Yesterday Mental<\/a> asked me a strange question. At that time I didn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t think much of the question and just gave a simple answer.<\/p>\n

Today I spoke with Mshairi <\/a>and I asked her the same question. As a poet she \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153gotta be so conscious and serious about everything…\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac? (Bubudiu<\/a>). By the time I had put the phone down I realised that she was right about the question, it is very very deep.<\/p>\n

What did Mental ask?<\/p>\n

If Mama JunkYard and Kui met would they like each other?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am not sure if I have an answer, I am just going to think aloud.<\/p>\n

The only way I can truly answer Mental\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s question is to break it down in to two parts. First I have to be willing to accept that Kui and MJY are two separate identities.<\/p>\n

Very rarely have I made a distinction between MJY and Kui, my blog identity is me and I am my blog identity.<\/p>\n

In fact the only time that I consciously made that distinction was when Nick<\/a> and I were joking that MJY and Nicholas Gichu are sworn enemies but Nick and Kui are friends.<\/p>\n

Part of the reason why it is hard for me to see any difference is because when I began blogging, I blogged as Kui. It was only recently that I named<\/a> my blog \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153Mama JunkYard\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2. I had only intended to name the blog and not the blogger but somewhere along the way my blog family stopped referring to me as Kui. For a short time I was Mama JunkYard, then MJ and eventually MJY. (Mama Jacinta or any other variations do not count!)<\/p>\n

I have always thought that anyone who knows me would read my blog and recognise a portion of my personality. To me my blog is simply segments of me (Kui\/MJY) that I am happy to share with friends, families and anyone else who happens to visit.<\/p>\n

Not too long ago someone told me that for a while they thought MJY (and in turn Kui) was a 40 year old woman. If I remember correctly I think their exact words were:<\/p>\n

I thought you were an old mathe of 40 something<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am not sure if this was a joke. It did however force me to think about how I (my blog identity?) was perceived by those who do not know me. This was also part of the reason why I made up the JunkYard\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Junk quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I discovered was that for some people what they read here is the only contact they will have with me. This portion of me becomes their whole idea of who I am. I, as Kui may amongst other things be part 40 year old woman but to a stranger MJY is a 40 year old woman.<\/p>\n

Does this make them two different people? I think in some ways it does. I do not know. I am willing to accept that while in my eyes Kui=MJY in the eyes of others there is no Kui, there is only MJY. To them MJY is\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6probably a 40 year old woman, or…or\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6well I don\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t know. I am not sure who people think MJY is. Do I even want to find out? Maybe I am just a little bit curious…<\/p>\n

As for whether MJY and Kui would like each other if they met? That is the second stage of the question and I am going to have to think about that some more. I think I will to read through my entire blog pretending that I am a stranger\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6.<\/p>\n

Hmm talk of Mental Acrobatics! Thank you for the tough exercise\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6dude.<\/p>\n

While I try and answer the rest of the question I would like to pass on the question to the rest of my blog family and friends: <\/p>\n

Would your blog identity like the real you?
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