Jeff's Blind Dog Blog

            So I've been scoping other blogs lately, occasionally leaving comments.  And it made me wonder:  Are we what we blog?

            In other words:  Is what we write on our blogs, really ourselves, or what we imagine ourselves to be?  Are we laying our souls bare before a voyeuristic universe?  Or are we airbrushing them into something impossibly soft and pure?  If someone met us face to face, would we look like what we blog?  Or would we shock, disappoint and horrify?

           I worked in radio for several years.  I have what they call in the trade a "big-boy voice."  It's a nice smooth baritone that just screams "radio."  And because of it, I can no longer work in that profession, because I do not sound "real."  "Radio voices" are no longer wanted.  "Natural" voices are.   But my natural voice IS a radio voice.   I kind of resent being told how I naturally sound isn't "real." 

           Likewise I like to think I am what I blog, but it's easy to wonder if things get embellished, even unintentionally.  I know a great many people that, taken solely at their word, must be utterly exceptional human beings.  They never say anything thoughtless, they always do the right thing, never misunderstanding or misunderstood.  They present themselves in the best possible light.  Human nature, I'm told.  Yet... not real.  Not human.  We're not always eloquent.  We're not always angelic.  We screw up, all the time!  Why not just admit it and show we've learned from it?  Why is that so hard? 

          Hmmmmmmmmm?