Popping My Blogging Cherry....and my brown one too!!!!

OwnMeToFreeMe

To Show myself, or not to show myself? The plight of both the vain and the shy, the meek and the bold. Or, like myself, the Luddite and the technogeek! AARGGHHG!!! Sorry if I babble guys, but this is the first "blog" of my 34 year old Albertan lifetime. Or am I posting? Whatever this is called, I do know is that as a first time computer chat thingy online user, I am balls deep (well not, because I am a lady) in many first-world conundrums as are all of you. The short and sweet version (yup- this is me being succinct, Oh Lord! LOL), of my de-virginated tech experience, is that it is damn near impossible to summarize yourself accurately in a profile for a lot of reasons. Not only that, then you have the brown cherry to pop-  your first photo! I put one up for the first time alongside my profile, so I guess I popped two cherries tonight! Boo-ya! If you would, hear me out (if you still have patience for me). PHOTOS SUCK! They are not a fair representation of self. I have had two professional photographers say that they are sorry for my loss (innate lack, really) of being photogenic. They didn't say "sorry for your face", they said I look awful in pics. Most I do. It is a reflection of my most awful features and it is really embarrassing. I have shied away from the camera my whole life, and petrified since high school since I was first told that comment. I am not going for a woe-is-me thing here, my point (finally) is that selling yourself is not easy. I have always had respect  for hookers, but mnow I have even more. Because that's what this is similar too, just online. Sure, one can argue it's more like making a commercial, but the product we are selling is us, and it is for some form of companionship, and we are run by our host: Mr. Website BDSMMcPimperson (we must follow the guidelines , or reap the punishment (?removasl)).I am not bashing this site, we are just on it so it gets the title. Clearly I am unable to be succinct, as are many, just as many people don't look like they do in their pictures, or are too shy, or don't have a camera (yes, there are those few who do not have smartphones equipped with cameras)... there are also many cheating Toms and Tammys out there, which is more likely than the lack of access, but not lack of ego. Sure we doln't directly experience the rejection of someone who does not access our profiles, but the snub is real. Asking someone to be your friend on here is just as awkward as real life, except we haven't met. So it's like arranged marriages for the web, with the same level of commitment as there is in the real world now with the evolution of trial marriages, for which you can (embarrassingly) thank my generation. I do think that most people, like myself, prefer to be "liked" for being me, and not just for my face. I get this is a place for hopefuls of all ages (of majority-if not, ewww you can get out of here) to find a rendezvous chez Master MacDaddy's place (a.k.a. reality). Some profiles are nude (sans photo, though not a naked photo) because they may want to receive a friendship invite for what they say not what they aren't wearing. Others want to throw their junk in your face- and yes guys, though I like the organ flute, no woman (?or man?- I cannot speak for your own sex) really enjoys seeing a hard member when you go to give a handshake (original greeting). First impressions of Sally's beaver instead of Sally's smile are also not necessary, so let's be courteous to everyone and wait for those snaps to be personal, or private I believe it is called. I am not even certain if I have made a point, or fifteen too many, but I am sure glad I finally popped my cherries as I approach middle age, while typing on a laptop with a disc drive (not as bad as when I took a floppy disk to university in 2012, and was confused when there was no spot to put it ROTFL- is that still an acronym, that's not called an acronym in computerville?For those of you who don't know floppy disks, please feel free to laugh your asses off. In fact, I hope something in here made everyone smile, even you grumpy-os out there who have vowed to never smile at anything to prevent wrinkles or happiness. Anyhoo-thanks for listening to my babbles, well reading. I am open for suggestions or tips (of the word variety, not coin) on how to improve my posts, profiles, and pictures (ex-nay on the filters-ay, as I don't hide who I am) should I not be banned from blogging here in the future.  
Take care all, 
Later!

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