Technologically Challenged - Paranoid of the Establishment and Such

Blogger, which is the venue from which I do this blog, offers the use of Google+. Google+ sounds great. The chance is that I would see comments that are being made...if any are being made. So I thought to myself, "Self! Try out that Google+. What can it hurt?" Turns out that trying to sign-up for Google+ was like nailing jello to the wall for me. I needed to make circles of friends. The profile I have now on Blogger is one that I like but my profile will change if I choose to use Google+. Then my inherent "old hippie" suspicion of the establishment kicked in and I began to think that I might not like being seen so much or would I even know if I were being seen and I did not want to change my profile or my picture and do comments matter that much to me? After all there is the No Comment thing at the bottom of the blog and anyone wishing to leave a comment can click on that and do so. So I became even more suspicious of the motive behind wanting me to use Google+ SO BADLY. I go by the theory that if an organization wants me to use a product so much that they make extravagant claims then the product must be detrimental to me or there is something I am not understanding. Actually I was not understanding how to get set up and they were using my real name because Elizabeth is a pen name and I don't really want my real name hanging out in outer space when I don't even know I launched it. My real name is not that common. I am protective of my privacy in that weird and twisted way that makes zero sense considering I blog about my life. Lets face it. Blogging is not saying "Come see me soon." I am particularly private about my residence. I don't mind people knowing where I live. I just don't do visitors well. Family, o.k. That's about it. Am I anti-social? Nope! I just like to have control of my little piece of the world. I've got a bit of PTSD. It shows when I think of having visitors. How I went from Google+ to this conversation is a mystery to me. I suppose it is the whole being visible to the "public" or it could be that I am too technologically challenged to figure out how to sign up properly or to lazy to work at it or, and this is the best answer, I don't truly give a tinker's damn about it. Not yet, at any rate. Maybe another time. Maybe when I write something that is truly worthy of reading and want to strut my stuff. But then again...I may well choose another name and change the profile to a "not me" profile. Imagine me writing as a "not me". That's a great idea for a blog. Not tonight. I have suffered the trauma of considering Google+ as a viable option. The stress of hiding while trying to show myself has left me sleepy and ready for bed. Poor, foolish paranoid woman avoids helpful technical suggestion out of fear of the unknown. Good grief! I'll probably sleep with my dagger a bit closer to the bed and dream of Matrix-like attacks marching on my blogger page claiming it for a pseudo-world of whacked out machinations. WHAT!! I have no clue what that is suppose to mean and I don't care...nope! I simply don't care. My brain is waving bye now! Sleep tight all. More will be revealed.