redressing the personal; or, how do we hide what we've always been?

[dehydrated]

This light, soft and blue through drawn blinds, is illuminating a vast array of possibilities hiding beneath, or above, or in the nooks and crannies, or just outside the door of an otherwise empty home. Before I've really woken up, it seems that if the northern light would just stay for a few hours longer, i could catch the ghosts of my dreams and

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[mishakitty78]

on the body thing: i hear you. if i had the time (and these days it looks like i really dont) i'd love to model more. i have a photographer who's called me to do some work with my snakes, but i admit to hesitating not because i'm body shy but rather because i don't want to be punnished later in work place situations because of something like that. sure, it's artistic nudity, but hardly anyone gets that nowadays. sigh. there is something so wonderful, though, about being able to be comfortable in your own skin. so few people are these days that its a precious gift that you should certainly exhalt in.

on the myspace/lj thing: funny you should mention that. i was explaining to my boss how search engines work (long story) and googled my website...and of course i forgot that my myspace would appear, also, since it had the site url on it. needless to say, that was a disaster - i got a LONG discussion about how i needed to be very careful about what i posted on there (and i'm sure he'd be even more astounded at what i put here). a REALLY good policy to follow would be - if it's something that you're even remotely unsure as to whether it'd be kosher, take it down.. there's no sense in wagering a good job on your personal freedom, right? yes, i find that really disgusting, but it looks as though a precedent is being set that this is totally ok. if workplaces can execute a background check, i'm sure they can be rather internet savvy, too. it is absolutely legal as YOU are putting that information out into the public domain. i hate it, but it looks like that's the way it is going to go.

[dehydrated]

hrm. even if you could call invasion of privacy on them, it seems like you would still end up leaving the job one way or another just because of the hassle incurred. sounds like a good argument for making the journal friends-only.

i've considered modeling vs. my other job for a while and realized the situation is kind of precarious, especially considering the audience i work with. if the mother of one of our regulars - or worse, a board member - were ever to recognize me in a gallery, i can just imagine the fallout. do you worry about that with dancing?