i don't understand

i am a very confused person.

common sense (loosely): n. manners, prudence, good judgment.

do i have any common sense? i don't know. did i ever have any common sense? i wonder. is there any common sense? it's not always obvious.

it used to be that you didn't swear unless you were totally in the company of friends. close friends. now you see swear words online all the time. okay, maybe just in blogs, but still ... they are there. and they don't bother me in the least, i mean, hey, i'm all for swearing. it's just that you never would have seen it 'before'.

and concepts. i see things online, okay, mainly blogs again and places like hedonistica, that i haven't ever even known about let alone talked about with close friends. i mean, sure, i know about the whole 69 concept, menage a trois, etc. but 'fisting'? this is relatively new to me -- sounds interesting, sorta, i think. i mean, i never considered myself a prude.

but what i mean is i see stuff like that online ... okay, yes, on blogs. so ... swear words, new concepts ... and then i get ready to put a blog together about a funny but questionable joke -- a slightly risque joke -- and wonder if i should. hmmm, really? should i even wonder? or should i just lay it out there?

maybe it's not that things have loosened up and i am free to put whatever i want up for everyone to see, as much as it is an age-related thing, huh? am i supposed to not put different stuff on, since i'm approaching my 60's and it wouldn't be proper? if that's true, what about the whole idea of throwing caution to the wind and wearing purple?

i'm just confused.