The iReply Movement

Alright, normally I won’t even read blogs promoting things or that are filled with adds and such because they feel like one long infomercial to me and trust me I get to watch plenty enough of those when Hunny and I can’t find the remote and the button on the TV is broken. Very uncool indeed.

Then again- if the post or blog is supporting a ’cause’ and aren’t trying to sell me something I’m more than likely to check it out even if it’s a cause I don’t personally support or believe in. I like to know what motivates other people and what they support. Call it people watching from afar with less stalker like qualities if you will. Anyway’s, I stopped by this site recently http://thingsbymike.com/ireply-movement/ and read a post they had written about the ‘iReply movement’. Here’s the gist of it:

If people give you comments and you believe in being active with your blog and possibly the blogging community you would generally reply back to comments and encourage others to do so. Doesn’t sound like that big of a deal right? Right- but I think it’s nice none the less so I decided to post something about it. :) I’m going to add their button to my blog here in a little bit now that I’ve finally found the time to get my template looking how I want it. I don’t think I could stand not to reply. I’m too long winded and enjoy typing too much to pass up an opportunity and I tend to give long responses if I can.

10 Facts I Bet You Didn’t Know About Me

Or at least you don’t know all of these. I’m sure some of you out there know one or two. :) The list starts from the least secret fact about me to the most.

1. I honestly believe in Faeries. To me they are very real beings to be treated with respect and caution during the best of times.
2. Even with all the opportunities and offers, and despite the fact that not many people told me it was a bad thing, I have never once done drugs -or- handled them in my entire life.
3. People seriously scare me. They make me nervous and paranoid.
4. I have Scoliosis and one hip that is quite noticeable higher than the other. I am very self conscious of this.
5. I don’t go by my birth name even in real life do to spiritual beliefs. Outside the Internet in the world we call reality I go by the name [has been removed]. I spell it like that because my birth name is [has been removed] (reverse all the letters so that the F is in front, I’m writing it backwards to keep it from being picked up by search engines). It’s one of a kind, literally. In the culture where the language is from they don’t name their children after flowers, and it is indeed a flower. I have never found it in any name directory nor will I as it is not considered a name.
6. I once shop lifted bras from Walmart when in foster care.
7. I like everything about sex. *blushes profusely*
8. I often fear having some mental defect which would be warranted considering family history. On the other end of the scale I often wonder if I’m a hypochondriac as it seems like there is always something wrong with me.
9. I started to develop the beginning of a drinking problem I was 15. I have not drank for almost two years now.
10. I used to have a problem with self abuse.

That wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. Thank goodness. Now, I dare you fellow blog writers to write your own 10 facts.

Another New Blog

That’s right- another one. Don’t cringe yet this one’s for a good cause.

This is a project or idea that I’ve been wanting to work on for awhile now but I was putting it off because sometimes I get too emotionally attached to my ideas and that’s not always healthy for this little spirit.

I’m starting a directory for people who are still searching for their lost loved ones, missing family, and friends they may have lost touch with. I’ve decided to use blogger to do this because I’ve seen a lot of different and sometimes slightly crazy things done with blogs so I figure why not? Right?

Anyways, I’m doing this because not so long ago I was searching for my brothers. One I hadn’t met since I was about 6 and the other was much the same ‘cept I’d seen him once when I was 13. I haven’t had a whole lot of contact or influence from my biological family and I wanted to get to know them- I missed them so much it hurt sometimes.

About a month ago I found an uncle of my via search engine, who then got me in contact with a cousin I didn’t know I had, who in turn had contact with my eldest brother. About a week or two after that my other brother, also older than me, found me via a post I had submitted to a Google blog about reuniting lost siblings.

Blogs are a great way to get info on the net. I say this not only as a computer nerd but also as a web designer- blogger has one of the best search engine keyword results out there. If you post a dozen keywords and then type them into Google a month later there’s a good chance you’ll find yourself.

I found and was found by my brothers. After that I went back to the Google blog and posted my success. I wanted others to see that it was possible and it really did happen in real life. As I looked over the posts I could see where a lot of people were looking like they were on the verge of losing hope or only half heatedly believing that it would work. So, I’m going to make my own directory for people to submit posts to and I’ll put them up there.

I hope it will work. I remember all too well what it felt like to miss someone. It’s one thing not having any contact but not having contact, not knowing if they are dead or alive, if they’re in another country, if they’re happy without you, or where they are? That’s just too much.

Fate smiled on me and good goddess I’m going to smile back at every chance I get.

You can visit the blog at: http://dont-stop-searching.blogspot.com/ I know the URL is a bit long but it’s all I could think of that was available. I don’t have any posters yet but I’m going to go back to that other blog and collect some email addresses and ask them if they would like to post there to, if it will help. Wish me luck.