Dear Diary

[darkest_diary]

I have been thinking of things as we enter the holiday season. A lot of people are lonely this time of year. Not everyone has a beautiful loving family to go home to. Not everyone has friends that keep in touch with them both near and far. Not everyone gets along with their relatives. For some people this is it. The internet is their friends and

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[stray_infinity]

You know..I completely agree with your point about the holidays being a tough time for some. I'm grateful that despite the hardships I had with my family that they still provided me with what I needed; although I rank emotional support higher than material (the emotional is what I was lacking from them), obtaining a home, water, and food is not easy at all.

Maybe we could organize a group chat or something where people can drop in? I'd be down to spread some e-love :).

[beauty_forashes]

Maybe we could organize a group chat or something where people can drop in? I'd be down to spread some e-love :).

What a cool idea! :)

[darkest_diary]

It is, I have no idea how to do it, but if you guys have any suggestions I am up for it. :)

[beauty_forashes]

Haha, I'm clueless too! What I DID do once long ago, when Chris was working over the holidays, was to sort of host a Christmas party on my LJ. I invited anyone to drop by, comment, chat with everyone else, introduced people to each other I thought might get along, and we had some fun (I recall a dirty limerick competition/battle going on - lol - or just linking to things we enjoyed). There weren't a lot of people, of course, but those of us who were there really had fun.

[darkest_diary]

A journal hosting sounds like fun, especially the dirty limerick part, I like the ones that sound as if they are going to be dirty then switch gears leaving the mind to fall into the gutter, when the words do not. lol

[beauty_forashes]

LJ was MUCH more active then, though! I don't know how it would go today, where most users are basically silent and twiddling their thumbs. *sighs*

I would like to do my part if you guys think of anything, though! I know there's a "conference chat" function on services like Yahoo IM, but everyone would have to sign in (or get a username)...could be a little hassle, but maybe an idea?

[darkest_diary]

It isn't as active here as it used to be. I am glad for the good people that I found.

I never used the chat thing, do you sign in with your journal, or do you have to get a whole new id? I think journal signing in might be easy, but having to register for it might make people groan? I don't know, I don't know how it works. lol

[beauty_forashes]

I use Yahoo Messenger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Messenger

You just have to sign up at Yahoo, then get an ID for the messenger service and download a little bit of software. It's completely separate from LJ or any other accounts you have online. I know, it'll probably seem like hassle to some people, but really it's not. I only know about Yahoo IM since I've been using it for years and that's the only one I'm familiar with.

[darkest_diary]

I had that one a long time ago, I got 'God' as my IM name, not kidding. :D

When I was registering for the yahoo IM, I was running an RPG game on a regular basis, and one of my players was over talking to me, when the players had questions about the game they jokingly referred to me as 'God' .

Then my friend asked me a question just as 'pick a user name' came up. I jokingly typed 'God' as that is what my friend called me, and hit 'enter'.

I turned away from the computer, answered her question and then turned back expecting to register a new name. Only, I had gotten 'God' as my IM name. lol

[beauty_forashes]

Hahaha!! That's hysterical.

Reminds me of a member on the BPAL forum. Her handle is "Voice of God", and whenever she posts, people go quiet because they assume she's an omnipotent mod there. LOL

[darkest_diary]

lol! People probably ask her to pray for them from time to time, they did that with me! :D

[beauty_forashes]

Uh I get that all the time since I make it no secret I'm a hoodoo rootworker, and I do! I'm only irked when casual aquaintances ask me to do work for free, or fix up their lives like magic. Yeah...no! LOL

[darkest_diary]

Magic can't fix life, if the person who wants their life fixed isn't willing to work along with the magic. If someone expects a freebie pass it's going to bite them eventually. I don't blame you for saying 'No', especially to people who have no idea what they are asking for.

[beauty_forashes]

Hoodoo can give you a boost and a definite edge (in fact I've had some amazing results), but not if the person wants to lie back and passively let someone do the work (and then usually blame me if they work against the work and get no results - lol). No, it's an investment on both sides. Usually when I tell them they'll have to work WITH me by doing certain things (and God knows, that's a lot less effort than I'd be putting in), or that I take money for my own time and effort, they wuss out. Or they'll pay me, but basically tell me, "OK, despite what you say, I'm going to continue to be a harrassing, stalking psycho bitch with my ex. It shouldn't matter if I'm paying you to get him back, you magic him back!". Umm...no...don't think so! LOL

Oh this is totally off-topic, isn't it?

[darkest_diary]

"OK, despite what you say, I'm going to continue to be a harrassing, stalking psycho bitch with my ex. It shouldn't matter if I'm paying you to get him back, you magic him back!".

I Know Her! lol

Sadly, I knew someone like that who stalked this guy and thought she could get him back with magic. When magic didn't work to try and get him back, she tried to kill him with it, the whole, "If I can't have him then no one can." thing. She was going to cast the spell while he was out horse riding.

She told me about it, and though I couldn't reach him on the phone and tell him not to go riding, I did everything to contradict her spell. The horse did throw him he broke an arm and a leg, but it could have been worse. He never did go back to her, he married someone else. She found out a contested her spell and stopped speaking to me, but I don't need her type of negativity. I heard she is less psycho now, but I haven't contacted her.

[beauty_forashes]

I Know Her! lol

We all do, she's fucking everywhere! LOL!

When magic didn't work to try and get him back, she tried to kill him with it, the whole, "If I can't have him then no one can." thing. She was going to cast the spell while he was out horse riding.

Ugh! I've felt resentment that deep in the past, I admit, but I didn't act on it. I don't believe in the "law of threefold return" or any of that, but I do believe that at some point, I'll be required to justify my actions, and that wouldn't be justified. If I thought so, I'd be seriously out to lunch. I'm glad you could work against her, and yeah...it could have been much worse, a riding accident really can kill a person. Maybe she's more balanced now, but I probably wouldn't contact her either. She sounds pretty powerful, but I take ten steps back if that's just used for selfish and vengeful purposes.