Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Dedicated to SomeDayGirl

A friend of mine (Pete's sister...shit, I've said too much) started writing a blog, a really good blog. Although she gives me credit for getting the inspiration to write it, I have to admit she’s a far better writer than I. But she’s faced with a dilemma. How do you write an anonymous blog, get people to read it, and still maintain your aloof status? Well for me the answer is simple, I don’t care if people know who I am…I mean, I CARE but really, I don’t. I’m sure 90% of the people who read this thing know who I am anyway. The trick is, not letting the people you’re writing about…or at least saying bad things about know about the blog.

For me, I use it as a flirting tool. It inevitably comes up in date conversation. “So, other than music and work, what else do you do?” And if I’m feeling saucy I mention that I write a blog. When they ask to read it I tell them “if you ever want to go out with me again, you can’t have the URL. If you don’t want to go out with me again, I’ll write it down for you right now.” Damn, I’m ballsy. Without fail they don’t ask for the URL. That doesn’t mean that we ever see each other again, it just means that I managed to tell them I write a blog, get them all hot and bothered about it and still not let them know that I’m writing the blog entry in my mind as we’re on the date.

But that’s me. My life is pretty much an open book (as you all know) and I don’t really care if people find out about this thing, in fact, I’m trying to think of ways to get more readers. I even started a myspace profile http://www.myspace.com/notintoyou.

I know there are stories like that Washingtonian Blogger who was sleeping with all these married congressmen and she got in all kinds of trouble, but other than saying mean things about a few ex’s and occasionally bitching about my job, I’m pretty safe. Now I know I can never run for public office (hey, there’s a threesome story with my name on it) but I feel fairly confident that there is nothing so incriminating in this blog that would damn me forever. Still I would never want my mom to see it.