Comments on: Reflecting on Chicago (so far): Unfiltered.

By: Mike Siete Cinco

Mike Siete Cinco — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:30:41 +0000

ladygirl? I'm kinda digging that. I'm always looking for the best way to refer to my female friends. Is is girl? (but what if they are 30, or are you always a girl). woman? (sounds too condescending as in “Hey woman”), lady (too old sounding), chica (can't put my finger on it, but something's up with this one too), babe (too familiar).

and then what if this a girl I'm dating? I don't want to refer to her the same way I refer to my female friends.

I guess I could just call everyone by their name

ooh, what about using a nickname?

Sorry for the nonsense, but i cannot figure this one out.

By: Mike Siete Cinco

Mike Siete Cinco — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:22:09 +0000

Awesome that you are able to look back and reflect on your thought processes and then weigh them against the reality of what occurred. . So much fun.

Since I started writing, many people have influenced my work (you of course changed the way I saw SM) and in doing so, had an impact on the direction of my life. I'm very, very grateful

By: DShan

DShan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:31:36 +0000

This is Life Happening:)

There's never more fuel for that voice we're all searching for than during times of change. We're creatures of habit at our core, but fortunate the world's not ours to decide. The world does it's thing, and we're here for the ride. All those forces usually culminate into periods of rapid change; life can be very hurry up and wait. Those periods, for anyone who has the scones to try and express that crazy mixed up world from their finger tips, well, those periods are the ones that melt down the barriers between every writer and their truer voice. The one an audience reads and can immediately attribute to its owner.

Your blog this year's been testament to that:)

By: DShan

DShan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:31:36 +0000

By: Tim Jahn

Tim Jahn — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:45:01 +0000

Haha, the wilds of Wicker Park! The Chicagoans that crack me up are the ones who clearly moved here from elsewhere, live/work in The Loop, and are astonished that a world exists north of Fullerton!

By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:21:49 +0000

It's really exciting to look back and see where you've come from. We're so “in it” that sometimes it's hard to step back and be objective. I love Elisa's #BlogCrush series and it totally makes me gush each time (whether it's me or anyone else I love) hehe

Congrats on everything! WEEEE

By: Tankboy

Tankboy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:31:56 +0000

Also, MAJOR kudos for being honest enough to write "I kinda wanted to take a step back from the “I’m-an-expert-on-SM-and-PR-even-though-I-haven’t-graduated-yet” because ... I’m most definitely not an expert (an afficionado, yes, but not an expert)."

I wish more folks had the clarity of mind to admit that.

Also, "afficionado" should only have one "f."

Hee!

By: Tankboy

Tankboy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:30:21 +0000

Chicago is WAY cheaper than Florida as long as you venture out of tourist approved areas (and congratulations on making it out to the wilds of Wicker Park last week!).

Reading old blog posts is always a blast. My style hasn't changed all that much — I've basically been writing blog-ish content online since 1995 — but my amount of self-exposure has certainly diminished. I'm still wholly transparent in everything I write, but there are a few nuggets I used to put out there I now kind of keep to myself.

By: jennyblake

jennyblake — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:56:32 +0000

Hey Girl! I, for one, am a HUGE fan of the new Sydney.Unfiltered (and your Chicago move). It's been so much fun to feel like we're all on the journey with you – your writing is sweet, funny, exciting and passionate and I love that about you! Can't wait until we can finally hang out IRL.

Until then, I LOVE YOUR FACE!!!

By: April Rueber

April Rueber — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:33:41 +0000

I like your topic switch from social media to personal. I think it's important that to continue to keep posting on a regular basis, you have to have a lot of things to write about and you gotta love what you write about. Personal topics are much more fun; more drama!

I agree it's fun to read old blog posts. One of the reasons I started blogging was because I loved scrapbooking and journaling, but putting my pictures and adventures online was not only easier to do, but to share with others.

Cheers!