A Hand Drawing Itself
I hereby declare my "LiveJournal community" dead. The people who made this service worthwhile for me are gone. J-Dizzle, Maura, Ryan, Lili, Sarah, Kathy, Forrest. Even Josh hasn't been writing seriously for a year or more. Only Maddie and xkcd drone on. Tyr throws up occasionally. There could be others I'm forgetting.
I'm considering moving elsewhere, but I'm not sure where to go. I valued having a relatively obscure place to publish writing for my closest friends' eyes. Blogger and Tumblr don't seem to support the same sort of community. Facebook notes are too public and I can't selectively block people from seeing them. (Also, news feeds are so busy that anything you write just gets lost in the flow.)
Maybe I'll just keep writing here for my own enjoyment. Maybe I'll realize my former goal of becoming a more 'serious' blogger (Dorian seems to be doing well with this approach). Maybe I'll turn myself towards writing and selectively publishing wiki pages instead of blogging (I've been running a local wiki for a few months). Or perhaps this is an opportunity to disconnect from the the "connective tissue" of the net and refocus my energy somewhere else. I don't know. My real-life social situation is so much in flux -- I can't use it as a basis. Summer and Nantucket are coming and I won't have much energy and need to write this stuff anyway.
Consider letting me know if you'll miss my presence here.
It seems there's still some life here, but what the heck. I'll try something new for fun. Link and LiveJournal syndication forthcoming. http://nagrom-the-pink.livejournal.com/75794.html
I'm considering moving elsewhere, but I'm not sure where to go. I valued having a relatively obscure place to publish writing for my closest friends' eyes. Blogger and Tumblr don't seem to support the same sort of community. Facebook notes are too public and I can't selectively block people from seeing them. (Also, news feeds are so busy that anything you write just gets lost in the flow.)
Maybe I'll just keep writing here for my own enjoyment. Maybe I'll realize my former goal of becoming a more 'serious' blogger (Dorian seems to be doing well with this approach). Maybe I'll turn myself towards writing and selectively publishing wiki pages instead of blogging (I've been running a local wiki for a few months). Or perhaps this is an opportunity to disconnect from the the "connective tissue" of the net and refocus my energy somewhere else. I don't know. My real-life social situation is so much in flux -- I can't use it as a basis. Summer and Nantucket are coming and I won't have much energy and need to write this stuff anyway.
Consider letting me know if you'll miss my presence here.
It seems there's still some life here, but what the heck. I'll try something new for fun. Link and LiveJournal syndication forthcoming. http://nagrom-the-pink.livejournal.com/75794.html