following on the heels of my recent complaints about internet culture... here's where you can find me online.
in order of importance/frequency used:

official blog (wordpress)
facebook
tumblr
twitter
8tracks
goodreads

there's one thing i can't quite put my finger on that is bothering more than i'd like to admit:

people who use one social media platform to share what they are sharing on other social media platforms.

i remember the first time i saw this happening: as livejournal started dying down, i would often see people just use it to share all of their tweets. ( Read more... )

i've been theorizing my own relationship to the internet ad nauseum these days, for a while without even realizing it. i don't know why, possibly because my real life social life has taken a turn for the more homebody mode these days, but it's constantly on my mind. what i choose to share, where, how i talk about things differently face to face ( Read more... )

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i am constantly impressed and overwhelmed by the amount of support and thoughtfulness i have found here over the years. while i'm sad more and more people have left as of late, i am still endlessly grateful for those who stick around. the feedback i get elsewhere just is not comparable. i think, "hey, i'll complain here just to get it out," and ( Read more... )

i think andi did this a little while ago, and i thought i'd hop on the bandwagon myself.

in order of importance/usage:

• livejournal
• wordpress
• tumblr
• facebook
• flickr

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earlier this week sves asked me if i wanted to join in a tumblr-exodus for a little break, and the amount of time i've spent thinking about it makes me feel like i probably should. seriously considering answering all of the questions in my ask box (yeah there are a good 150+ from over the course of the past year or two), emptying my queue and ( Read more... )

looking at photos of a friend overseas, posted on facebook. a comment from someone i used to know better than i knew myself at the time, who deleted her facebook the day after she broke my heart. i click on her name, surprised at what i can and can't see. and i feel ill. i feel almost as ill as i did that night back in june two years ago. i feel ( Read more... )

lately i've been spending a lot more time on tumblr than livejournal. it's sad! i feel like livejournal is dying or maybe i'm just becoming accustomed to a different pace, constant new material and images all the time, not just five or six times a day. for whatever reason (or combination of reasons), my friends page seems a lot slower, even with ( Read more... )