Who are you 'projecting' to the other posters in these forums, when you post here?

Have you sat back and looked through another's eyes?

Tried to be impartial, and non ego...as in the 'I' in your posts?

Do you feel sometimes, people don't 'see' the 'Who' of you, only the 'What' of you?

wow. that is way too philosophical to understand. haha.

it's true though. people only see what you throw out on the internet, not the entire you, and thats impossible to portray in just a couple pictures and paragraphs. even my close friends and roommates dont know ALL of me.

I always put it down to my having bad communication skills or something when my opinions are perceived as something I did not mean.

Very good post

1. I hope I am projecting some of who I am. I do not think it is possible for anyone to project all of 'who' they are in this type of medium. I should imagine each individual that reads one person's post is going to see something different about the 'who' of the poster.

2. Have a tendency to do that.

3. When I feel like I am not able to be impartial I prefer not to post until more thought has been given to the subject.

4. Probably.

nobody really sees any of me on here, all i do is joke around and be sarcastic but thats all for my personal amusement. if they really want to see more then they can talk to just me not a forum. i'm sure many will have questions and even more will have things to say about me but thats all fine with me and exactly how i want it.

Some see the who and the what. Others only see what they choose to. The mood of the reader comes into play sometimes too. You can read something in the heat of the moment and it comes across way different that it would if the situation was calmer. Plus a dry sense of humor can be wicked hard to detect if you're not around one very often.

~ Egos Shooting Darts ~


Who’s projecting I?
What’s projection you?
Is life a motion picture
of a people gone askew?

Where’s the love within our hearts?
Are our egos shooting darts?
Have we gone clean off the charts
and lost our value for the arts?

Everyone believes they’re right
so fervent and compelled to fight
refusing to admit defeat
and surrender their conceit

And so it goes will all mankind
searching with a mind that’s blind
thinking all their thoughts refined
as their brothers are maligned

Are we moving any closer?
Are drifting far apart?
We think are thoughts are roses
but they’re really just a fart


Abra (12/10/07)

I don't want to fart, nor drift apart...


I want us all to see, the Who of each other... to see the human heart, and the human desire, behind the post.... to all look a little deeper

Nobody has ever seen the real me on here. I show it all the time but it goes ignored all the time. I reach out for help and all i get a slap in the face. Its why I don't post much anymore.

I think people do this in some cases, and in other cases they don’t.

It’s like trying to pick up a rainbow and put it back together again.

We can try, but when we fail perhaps we should realize that it was never meant to be reassembled.

We can’t fix the whole world.

I feel that one of my strengths is that I do indeed give people the benefit of the doubt. I assume that everyone is innocent until they prove themselves otherwise. However, once they’ve done that would it not be naïve to pretend that they are innocent?

Sometimes getting to know the other person means to realize precisely who they really are and what their agendas really are. Looking deeper isn’t going to change who they are, it’s only going to give you a clearer picture of what you already know to be true.

But I agree that we probably shouldn’t be pushing buttons just because we know they exist. I confess to being guilty of this. Although I’m not sure whether there should be any ‘guilt’ associated with it. Some people actually seem to thrive on having their buttons pushed.

I once believed that no person can be a true masochist. I have since learned otherwise. Some people enjoy wallowing in misery. I also think most will agree that there is no question that sadists have always existed. Some people enjoy pushing buttons.

I like to believe that I’m not a sadist. I don’t really get a kick out of pushing buttons, but sometimes people are just shoving their buttons out there asking people to push them. It’s almost like doing them a favor to push them. They seem to be true masochists and genuinely want someone to push their buttons.

I do understand though, that there are genuinely compassionate people who are constantly weeping over all of the shattered rainbows. I recently sang a song to once such angel. But shattered rainbows are a large part of what makes up this life. They were meant to be shattered, perhaps so they can become something else?

I don’t have the answers, I just know the all of life cannot simultaneously be a continuous unbroken rainbow. It’s just isn’t a natural situation. Shattered light and shattered lives is the essence of life.

But I highly respect your desire to make it all right.

That’s an honorable goal.

I've always thought you're a pretty cool dude damnit.

interesting thoughts, Jess.

I'm putting out whatever fits the topic of interest, if I can find something worthwhile to come on back, at best.

I hope I am being who I am and not what I want to be, for me myself and I. But I am in the I with who knows what , I think. But I could be wrong. There's the I that I have of I.

Posting in the forums is my way of letting me be seen by the lurking ladies.

Meanwhile, the banter is addicting, and the humor of others is refreshing.

I'm slower in person. Not quick with the wit. I can bite if the pace is too fast, but in here, the wit and humor comes out differently. Reading and writing is easier, but a lot of things in here aren't always clear.

I try to read between the lines, but that's the most difficult aspect of communicating with strangers via keyboard and finger.

No body language, no pinache. No eye contact.

Too impersonal to be really effective, I suppose.

Rambling on and rambling thru....

Plus, we can edit goofinitups...

This is the most interesting post

Is it me...
for a moment?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYdBakwasKQ&feature=related

I know I was too quick to judge the other night , but usually try to be consistent in projecting tolerance (and contemplativeness when something at first SEEMS intolerable).

That was the most interesting post.

I joined the JSH community, and a couple others, for one reason; to join in conversation, discussions and to share ideas, opinions and theories with others. In this setting,(I thought), was the opportunity for people to be uninhibited, as there is nothing to live up to after the logout. So who I project is about as close to the 'who' of me, as one can get without being exposed to the 'masks' I might wear on a daily basis.



I do try, but then, I know what it is I 'mean' to say, so trying to see it though anothers' view can be difficult. So I am not opposed to making amends when my meaning seems to have been lost in my ability to properly communicate.



Here is a case in which the writer knows what she means to say, but the reader, myself, is confused.

The who of me? as in what I feel, what I believe, what I think?

The what of me? as in what I feel, what I belive, what I think?

Or perhaps the question should be the 'why of me'?

Why I feel and think and believe as I do. In this case you are absolutely correct, we know very little about many of the posters here.

But is it not the Why of people that lead them to what they think, feel, and believe?

I find the most interesting posts, are often those that reflect not only the what and who of a person, but the stories that show the 'why' that led to the 'who'.

((( Jess )))))

I sit back and read alot,,, I get so lost at times,,, I keep my who, what and why of me inside,,, My mind ponders and wonders often .....Frustration sets in and my silence keeps silent

I am thrilled you don't always remain silent, Mom. Your posts tend to exhibit a calming strength to hold onto in thunderous egomaniacal storms.

I think there are a lot of us on here like this...