Show Me Your Tits And I’ll Give You A Google Invite

Hey guys! Sara from Suburban Oblivion here. Melissa let me crash her blog while she and the rest of the blogosphere are off at BlogHer09 this weekend. Silly girl obviously doesn’t realize what she’s done handing me the keys while she’s away. Have a good time! she says. Anything goes! she says. Well let me tell you, I’ve taken a peek into her shoe closet, and me and those black stilettos have a date this weekend. Oh, and there is the cutest black dress hanging in the back…She won’t mind, will she? I know she won’t, because if she says a word I’ll spill exactly what I saw in her nightstand drawer, and THAT, my new friends, is taking kinky to a whole new level.

Oh, who am I fooling? If Melissa had some freaky new sex toy, she’d probably tell you all about it herself. With pictures and full instructions for use. (Possibly even video by the looks of some of those dvd’s I found…) She has mastered the art of transparency, something very few bloggers ever do.

Have you ever stopped to think about how much of yourself you put out on your blog? How well do your readers really know you? I’m not talking about identifying details here. I’m talking about you as a person, and your experiences.

Too many bloggers write about topics and not about themselves. Their blogs read either like a how-to book, or a daily diary of their kids activities. (Which, let’s face it, most people don’t want to read because they are too busy taking care of their own kids.)

The blogs I read, and keep coming back to, are the ones where I feel I can really get to know, and relate to the author. Telling me that you made spaghetti for dinner tonight is boring, but telling me you made spaghetti, and throwing in the story about the date you went on at 16 to an Italian restaurant and in an attempt to impress your date told the waiter you wanted ‘spaghetti and his balls’ in Italian, *that* tells me something about you, and makes me want to know more.

People don’t read personal blogs for the writing, they read to seek a connection. The best writers are those who offer their readers themselves, warts and all.

It can be hard putting yourself out there sometimes. It takes guts to write about the things that make us human, to admit, in a very public forum, that we have weaknesses like everyone else. We open ourselves up to criticism, both from our readers and from those who know us IRL. Fortunately, those are usually few and far between. It’s generally our own fears that hold us back from expressing ourselves fully.

Why not start now?

I happen to have in my greedy little hands an extra invite to Google Voice, that fabulous service everyone has been raving about. I thought about running a contest on this post, something like “Show me your tits and I’ll give you a Google Voice invite!”, but then I realized I’m out of Malibu, and with Melissa out of town it wouldn’t be nearly as much fun, soooooo, how we are going to play is this- Leave a comment and tell me something you’ve always wanted to write about on your blog, but have been too afraid or embarrassed to. (You don’t have to actually write about it, but opening up that line of thought will be a good first step.) Have you always wanted to talk about your sex life? How much you hate your sister? How you are still harboring a crush on Rick Astley?

Leave your “I wish I could write about _______ on my blog” comment below, and when Melissa gets back, the best comment will net you a Google Voice invite, so you can join the rest of the cool kids and laugh at the dorks still waiting in line.

Thanks Melissa for letting me play borrow your shit blog-sit while you are away. I promise I’m taking great care of the place. Oh yeah, and that little beaded purse of yours that you love so much? Never left the closet. Honest.

Sara is a blogger and social media slut with a passion for high heels, imported chocolate, and all things technology. Online she can be found playing around on all the newest social media sites, but currently makes Twitter (@subrbanoblivion) , Facebook , and Friendfeed her home spots. She blogs at Suburban Oblivion, but can also be found propping her stilettos up on the desk as co-editor to the up-and-coming humor site, the Daily Shite .

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