Let Me Know How This Will Turn Out

Email #1 from This-Acquaintance-I-Have:

[Avacado] and [SQ],
So [SQ] mentioned blogs in her 20 questions thing back in January. And I
thought since you two know each others blogs.......And since I've been
trying for quite a few months now to get [SQ] to tell me what her blog
identity is, I thought perhaps if I told you all where my blog is then
anyone feeling so moved could share where their blog is. (But only if they
feel so moved!)

[This-Acquaintance-I-Have]

Email #2 Four Days Later:

[SQ],
So I noticed that you've responded to many [writing group] things... but not to the
blog question... does that mean I still don't get to know? I tried
searching for blogs which mention of [something extremely personal], and English, and [the University where you teach], and
letterboxing ..... nothing. But then I figured maybe you do code names for
people like I do. So, I figured I'd ask again, but if it really is
something that you don't want to share, that's cool, but when we've talked
about it I haven't been able to to tell if it's a "fun, see if she can
figure it out" sort of secrecy or if it's a "I write about tutoring
kittens on my blog and don't want anyone else to know" sort of secrecy.
So, just figured I'd ask again about the secret blogging life of [SQ]. :)
Hope the quarter starts to slow soon,
[This-Acquaintance-I-Know]

Finally, my Email Back:

Hi [Acquaintance],
Terribly sorry for the mix-up! I misunderstood your request--I read it in
light jest, if you will, and thought we would respond with the address if we
wanted to share. I never meant to ignore a direct question seeking an
answer. :-)
I have decided to just keep it to myself. Last summer, I invited [Avacado] and a
couple of other close friends. [Avacado] was utterly cool (of course), but
another friend would get her feelings hurt if she had emailed me and I would
not respond quickly. She could tell that I had obviously been on my PC
because I made a blog entry that morning, but hadn't gotten back with her.
She's a wonderful person, but I don't think she understood my ritual--or
that I never meant to hurt her feelings. Is this making any sense at all? So
I "hid" my blog with a new address and haven't given it out to anyone. I
actually haven't even shared this info with [Avacado], even though she is the
most understand "whatever" friend you can find! So that's my blog story.
Sadly enough, I think I've only made 5 entries this quarter. I'm keeping up
on my work smashingly, but my blog and social lives have went to shit, so to
speak. :-)

[Secret Writing Group] Forever,
[SQ]

Do you see the ironies here my friend?