Letters from NYC

The Faux Pas of an Overly Enthusiastic Virgin

Well, you will not believe... I've got the but! Ooops sorry. Freudian slip there. It was supposed to be "bug," but I was thinking about writing on the kinds of things that really interest me, when my hands began to caress the keyboard for inspiration. Tickling the keys is something I do to help me relax and get my writing assignments started at work. A sort of calling on the muses - all 7 of them at the same time : )

In this case, I was eager to start, but was obviously going though a moment of premature typing. You know what premature typing is, don't you? I'm sure some of you have experienced it at one time or another. It's when your fingers work faster and more furiously because they're directly connected to your subconcious brain, and it's doing it so fast that the censory part of your brain doesn't get a chance to edit. Well, "but" is what came out of my fingertips, when what I meant to write was: I've got the blogging bug!

Actually, I already have a list of things I'd like to post about, but that will have to be deferred until I take care of some important business here first. Before I embark on those I have 2 things which I must take care of publicly, as that's how I committed my first Blogging Sins, publicly. Michele tried to warn me about them ahead of time but the arrogant person that I am, I got carried away with my eagerness, enthusiasm and what she calls my "attention whoring tendencies".

In fact, it was a colleague who pointed out that I owe her a big apology for the following sins:
- unwelcome public lechery above and beyond what is acceptable
- humor at the expense of a kind and unsuspecting host
- non-consensual and descriptive disclosure of items relating to her/our jobs
- judgemental statements to someone who has only been fun, kind and sweet and who has broadened my horizons

I am also writing this here, because I have not been able to get in touch with M directly, and she's not been at work. I arrived too late Tuesday night to meet with her (another of my sins), so she must now think I'm a terrible cad.

M, please know that I'm profoundly sorry for my ineptitude, overeager, careless and virginal blogging transgressions. I will now go and spend some time finishing Harvey's blogging tips archive as you suggested.

To all my commenters, in particular the impressive Contagion, I will stop by soon to visit. But first, excuse me while I go to my room and and give myself a good whacking for all my transgressions.

Posted by 1Colin at July 28, 2005 02:00 AM