Dear Penthouse, you'll never believe this, but....

every once and awhile you'll hear stories on the news of online predators that seek out vulnerable children/teens who post VERY personal info about themselves through forums such as this one that i am using right now. every once and awhile i will get instant messaged by total strangers and i always wonder to myself, "what is this person trying to get from me?" well, they don't get ANYTHING from me unless they tell me why they sought me out (i've been contacted in this way by relatively legitimate-sounding people, but i still always assume that no one is who they say they are).

i know a couple people that have abandoned their blogs because they got themselves into trouble by posting info that was too personal. and not that they were abducted and raped due to postings, but "so and so lied to me, so and so repeated the lies i told here, so and so was hurt by the lies i told..."

come on, people. blogs are a VERY PUBLIC FORUM. if you want to keep something secret but for some reason feel the need to write it down, write it down in a notebook and then burn the notebook, scatter the ashes in the ocean and then never speak of it ever again...

ugh, now i'm bored.