Blog Information and Policies

After some thought, I felt that I would write an entry about information about this blog, how this blog works, and the policies for this blog.

I’ll start off by mentioning a few things regarding my dragon guardian/guide (some of which relate to this blog and some of which relate to things about him that I consider).

1.  While I write quite a bit about my dragon guardian/guide, some of the dreams that I’ve had about him, and some of the messages that he has told me in my dreams on this blog (mainly to get my thoughts and feelings about them off of my chest), I won’t go into too much detail about them on this blog, as there are some things about them that are rather personal to me (and that I would prefer to keep personal).  If you ask me a question about my dragon guardian/guide, the dreams that I’ve had about him, or the messages that he has told me in my dreams and I answer it by saying that I would rather not reveal what you’re asking me about, I hope that you will understand where I am coming from.

2.  Even though my dragon guardian/guide has been appearing in my dreams for a few years, I haven’t found out much about him.  If you ask me a question about my dragon guardian/guide that doesn’t involve something that’s rather personal to me and I don’t answer it, it’s because your question involves something that I haven’t found out yet.  (If I do happen to find out what that something is, whether or not I’ll reveal what that something is depends on whether or not it’s something that’s rather personal to me.)

3.  I take what my dragon guardian/guide tells me about life in my dreams a little bit lightly on the inside.  I do this even when I feel that he has a great point, I feel that there is some amount of truth in what he tells me, or he tells me something that’s deep and is a lot for me to take in.  This comes from my belief that the things that I am told in my dreams don’t really mean anything unless they’re repeated over and over again (for the most part, anyways).

4.  I always take what my dragon guardian/guide tells me about myself in my dreams with a substantial grain of salt.  I do this even when he tells me something that’s simple, he tells me something that’s deep and is a lot for me to take in, or he tells me the same thing over and over again.  Part of this comes from me being a skeptic and part of this comes from it being a healthy thing to do.

5.  When it comes to things about my dragon guardian/guide that don’t exactly or directly involve what he tells me in my dreams (e.g. that my dragon guardian/guide is trying to guide me towards finding out more about who I am and knowing myself as well as I can), they’re things that I think, feel, or believe with some amount of doubt; they’re not things that I consider to be true without question.  Again, part of this comes from me being a skeptic and part of this comes from it being a healthy thing to do.

Now I’m going to clear something up.  Even though I have a dragon guardian/guide that appears in my dreams, I am not a spiritual person (though I have been questioning my spirituality lately) and I am an agnostic (as opposed to being a Wiccan or being a Pagan).  Also, even though I am an agnostic, I respect the religious beliefs of others (seeing as I’m friends with a few Christians, for one thing).  If your beliefs – whether they’re religious beliefs or other beliefs – differ from my beliefs for one reason or another, I won’t insult you for it nor attack you for it.

Those things aside, while I have mentioned that I write poems (two of which have been published in two issues of an annual art and literary journal, and both of which aren’t about dragons) time and time again on this blog, I will not be posting the poems that I’ve written on this blog, even if they are poems about dragons.  The reason for this is that I don’t want to increase the chances of my poems being plagiarized.

Regarding comments, PLEASE feel free to leave comments!  I really like it when people comment on this blog, even if their comments are simple.  If you don’t comment, then I don’t really know if what I’ve posted is interesting or if people have read my posts.  I use Disqus for comments on this blog, and all that you need to create a Disqus account is an e-mail address.  I try to reply to comments as much as I can, but I am more often than not busy with other things in life and I tend to be careful about what I say in my replies to comments, so don’t be surprised if I don’t reply to comments right away.  So, if you have any thoughts or opinions about a post on this blog, please feel free to include them in a comment.

Speaking of which, I would like no sorts of vulgar or bad language in the comments.  I have seen a few other blogs have that kind of atmosphere and while I do tolerate it to a certain extent, I would rather not have that kind of atmosphere here on this blog.

There’s one more thing that I’ll mention about this blog.  Even though this blog is partially about How to Train Your Dragon, don’t expect to see any How to Train Your Dragon fan art, fan fiction, images, screen caps, gifs, etc. on this blog.  I do not – and will not – post said things on this blog because I don’t want to risk running into legal issues.

Well, that’s pretty much how this blog works.  I would like to end this by saying thank you to the people who read this blog and the people who comment on it.  :)