Social Networking no-no.
They tried to make me join facebook and initially I said yes, yes, yes. But now I'm saying no and already I can feel a third dimension returning to my life. Being on there kind of forced me into competition with pretty much everyone I know. Constant comparison can really tear you down. I'm just an average person. There's nothing particularly extraordinary about me. I know some extraordinary people though, that are doing these amazing things with their lives and when we're contrasted I show up pale and weak. I don't need that, I don't need to feel that way, not if I can do something about it. And I can, by just doing my thing and puttering along.
Phones are one thing, instant messaging too. But constantly updating people on your life? I'm not going to flatter myself by thinking people truly find me that interesting. Granted I'm putting all this up here in the public domain, which can be accessed by anyone at their leisure. But I refuse to force inane things on people I know and probably care about. I don't know, it just felt like it was taking up too big a part of my life. It'd be entirely different if it was a necessary part of life (if I were an author or in a band or something of equal caliber that required promotion and public exposure), but I'm just myself.
Now I'm at home, on my awesome brand new PC, and I can say that because the only people who'll possibly ever read this are my girlfriend and some of the guys from over at rachel_quinn at the most. I'm thinking of taking my bike down to the repair shop after I go to centrelink to submit my application for a low income health care card, which means I can get free dental mofos! I'm excited, my dentist has been chewing through my money like a pair of rogue dentures. And I need to write these things down, as a record of how I'm feeling at the time. So I can reflect later. I need that, and yeah I could keep a diary, but I really like my LJ layout, ok? Hah hah.
Went to see the Venga boys last night. They were truly amazing! What showmanship! They dazzled and hollered and danced and we ate it up like we were starving. I hope the rest of their tour is just as successful. But they were real about it, called themselves
'representatives of trashy euro pop' and that makes it all the more amazing. What a band. And they were fronted by an awesome chick DJ and a Spice Girls cover band from the UK that made their slow pop sound like the arctic monkeys. It was rad! I hope they do well.
There's a rogue butternut pumpkin vine growing on the fence that skirts the train line near my house. It's fruiting and is healthy and robust even in this hot, dry weather. Here where in the afternoon the smoke from bush fires stings your eyes. I've got to shower soon, and get ready to go. But this is freeing. I feel removed from reality in a way (and I am, from many people's reality) but much further immersed in it than before. So yes, a shower is in order. Then I must gather my papers and be off!
Getting back into fanfiction too, so watch out rachel_quinn, I'm coming for you!
Phones are one thing, instant messaging too. But constantly updating people on your life? I'm not going to flatter myself by thinking people truly find me that interesting. Granted I'm putting all this up here in the public domain, which can be accessed by anyone at their leisure. But I refuse to force inane things on people I know and probably care about. I don't know, it just felt like it was taking up too big a part of my life. It'd be entirely different if it was a necessary part of life (if I were an author or in a band or something of equal caliber that required promotion and public exposure), but I'm just myself.
Now I'm at home, on my awesome brand new PC, and I can say that because the only people who'll possibly ever read this are my girlfriend and some of the guys from over at rachel_quinn at the most. I'm thinking of taking my bike down to the repair shop after I go to centrelink to submit my application for a low income health care card, which means I can get free dental mofos! I'm excited, my dentist has been chewing through my money like a pair of rogue dentures. And I need to write these things down, as a record of how I'm feeling at the time. So I can reflect later. I need that, and yeah I could keep a diary, but I really like my LJ layout, ok? Hah hah.
Went to see the Venga boys last night. They were truly amazing! What showmanship! They dazzled and hollered and danced and we ate it up like we were starving. I hope the rest of their tour is just as successful. But they were real about it, called themselves
'representatives of trashy euro pop' and that makes it all the more amazing. What a band. And they were fronted by an awesome chick DJ and a Spice Girls cover band from the UK that made their slow pop sound like the arctic monkeys. It was rad! I hope they do well.
There's a rogue butternut pumpkin vine growing on the fence that skirts the train line near my house. It's fruiting and is healthy and robust even in this hot, dry weather. Here where in the afternoon the smoke from bush fires stings your eyes. I've got to shower soon, and get ready to go. But this is freeing. I feel removed from reality in a way (and I am, from many people's reality) but much further immersed in it than before. So yes, a shower is in order. Then I must gather my papers and be off!
Getting back into fanfiction too, so watch out rachel_quinn, I'm coming for you!