though, i wonder what is the purpose of sending a card like that. it doesn't even tell us why. is this person dying of a terminal illness? were they suicidal? clairvoyant? kinda left us hangin', pal. at least give us a reason. most of the cards identify exactly why someone wants to die. right, wrong or indifferent, at least then each consumer can come to their own conclusion about the rationality of the sentiment.
one of my favorite post secrets this week reads: "i used to seek meaningful relationships, now i drink."
i laughed right out loud when i read it. not because it's funny, although it is a little bit. but because it totally makes sense. i understand that sentiment and sometimes it seems like a really good idea! like a natural conclusion. who hasn't thought at some point that meaningful relationships are a pipe dream? they come, they go, sometimes it was worth it, sometimes not. but doesn't it seem much more reasonable to dwell in casual oblivion with people who demand nothing and will never disappoint? it's possible, admit it.
one of the secrets this week is from a person who prints her/his colleagues personal emails and reads them. that's just courageous. and damn funny to anyone who doesn't work with this person. my colleagues would definitely be perplexed by some of the things that my friends and i write to each other via email. but since many of my closest friends are also my colleagues, none of them would be too surprised.
there is a card that claims its author will be dead by the time the card arrives in frank's mailbox. i could spend all day wondering if that is true. generally speaking, i would assume that it is not true. but given the anonymous nature of the project, i have to conclude that this isn't the same as some person going into a chat room, offering partially identifying information, then threatening to commit suicide. the post card artist couldn't be identified and "rescued". so maybe s/he is dead. i wonder if there are people who are still grieving the loss of a friend or family member who viewed the site today and pondered whether their loved one was the author. mostly though, i wonder what is the purpose of sending a card like that. it doesn't even tell us why. is this person dying of a terminal illness? were they suicidal? clairvoyant? kinda left us hangin', pal. at least give us a reason. most of the cards identify exactly why someone wants to die. right, wrong or indifferent, at least then each consumer can come to their own conclusion about the rationality of the sentiment.
posted by shelly at 7/30/2006 02:47:00 PM
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