Clean slate
I have been recording my trials and tribulations about work because I want to write a book about it eventualy. Not this workplace, per se, but in general — after I’ve made a success of myself with my own company, I want to write about why everyone should go off on their own. And when I hit some low points with my business, I want to be able to look back on my experiences, so that I can re-fuel my fire when it wanes and remind myself why I took the risks to go out on my own.
But in this information age of computer literate managers (imagine!), as well as after reading and hearing about dismal terminations after an employee’s weblog was found, I think I need to keep my work posts tucked safely into my draft mode. I suppose that means that I’ll have to blog about news and other wacky goings-on in the world, but so be it. Even though I have never once referred to Club Medicated by its real name, nor have I identified the players by anything other than terms like Town Crier, Mouth Almighty, Solitaire and others, I think it’s time to retire these online characters for the sake of my job. I do like my job, just not the other players in the game. And I want to leave on my own terms, not because they fire me because they don’t like what I have to say about them.
I know that our company webmaster trolls MetroBlogs, of which I am a member. When the webmaster showed me the MetroBlog map, I could have shit a brick, because I’m on it, right at the stop where we work. He saw me blogging at our convention in March, and he asked my blog address, but I wouldn’t give it, nor would I even visit my own site, as he could have checked the history of the computers we used. If he’s found this haven, well, I haven’t heard about it. Nor would I want to. Again, I am definitely leaving that job, but definitely not for awhile and definitely not on their terms.
At any rate, bear with me while I change my focus in the coming days. I may post less, but really, would that be a bad thing? 😉