this is my space

[marcus_quimby]

one reason the entries in this space can be so free is that i have chosen to be truthful behind the easy barricade of this persona. identifying information has been stripped away, so that i can be as forthcoming as possible. it doesn't help, then, when i receive communications seeking to break through the fourth wall.

if i wanted to communicate other than through this space, i'd do so. intimations, attempts to flush me out and other methods of attempted control only affirm for me the growing suspicion that men can't let well enough alone.

although you're with me on this journey and i enjoy having you, i am fully capable of ending this journal.

enjoy my adventures. that's all.

Comments

[kilelana.livejournal.com]

I understand where you're coming from on this. My journal's a similar situation although foolishly I've put in more information than I should have, mostly because I've developed a lot of trust for some of my LJ friends.

But someone actively attempting to break through your privacy, that's just rude.

[marcus-quimby.livejournal.com]

yeah, it is rude, even when it's unintentional.

i love the fact that your honesty in your journal and mine here has allowed us to become friends. i have to remember not to lose sight of that in all the rest of it.

[kilelana.livejournal.com]

I'd possibly be inclined to be a little more forgiving if it was unintentional.

The friends due to honesty has been an unexpected but very welcome experience. It's kind of ironic that the complete lack of identifying information means we can be utterly and completely honest and make closer friends that otherwise.

Keep well, mate.

[marcus-quimby.livejournal.com]

thanks, man.

i love being able to be completely open in this space, and that's why it pisses me off to have to close it off to the public.

i should clarify what i said: i should have used the phrase "not malicious" instead of unintentional. the most recent example was not malicious—self-promoting on his part, yes—but it wasn't meant in a mean way. nonetheless... .