In which our heroine muses pensively and posts about posting in a really meta way.
Good freaking lord. I have things to say, and this place to do it, and I just don't as often for some reason. I blame time constraints and the internet (easily distracted...damn you, cracked.com!). How IS it that as I've gotten older there are seemingly less hours in the day? Although I guess when you factor in an 8-hour workday, plus a 1-hour lunch (9 total), plus 2 hours in commute - 1 each way (11 total), an hour to get ready (12 total), roughly 7 hours of sleep (19 total) that only leaves 5 hours left to keep the house clean, feed myself and possibly the boyfriend, run errands, craft/knit anything, and actually relax... well, there you go. Once upon a time I had a couple of hours of class in the day and that was pretty much it. Minimal cleaning, few obligations to anyone else, almost no time commuting, hardly even cooking. Oh, college. Sometimes I miss thee!
Anyway, part of ^that ramble is that this past Saturday was my 10-year LJ-versary! I will probably go back and post-date a reflection over the past 10 years. I know my LJ has changed a lot in terms of content. My early days were mostly consisting of quiz results ("Which Alternative Care Bear Are You?") and vague ramblings about college. I started to focus more when I was actually documenting stuff like funny out-of-context professor quotes, and tracking my actual thoughts and life more. A lot of private posts in regards to heartbreak(s), and random bits of life after college as a fledgling adult. I still find writing in LJ very therapeutic, especially as a retrospective on certain events and eras in my life. I definitely can tell I've evolved as a person, and hopefully for the better. The very dear friends I've made on here (Nicole Hammond being on of my first LJ-friends, but not actually meeting any of you until I started dating [meeting via FB, ironically] her coworker Mike Parker) have been life-changing. Mike Fleming and Mardi, Jess and Georgia, Christina and Zach & Co., Lori and Kyle, Jason and Chris Nelson and Mellzah - I tell you what, I look forward to every post by you guys, because we don't get to see each other that often and I think this helps fill in those gaps. I always feel like, when I do see all y'all, it's almost like no time has passed because we know what's going on in our lives and we can just keep the convo rolling IRL instead of URL.
Okay, that wasn't meant to be so long. I mean, that's about a quarter of what I wanted to say in my 10-year Retrospective Post! Guess I'll save the rest of it for that post :P
Things I DO want to post about rather soon-ish:
Relationships - Happiness at Last; Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Brit :D
Politics - Vote for Gays & Vaginas!; Or, Why I Fucking Hate Ultra-Conservative White Republican Males
Car Accidents - Yay for Volkswagon Engineering; Or, Why Do Civilians Need To Drive A Military-Grade Tank On Our City Streets and Ram It Up My Ass?
House - Coming Home to the Pretty; Or, Why Does It Take Over A Year To Make And Hang Curtains?
Pictures - Pictures from Ashleyland; Or, I Have Too Much Fun With My Cameraphone And Am Obsessed With My Dog
Life - General Shenanigans; Or, I Ramble About Things Of Interest To Nobody, Really, But Me
Any requests for what I write about first? The order above is not necessarily the order of things these days. Except for maybe the first one. That's pretty much my main priority these days.
Anyway, part of ^that ramble is that this past Saturday was my 10-year LJ-versary! I will probably go back and post-date a reflection over the past 10 years. I know my LJ has changed a lot in terms of content. My early days were mostly consisting of quiz results ("Which Alternative Care Bear Are You?") and vague ramblings about college. I started to focus more when I was actually documenting stuff like funny out-of-context professor quotes, and tracking my actual thoughts and life more. A lot of private posts in regards to heartbreak(s), and random bits of life after college as a fledgling adult. I still find writing in LJ very therapeutic, especially as a retrospective on certain events and eras in my life. I definitely can tell I've evolved as a person, and hopefully for the better. The very dear friends I've made on here (Nicole Hammond being on of my first LJ-friends, but not actually meeting any of you until I started dating [meeting via FB, ironically] her coworker Mike Parker) have been life-changing. Mike Fleming and Mardi, Jess and Georgia, Christina and Zach & Co., Lori and Kyle, Jason and Chris Nelson and Mellzah - I tell you what, I look forward to every post by you guys, because we don't get to see each other that often and I think this helps fill in those gaps. I always feel like, when I do see all y'all, it's almost like no time has passed because we know what's going on in our lives and we can just keep the convo rolling IRL instead of URL.
Okay, that wasn't meant to be so long. I mean, that's about a quarter of what I wanted to say in my 10-year Retrospective Post! Guess I'll save the rest of it for that post :P
Things I DO want to post about rather soon-ish:
Relationships - Happiness at Last; Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Brit :D
Politics - Vote for Gays & Vaginas!; Or, Why I Fucking Hate Ultra-Conservative White Republican Males
Car Accidents - Yay for Volkswagon Engineering; Or, Why Do Civilians Need To Drive A Military-Grade Tank On Our City Streets and Ram It Up My Ass?
House - Coming Home to the Pretty; Or, Why Does It Take Over A Year To Make And Hang Curtains?
Pictures - Pictures from Ashleyland; Or, I Have Too Much Fun With My Cameraphone And Am Obsessed With My Dog
Life - General Shenanigans; Or, I Ramble About Things Of Interest To Nobody, Really, But Me
Any requests for what I write about first? The order above is not necessarily the order of things these days. Except for maybe the first one. That's pretty much my main priority these days.