Comments on: When Kui Met MJY

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Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:18:24 +0000

[...] kyard is “confuddled” (please give her props for coining this term) about her blog identity versus her real identity. Do those distinct identities even exist, are they two d [...]

By: Life Moments

Life Moments — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:33:16 +0000

Am sure it was quite a reunion!

By: Carine

Carine — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:25:49 +0000

I also thought MJY was an older woman. Maybe the word “Mama” led me to believe that. strange
this is an interesting topic…makes you wonder

Mama JunkYard Says: Oh..and here I was thinking that it was my mature online attitude that had you thinking I was older Again you have added yet another dimension to this debate on identity – choice of blog name.

By: Memoire

Memoire — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:16:31 +0000

I guess everyone has a different side to them – the side that people in public/etc see isn’t precisely the same side that people at home see, vice versa. I think that blogging is like that – the context of it is restricted, it’s in text whereas in reality 75% (or more) of communication is actually non-verbal, so people’s real selves in blogging can’t be whole.

Mama JunkYard Says: Thank you for mentioning the non-verbal communication. I had not even thought about where that fits in. More for me to think about.

By: Ms K

Ms K — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:11:30 +0000

GATHO!!! I hadn’t noticed me in the family section!! WOW!!! I am overwhelmed (seriously) WOW!!! Eh…. WOW!

Mama JunkYard Says: haiya I told you…from the minute you sent me details za family members…I knew I had to put up there with akina Mshairi and that other funny cousin of ours. I have no idea why she and Nick were making you jump hoops…ati sijui tuma applicaton…mara toa kitu kidogo…alafu ati adption court…

By: Ms K

Ms K — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:41:51 +0000

Epiphany!!!

Or something like it. This is exactly what I was talking about when I wrote about my bloggers block. Its like I’m not sure where I end and the blogger begins, or is it that I don’t want too much of me in the blogger?

Would the real me like Ms K? She is Ms K. But only in snippets… bits and pieces. Ms K could never fully be me because, who am I kidding, I could never put everything I go thro on the blog.

Intriguing concept!

Mama JunkYard Says: This is exactly why Mental’s question confused me. MJY is just parts of Kui. I hope your bloggers block is over?

By: nicholasgichu

nicholasgichu — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:50:17 +0000

MJY and Kui are the same-but one is your blog-persona.the personality u have chosen to show and share.

As for me Nicholas Gichu and nicholasgichu are one and the same-hence why i never chose different blog name. just that as a blogger i may express myself better.

Mama JunkYard Says: Now you say MJY and Kui are one? LOL how opinions change eh? Ati there is a difference between Nicholas Gichu and nicholasgichu….of all the distinctions made that is by far one of the more original ones. It so hard for me to comment on either of your identities because I feel like I only know a bit about both…I am still trying to merge the two together and see if I can come up with one…hmmm does that make sense?

By: Margaret in Germany

Margaret in Germany — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 06:24:18 +0000

I think my blog identity would like me and I wish my blog identity would be more candid about some things.

I only told 1 friend about my blog, and my family doesn’t know about it’s existence. I think that if they did know about my blog, I would censor myself more than I already do.

So, to answer your question…Yes, we like us!

Mama JunkYard Says We like you too!

By: Sonny

Sonny — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 03:07:05 +0000

Sonny=Sam in the “real world”, lakini seeing that I always wanted to be Bruce Wayne/Batman at one point in life, I indulge myself.

Content wise, I suppose I am more interesting in person. I have been known to charm myself and walk around dreamy eyed at the thoughts I thought to myself.

Sheesh!

Mama JunkYard Says I don’t know you or your blog personality very well but I think that both of you are interesting…in a nice way. Who else would quit the blogsphere and make a come back in the space of 48 hours?

By: KymmBr

KymmBr — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:23:22 +0000

hihi..hi.hii. am not laughing. am chekaring’ azin how do yu make a distinction between the real yu and the blogger in you? I guess me=blogger me. For real am not too sure..but i think if i were to separate the two, and then the different individuals happened to meet, they wud be the best of buddies. I think each wud find in the other what they donn have. As such, they wud spend so much time getting to know each other that they wud never be bored. On second thoughts…i think the blogger wud boast of being a creative jackass who writes about what the real me thinks. But the real me wud retaliate and make the blogger believe if it wasnt for him, he cubn’t have anything to write about.
At the end, i think the blogger and the real me wud merge and form one superbody…which wud make me remain the way i am. There is a blogger in me, and in the blogger there is me.
Whew!!….nimesema nini????? did anything make sense???….clean yu’r thoughts on me.

Mama JunkYard Says: Kymmbr…You made perfect sense! You have put into words a lot of the stuff that was going through my head. As for me…I just want to find out more and more about Kymmbr the blogger and Kymmbr behind the blog…you intrigue me sana