While I haven’t sent any secrets to PostSecret or ljsecret, after seeing the All-American Rejects video for “Dirty Little Secret” (featuring many PostSecret submissions), it suddenly felt so much more real to me. It’s one thing to read secrets online, but seeing actual people holding up their deepest confessions with music to go along hit home in a reassuring and comforting way. With everything going on in the world today, we sometimes forget that despite the walls, images, and personalities people portray on the outside, they really share the same feelings inside more than we think. I know some people think the whole secret thing is stupid (and yeah sometimes I get tired of it), but hey — when something that started out as a little thing online becomes a book, traveling art exhibit (I missed the DC opening), and picked up by a popular band for their new single, not to mention countless LiveJournal communities — it’s not something that’ll fade away overnight.