Audacious Aria

Whether you’re new or old here, Welcome. Before we go any further, please keep in mind that this is an adult natured blog, featuring adult content. By that I don’t mean topics to get your rocks off to, but then again, there are some funky people out there.

Welcome to AudaciousAria! If you’re new here – Welcome. If not – Good to see you again. The following document contains some suggested etiquette to be used during your visits here. It is based on The Blogger’s Disclaimer and has been edited to better reflect my personal views.

Personal Relationships and Privacy

Do not assume that you know everything there is to know about me simply because you read my blog on a regular basis. Any judgments you make will be based on the information I have provided about myself. Whatever opinion you may form about me as a person, or about my life as a whole, it’s probably best kept to yourself. Following someone’s blog often leads to the reader forming assumptions about the writer – and using your assumptions is a bad way to form good opinions about the person behind the words – me.

Remember — you are the reader — and until something about that relationship changes; you don’t know me  — Please do try to keep that in perspective.

Please do not contact me for more details about events or for personal information more than what I have already provided on the site. Chances are — if the information you seek isn’t readily available, I have found it too personal or inappropriate to share. If you are close to me, I will eventually tell you privately, so intrusive questions are not necessary, just leave it alone. If you are meant to know, you will.

If you have a real life relationship with me, remember that communication is very important. Please view this website as my online journal; no less sacred than a diary hidden under my mattress. And most importantly — please let me know that you read my site, especially if I did not tell you personally!

It’s an extremely rare and unlikely occurrence – but if I do ask you to stop reading here, it’s very likely that something has happened to damage our relationship and such a request has been made because your continuing presence here would make me uncomfortable. It’s important that as a friend, relative, co-worker or whatever you may be to me, that your presence at my blog not impede my ability to express myself. Remember — this is my creative outlet – and I think we’d both prefer to avoid any drama. I do not want your presence here to impede on my ability to express myself. You should respect this and immediately stop coming here – and that would include asking your friends to come here to see what I’m up to or to see if I’ve written anything about you. Chances are that if we’ve had a falling out – anything you read here will be misconstrued as being about you when it isn’t. If our relationship has failed, that should include you reading my journal.

If I do happen to write something about you and you don’t appreciate it, please approach me about it privately – often times these things happen because of a misunderstanding or lack of communication. Text in general, especially in comments or in blog posts, lacks the human quality often necessary to resolve conflicts – try and remain calm and I’m sure we can resolve whatever differences we may have privately and like adults.

Ex-friends, ex-lovers and estranged family members who have been cut out of my life should refrain from reading my journal. If the relationship has ended, there is no reason you should get daily updates on my life. If you simply can’t help yourself, please do it quietly.

Feedback and Initiating Contact

Compliments and comments will always be graciously accepted and appreciated. I encourage an open and organic dialog around my words and I enjoy having conversations with people and sharing ideas and perspectives on a wide variety of topics. Criticisms and reproaches are fine if you have a problem with something, but please try to remain constructive and not be an asshole. No one is forcing you to give out your opinions, so if you don’t have anything remotely positive to say, it may be best to just keep quiet.

When contacting me for the first time, please have a clue. If I don’t know who you are it’s probably safe to say that I’m not going to tell you where I live, give you my phone number, meet you for coffee or send you a picture of myself. I put a lot of thought and time into this site, so please take the time to read the information I’ve provided before you ask for more.

I do try to reply to every email I receive and I answer every comment left here – but please understand that I also have a life which takes up my time and I may not be able to reply or answer you immediately – but I will do my best. If you get upset and nasty about feeling rejected, you will probably ruin any chances you had of befriending me.

Remember, you are peering in on my life and sharing my thoughts, and although I may become quite special to you, you remain a mystery to me. If I seem cold or unreceptive to your advances, please keep in mind that you are a stranger to me at this point, and I may or may not want to keep it that way!

Content

The Internet is a place that encourages free and creative expression, and as in any environment where people are given this freedom, conflicts and differing opinions may arise.

This is my blog & I write for me. It’s not for you & it’s not about you.

If what you read or see here offends you, please leave immediately. Contacting me or my Hosting Company with demands that I remove my content or change my ways is absurd because you are reading my blog of your own free will by visiting my site. Simply stop coming here and you won’t have to see whatever it is that’s made you so upset. Much of the content written here is intended for grown ups.  I write about adult topics but if you can’t handle that – then it’s best that you find some other place to read which is more to your liking — it’s called the World Wide Web for a reason – the Internet is a big place.

Copyright and Courtesy

Bloggers view things like their layout and site design as part of their creative expression. If you happen to see something here that you’d like to use – sending me a brief and polite email inquiry.

Lifting content or portions of content from my site is a no-no without proper links and attribution. If you intend to source my work it’s always polite to send me an email to let me know where my work is being displayed and how it’s being used.

Do note the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License on the right hand column.

This document is organic and may be appended as necessary. Thank you for reading and welcome to AudaciousAria! I hope you enjoy it here, and as long as you act like an adult and treat me with respect, then you are more than welcome to come along for the ride.

Just for the record, I screen all comments before they are published – Don’t let this intimidate you however as I’m happy for anyone to comment.

With that in mind, while I do respect everyones right to speak freely, I do know how to tell the difference between a genuine, respectful & of course, appropriate comment & an arsehole. Don’t try to play games with me, I always win.

If I see your comment as appropriate, well thought, and/or applicable to the post/ situation/ big picture (meaning you did not just read one post and jump to conclusions) — you will see it on my blog.

Remember, THINK before you speak.