The day before she left, Chelsea and I had a conversation. Change happens from the bottom up, we agreed. There's no need to ever definitively state, "The community is about X," we decided. So, what's this mean in English?

(Chelsea's fine, by the way. The only reason she was keeping her journal was for this place. She felt a little guilty for ( Read more... )

1. Would it be a big deal for me to become a moderator? (for a while, not forever)
(Whatever process people feel is necessary, I'll jump through those hoops.)

2. There's some stuff that needs to be addressed IN HERE (not out there) for me not to jump ship like others have. My loyalties lie both inside and outside of here. (And I'm not talking ( Read more... )

Few of you probably remember this: http://community.livejournal.com/beautyandbitch/902803.html?thread=17496467#t17496467Read more... )

Please correct me if I'm wrong. This incident has relevance for future direction(s) of this community:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY (embedding disabled by request)
It presents the same argument I inarticulately make here, or which is more articulately made hereI ( Read more... )

In the spirit of Chris' suggestion of openness of content (discussing use of negative space, posting links to some interesting songs you found today, or sharing some favorite recipes) and question #9 in our application (This is your space to do anything you like. Go for it.), I make this post.

On CreativityI always kind of halfway wished/expected ( Read more... )

Hi, this is a cooperative entry from opposite ends of the world to say that Alan and I are leaving the community (I promise I have the authority to speak for him. He says hi, and also bye. He says if he'd made this post he'd have spoken for Masha too but I'm not exactly that forward). We can't seem to stop openly regretting being-here-and-not- ( Read more... )