Intro
Although not all good stories begin with an introduction, and I must say that I anticipate this lj to end up NOT being a "good" story, I'll be providing one here.
It took three years of posting to sangxter_whines before I finally came to the decision to axe it. I felt partially hemmed in by the requirement of whining, and particularly hemmed in by the thought of the random people on my friends list who were carry-overs from my previous existence in another part of the country. Through inactivity on my part as well as on their part I've managed to extricate myself from my previous group of friends, and although I will miss them, I'm resigned to the fact that the vast majority of them will not be seeing me again. I'm sure from time to time I'll end up posting here a "reminiscence" tag talking about what used to be, because they were an important part of my life at one time, but I understand that there's really no reason for them to stay in contact with me at this point.
The main focus of my previous lj was, simply put, to whine. An activity cheaper than visiting a therapist, which periodically would result in someone expressing a feeling of camaraderie, that they understood what I was talking about. I found myself in the last six months specifically not posting because I didn't feel the need to have old friends keeping track of the things that were pissing me off on a day to day basis, whether they cared or not.
This new outlet for me will likely have two main focuses; the first focus of this lj will be responding to npr stories that I listen to on my itunes, and the second focus will be to expunge fatherhood related thoughts, as in things I want to remember for when I have kids/when they grow older.
A short search through the communities on lj resulted in a list of two or three partially active communities for these two topics, but none seem active enough that I'd post to them on a regular basis.
Now for the proverbial warning sticker: I will not be making friends-only posts, because I am not setting up this account to keep my friends up-to-date on my life. My wife has an lj account which she uses to keep in contact with other people, and that's not for me. This lj was not intended for reading by current/former friends, whom I would be happy to keep in contact with via email/im, if and when I get messages from them 1. with a topic (something more than "hi"), and 2. no purely selfish contacts (like going on a date (bad comparison) you should have some remote interest in what's going on with me in addition to telling me what's going on with you). I have a history of being fickle in my hobbies, and it is extremely likely that I will not develop a readership of this lj before such time as I get either frustrated with not having anything to say that others would find interesting, or frustrated with not having anything to say that I find interesting.
So, with the intro accomplished, I shall get back to my office tasks while I listen to some podcasts and ponder what I have to say that’s worth reading. I’m guessing that my first real post will involve This American Life (TAL) show number 322: ‘Shouting Across the Divide’, a radio program that hit my emotions harder than any other program I can remember, which originally aired on December 15, 2006.
It took three years of posting to sangxter_whines before I finally came to the decision to axe it. I felt partially hemmed in by the requirement of whining, and particularly hemmed in by the thought of the random people on my friends list who were carry-overs from my previous existence in another part of the country. Through inactivity on my part as well as on their part I've managed to extricate myself from my previous group of friends, and although I will miss them, I'm resigned to the fact that the vast majority of them will not be seeing me again. I'm sure from time to time I'll end up posting here a "reminiscence" tag talking about what used to be, because they were an important part of my life at one time, but I understand that there's really no reason for them to stay in contact with me at this point.
The main focus of my previous lj was, simply put, to whine. An activity cheaper than visiting a therapist, which periodically would result in someone expressing a feeling of camaraderie, that they understood what I was talking about. I found myself in the last six months specifically not posting because I didn't feel the need to have old friends keeping track of the things that were pissing me off on a day to day basis, whether they cared or not.
This new outlet for me will likely have two main focuses; the first focus of this lj will be responding to npr stories that I listen to on my itunes, and the second focus will be to expunge fatherhood related thoughts, as in things I want to remember for when I have kids/when they grow older.
A short search through the communities on lj resulted in a list of two or three partially active communities for these two topics, but none seem active enough that I'd post to them on a regular basis.
Now for the proverbial warning sticker: I will not be making friends-only posts, because I am not setting up this account to keep my friends up-to-date on my life. My wife has an lj account which she uses to keep in contact with other people, and that's not for me. This lj was not intended for reading by current/former friends, whom I would be happy to keep in contact with via email/im, if and when I get messages from them 1. with a topic (something more than "hi"), and 2. no purely selfish contacts (like going on a date (bad comparison) you should have some remote interest in what's going on with me in addition to telling me what's going on with you). I have a history of being fickle in my hobbies, and it is extremely likely that I will not develop a readership of this lj before such time as I get either frustrated with not having anything to say that others would find interesting, or frustrated with not having anything to say that I find interesting.
So, with the intro accomplished, I shall get back to my office tasks while I listen to some podcasts and ponder what I have to say that’s worth reading. I’m guessing that my first real post will involve This American Life (TAL) show number 322: ‘Shouting Across the Divide’, a radio program that hit my emotions harder than any other program I can remember, which originally aired on December 15, 2006.