AA Art
October 26, 2004
Here is a collection of art that Katie and I have done at our weekly AA (Art & Alcohol) Meetings. Also, if anyone knows any German, I’d love it if you could translate this interesting post I found, which is from a guy in Germany and he’s writing about me.
Tags: Alcohol, Art, Dating, Making-Art
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: 
October 26th, 2004 at 2:20 pm
According to Google Translations the German is saying:
Lively by post office of Adam (Pomomusings), by it much detailed its first DATE with a Katie describes, me about transparency in the Blogging universe let think. We PoMo Kids put high value on authenticity and transparency. And that is well like that. Many of us (also we men: -)) have to talk clearly fewer difficulties openly and honestly about our thoughts and feelings, than still our father generation. But our inclination to the Seelenstriptease is just as apparent (Talkshows, intimate Beichten in books) and can now also in the Blogdom be observed. Clearly, everyone has its own feeling, when the border between honest report of life and Seelenstriptease is exceeded. But straight at Adam’s post office (I read its Blog otherwise gladly!) I asked myself: Are these details intended for the Web public? Why do I read that? Curiosity? Voyeurismus? And above all and must I want to know that at all? I analyzed my own Blogging behavior. I try a good mixture between left, reports, reviews, to achieve thoughts and personal views own (theological) and am conscious me that this is a burr migration again and again. A Blog as pure link collection, where I do not experience anything over humans behind it, does not interest me in the long run, just as few wants I however actually to know, who in which restaurant with whom about which spoke. At my post office over Marisa (Sweetheart) I placed myself this question, which I am to write. Finally I have many acquaintance and friends (in the World Wide Web), who I this pleasing piece of news to communicate want, on the other hand one are straight relations questions a very intimate affair and secrets (thus things, which only we both know) are essential. I hope, I me my own border feeling there became fair. Tendentious I make the observation that also in the Blogdom Mrs. more over personal affairs bloggen and men set more material Posts. But watched out men, also essentially theological Posts can have been very personal and have placed later possibly repented man a unausgegorene theological thesis in the net, where she becomes the common property/knowledge and since the Blogger honour forbids it deleting Posts until into all eternity certification of our trespass beyond the border remains. What do my Fellow Blogger and reader mean to this thoughts? How is much transparency healthy?
October 26th, 2004 at 2:28 pm
Kevin thanks, but the Google translation is pretty rough at best…anyone out there know German for real?
October 26th, 2004 at 5:42 pm
here’s the link to babblefish translation of his site:
http://fets3.freetranslation.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flifenavigator.typepad.com%2Flifenavigator%2F2004%2F10%2Fwieviel_transpa.html&sequence=core&language=German%2FEnglish
October 26th, 2004 at 7:43 pm
This isn’t going to win me any translation prizes, but a working knowledge of German lends this sort of a para-translation of what he’s trying to get across. Here’s hoping that helps. Also, Adam… I’ve been reading for a while & I’m a big fan. I enjoyed hearing about Katie (provided that she doesn’t mind the exposure)… she seems fantastic. :)
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Recently a post from Adam (Pomomusings), wherein he writes in detail about his first date with one “Katie”, has gotten me thinking about authenticity & transparency in the blogging universe. We PoMo-Kids place a high value on authenticity & transparency. And that’s good. Many of us (yes, even us men) now have fewer difficulties speaking openly & honestly about our thoughts & feelings than previous generations had. As a result, our inclinations toward sensationalist exhibitionism are also more apparent (see talkshows & intimate portraits in books) and can be observed also in Blogdom. Sure, everyone has their own idea of when the line between a genuine reporting of one’s life and such sensationalist exhibitionism gets crossed. But because of Adam’s post (other than this I really like reading his blog!) I had to ask myself: are these details appropriate for cyberspace? why am I reading this? curiosity? voyeurism? And most importantly, do I really need to know this?
I took a look at my own blogging habits. I aim for a good mix of links, stories, reviews, my own (theological) thoughts, & glimpses of my personal life, but I know this is quite a task. A blog that is simply a collection of links where I don’t experience anything about people doesn’t interest me at all in the long run… just as I don’t know who would care to know where I ate, with whom, or what was discussed. For my post about Marisa (my sweetheart) I asked myself what I should write. After all, I have many acquaintances & (cyber-)friends with whom I’d like to share this happy news… on the other hand it’s important to keep some intimate details only between the two of us. I hope I was fair to my own standard there. I’ve made the observation that women tend to blog more about personal matters where men tend to write more material posts. But watch out, guys… “material” theological posts can reveal a lot of personal information too & once you’ve put such a post out there on the Net, it is in the public domain… where blogger ethics forbid the deletion of posts. In effect, you’re putting the evidence out there of your own trespass of the border mentioned earlier. What do my fellow bloggers & readers think about these thoughts? How much transparency is healthy?
October 26th, 2004 at 7:55 pm
This is sooo funny to me. He asks, basically, if you are over-exposing your relationship with Katie. To be honest, you didn’t even have to write that you were interested in her for the whole world to know. Anyone who saw the picture in the lower left hand corner http://cleave.blogs.com/pomomusings/2004/10/weekend_update.html could see how you felt about her. It’s not rocket science :-)
October 26th, 2004 at 8:27 pm
For the record, Ben’s translation is pretty good, though I would have swapped “objective” or “factual” or in this context, “arms-length” for “material” when describing male blogging focus.
October 26th, 2004 at 11:06 pm
I actually kind of enjoy the Google translation. Tendentious! What a great word to use! And I’m delighted that the verb “bloggen” is in use for “to blog.”