Postsecret is a simple weblog. People write their secrets on a postcard and mail them in to person behind the screen. The postcards are published on the website - sometimes with commentary from Mr. Wizard. (Of course, it's not that simple, but I wanted to get the gist.)
I go back to Postsecret (and the companion Postsecret Archives) to be challenged. The "stories" that are presented are often sad, and raw, and shocking. But, in all likelyhood, they are true, real, heartfelt, and honest. They are often significant splashes of cold water on my face - to wake me up.
I need this because I sometimes get sleepy - focused on only my things, my family, my friends, my culture, my thoughts, my worries, my hopes, my small circles.
Failblog is another simple weblog. People send in submissions of pictures or videos that highlight some failure or another that might be funny (although there is an occasional "win" among them). Sometimes the submissions are crude (and sometimes the crude submissions are also funny).
I go back to Failblog to lighten up - to remember that life is sometimes very silly. And that it is good to laugh or groan or just smirk at peoples' foibles and cluelessnesses.
Check this out: strange coincidence. A failblog picture turned into a postsecret postcard.
(image taken from Postsecret Archives 10/05)
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