I've never shared e-mails that I've gotten before. And I actually don't get many e-mails from my blog entries. But I did receive a very flattering e-mail recently that I just had to share. It made me feel so good about my writing and my blog. I'm sure others get mail like this too, but I just wanted to share the one that touched me so much.
“Hi, Archerr –
I have been reading your blog all summer. I'm back to work next week, and I'm sure I won't be able to continue following your blog as thoroughly as I have during the summer. I just wanted to say thank you for your blog. I appreciate that you write in a way that I can understand what you're saying. So many of the gay bloggers I've looked at write in such a way…with vocabulary, syntax, sentence structure, references and allusions…that I really can''t make out half of what they're saying. You write about every day things in an every day manner. You write every day. Those things are important. Getting to know a person, I think, means the constant, every day, accumulation of many many details. You provide those details. Reading your blog, however, makes me realize there are indeed fine young gay men out there with intelligence, sensitivity, and caring for others.
I realized that in reading your blog I am, in effect, reading an autobiography AS IT HAPPENS, and you provide the minutiae of detail that makes for a good autobiography…for true understanding of another human being's make-up…that slow accumulation of evidence of how a person reacts and feels during daily travails over a long period of time. And you are fascinating. Because of my age and location, I was always just a little behind the curve of the sexual revolution, always a little too old and living in a little too conservative situations, to take part in in that cultural schism. And reading in your blog about how you live, how you feel and react to situations, provides me with a “window” on to a younger, “freer” mindset. And the fact that you are an intelligent, caring young man makes the experience so much more meaningful to me.
Thank you for allowing me to “get to know” such a person. Best wishes for the future. You have a lot of years ahead of you, and I'm sure you WILL find a new love, Archerr.”
Certain details were edited with permission.
Thanks to everyone for the comments and e-mails about my night out on Monday. Don't worry, I will NOT be drinking and driving again. I was just tipsy anyway, but I get the hint and the clue. Thanks for the comments!