I ran into a good friend on the street today near the Castro.  This friend will go unnamed. (hi friend!) and here is our conversation:

UF: (unnamed friend): hey
me: hi!
UF: You doing ok? I was worried about you a little.
me: totally.
UF: givin’ yourself permission to be human and make mistakes? You’re so hard on yourself.
me: I think so, i mean yes, i mean i don’t know. i make too many mistakes but I’m learning i guess.
UF: So…I read your blog
me: OhMyGod I’m so embarrassed you can’t tell me that
UF: no, its good. I still love you. keep doing it. but can i ask you a question?
me:  [nods] [OVERT BLUSH RESPONSE]
UF: What about situations where a social network presence online is beneficial to your line of work. Like our friend [redacted] who runs an online business and creates personal relationships with his/her clients?
me: Oh I’m not knocking that at all. I’m just trying to figure out if I need to do it for my own business to work, or if i can draw a line between digital-me and business-me
UF: but you make a living by using and breaking all the music tech products, don’t you want people to know who you are? You’re so good at it. You don’t want anyone to know who you are?
me: i guess i’m still figuring it out.  but you can’t tell me you read my blog. [LOOKS DOWN, BLUSHES]
UF: I read everything  you do, so please stop and just shush. I find you interesting. Human and digital. Can you keep that in mind?
me:  i guess.
UF: How’s book club?
me: fraking awesome.

…..and so on…..and then a hug…….and on with the day…..