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So, I approach my 6th (7th?) Lj versary this month. I feel like that is somewhat of an interesting accomplishment of something, even if only my boredom.
I have returned to LJ for good after a brief hiatus. There was no particular reason other than the fact I had too many tabs open, tons of work, and I just didn't feel like reading anything.
I feel like being on LJ has made me more open to new things and has introduced me to quite a number of things that I really enjoy and would have never discovered via facebook or another website. I realize I am not the most involved LJ friend, but I still interact with people! This is an important outlet for just me to sort of glance into the lives of other people. Perhaps it is the arrogance of my generation that considers blogging to be an apt form of social relationships, but I think I need it. It's hardly like I am alone in my room all the time or often, but I don't know. I think LJ at least shows me a peek into the a different world... I think spending too much time in my own head allows me to get wrapped up in things that I can't explain and drive myself into weird states and it began to take a lot of energy just to be myself.
Right, well I am done with this nostalgia/angst. The emotion. It burns us!
But cool.
So, I have done a great many strange things in the past few months, that I think are of worth mentioning.
1. I got a pinterest. My cousins sort of brought me into it, but it's interesting. I feel like its like tumblrr to me... I enjoy browsing through it a lot, but I don't have a lot to say or do on it. I have a board that is just pictures of the bugs I work with in lab (my cousins informed me that I was pinteresting "incorrectly", but bugs aside I've found some cool stuff there. I think tumblrr is definitely more of a fandom media thing for me... I also like the political-esque graphics I find there:)
2. It's been somewhat painful the last couple months. I started grad school and while I really am enjoying it/learning cool stuff, it has become clear to me that I don't think it's what I want to do forever. Also, transitioning/times of change has never really been my game, but such is life!
3. Song of the week at the moment: Sail by Awolnation. Just a great mellow beat. The video I linked to is not the official music video which is quite interesting, but for whatever reason this one just amuses me.
4. I wrote in rs_games months and months ago! It was exciting and cool! My story was recced on the dailysnitch which I was super excited about since I don't normally get recced on things like that:) I'll repost my story eventually with maybe a few extra notes to explain its sketchiness. It's pretty lighthearted despite its rather emo title (named after a lyric in the Los Campesinos song In Media Res(which I read somewhere and found out meant in the middle of things... I feel like this is a useful life phrase. Just speak latin at people and they have to leave you alone!)).
Leave my Body to Silence by shadowclub
5. I did a cool little Trek Holiday card exchange and ended up with some truly lovely cards as well as art and a a mini Jim and Bones key ring thing!
Bottom line: You are all cool!
I have returned to LJ for good after a brief hiatus. There was no particular reason other than the fact I had too many tabs open, tons of work, and I just didn't feel like reading anything.
I feel like being on LJ has made me more open to new things and has introduced me to quite a number of things that I really enjoy and would have never discovered via facebook or another website. I realize I am not the most involved LJ friend, but I still interact with people! This is an important outlet for just me to sort of glance into the lives of other people. Perhaps it is the arrogance of my generation that considers blogging to be an apt form of social relationships, but I think I need it. It's hardly like I am alone in my room all the time or often, but I don't know. I think LJ at least shows me a peek into the a different world... I think spending too much time in my own head allows me to get wrapped up in things that I can't explain and drive myself into weird states and it began to take a lot of energy just to be myself.
Right, well I am done with this nostalgia/angst. The emotion. It burns us!
But cool.
So, I have done a great many strange things in the past few months, that I think are of worth mentioning.
1. I got a pinterest. My cousins sort of brought me into it, but it's interesting. I feel like its like tumblrr to me... I enjoy browsing through it a lot, but I don't have a lot to say or do on it. I have a board that is just pictures of the bugs I work with in lab (my cousins informed me that I was pinteresting "incorrectly", but bugs aside I've found some cool stuff there. I think tumblrr is definitely more of a fandom media thing for me... I also like the political-esque graphics I find there:)
2. It's been somewhat painful the last couple months. I started grad school and while I really am enjoying it/learning cool stuff, it has become clear to me that I don't think it's what I want to do forever. Also, transitioning/times of change has never really been my game, but such is life!
3. Song of the week at the moment: Sail by Awolnation. Just a great mellow beat. The video I linked to is not the official music video which is quite interesting, but for whatever reason this one just amuses me.
4. I wrote in rs_games months and months ago! It was exciting and cool! My story was recced on the dailysnitch which I was super excited about since I don't normally get recced on things like that:) I'll repost my story eventually with maybe a few extra notes to explain its sketchiness. It's pretty lighthearted despite its rather emo title (named after a lyric in the Los Campesinos song In Media Res(which I read somewhere and found out meant in the middle of things... I feel like this is a useful life phrase. Just speak latin at people and they have to leave you alone!)).
Leave my Body to Silence by shadowclub
5. I did a cool little Trek Holiday card exchange and ended up with some truly lovely cards as well as art and a a mini Jim and Bones key ring thing!
Bottom line: You are all cool!