Day 05 - My LJ
Day 05 - Your definition of love, in great detail
Yeah, how about we don't do this one, either. I will say a few things about it, though. I have never been in love. I have loved a few people very deeply, but I never considered it being in love. To me, being in love means you'd do anything for someone, including die. I don't know that I would do anything for anyone, including family. It seems like the relationship would be a little bit one sided if that was the case. Ignore logic and reason for love? It sounds like religion to me. No thanks.
What else can I talk about?
I wish I had more LJ friends. Over the years, my friends list had dwindled down as I delete people who haven't written or read LJ in 7 years. In a few months, I will be at my 10 year LJ anniversary. I am one of the proud early adopters and I do not plan to leave LJ anytime soon. I have my ups and downs with it, but it has remained the only place I feel comfortable, even if no one is reading/listening. I like the interaction of unbiased commenters, of strangers who I have come to care for. It's like a place where I can care about people's lives without having to deal with the physical upkeep involved. I can read, or I can say something, or I can not read... whatever I want. I choose the level of my participation. When I realize I'm not participating, I usually defriend people and consider it the process of figuring out the merit of a relationship. There's no messy fallout and that's nice. You can just size someone else up safely, and if the chemistry works out, you've made a new friend. Huzzah.
The problem with all this is... I don't meet anyone new. The fact that I have to friend lock all my entries makes me feel really annoyed. I wish I didn't. But my family, to varying degrees, read my journal and have to comment on it in person. I can't share my feelings the way I want to, especially about family. I went from writing down every single thing to basically closing myself down and only mentioning things like the weather and my cat. Now I'm back to normal, sorta, but my audience has really gotten smaller. I only have a few people on my list that write anymore. (Thanks apeystar, serene_orange, and amyty!) Otherwise, it's kind of a wasteland. I hate what social networking has done to real, bona fide journaling.
If anyone has a really cool friend that I should meet, please be a match-maker.
Yeah, how about we don't do this one, either. I will say a few things about it, though. I have never been in love. I have loved a few people very deeply, but I never considered it being in love. To me, being in love means you'd do anything for someone, including die. I don't know that I would do anything for anyone, including family. It seems like the relationship would be a little bit one sided if that was the case. Ignore logic and reason for love? It sounds like religion to me. No thanks.
What else can I talk about?
I wish I had more LJ friends. Over the years, my friends list had dwindled down as I delete people who haven't written or read LJ in 7 years. In a few months, I will be at my 10 year LJ anniversary. I am one of the proud early adopters and I do not plan to leave LJ anytime soon. I have my ups and downs with it, but it has remained the only place I feel comfortable, even if no one is reading/listening. I like the interaction of unbiased commenters, of strangers who I have come to care for. It's like a place where I can care about people's lives without having to deal with the physical upkeep involved. I can read, or I can say something, or I can not read... whatever I want. I choose the level of my participation. When I realize I'm not participating, I usually defriend people and consider it the process of figuring out the merit of a relationship. There's no messy fallout and that's nice. You can just size someone else up safely, and if the chemistry works out, you've made a new friend. Huzzah.
The problem with all this is... I don't meet anyone new. The fact that I have to friend lock all my entries makes me feel really annoyed. I wish I didn't. But my family, to varying degrees, read my journal and have to comment on it in person. I can't share my feelings the way I want to, especially about family. I went from writing down every single thing to basically closing myself down and only mentioning things like the weather and my cat. Now I'm back to normal, sorta, but my audience has really gotten smaller. I only have a few people on my list that write anymore. (Thanks apeystar, serene_orange, and amyty!) Otherwise, it's kind of a wasteland. I hate what social networking has done to real, bona fide journaling.
If anyone has a really cool friend that I should meet, please be a match-maker.