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This is an lj update about ljs. Or what I think of them, at least. I love them. They're a way of letting just your close, connected community of friends, who may live very far away from you, know what's going on in your life and how it makes you feel. And I love getting feedback from them because I like to know how they feel about how I feel or what I'm doing - does that make sense? Lol. And vice versa, I equally love reading about my distant friends' lives; it intrigues me quite a bit actually. They all have their own little voices, and I can almost hear them speaking as if I were on the phone with them or just sitting right next to them having a conversation, only it's their turn to talk. Basically... it's a long-winded conversation, lj. For instance... Steve has ADD. Common knowledge. And through his random, constant change-of-subject, short-and-to-the-point lj entries, I can just feel that ADD seeping through every line and word. Lol, love ya penith man. And Heather. Practical. This is what happened, this is what I felt, brief yet completely human, in a way where you actually get that yea, she really did feel a lot and it only took her two lines of an lj entry to say how. Unlike myself... And of course, Krista, who has been flinging up lj entries left and right here lol. She is one of my main reasons for coming here a lot lately and reading my friends page. I get a lot about Krista simply from reading these updates, and I must say, the new sensation of feminism I am getting from her lately is really exciting for me. I don't know why. Not at all lol. But she is certainly finding a new sense of self lately, and I enjoy watching the transition and offering feedback when I can on lj. You never stop and think about all the different sides of a person until you peer into their lives, into their feelings. Cut to visual exhibit A: Em Shatas. I rarely respond to her entries because, well frankly, we rarely hung out... ever. But I do like her a whole lot, and more so now that I've been reading so many of her lj updates - every single one, actually, since I've listed her as a friend. She is one crazy young woman, with a great sense of humor that just shines wildly through her lj. And yet I have also seen a serious side in those lj entries, which complete her as a person and, as always, confirm that she is indeed a real person and not just a web log. Funny, she is. All her curse words and all... And of course there's SHANE haha. If he ever updates, it's not much, usually only when something key has happened in his life... and more specifically, usually something that makes him angry as hell. Thus, a perfect example of yet another use of the lj - to vent. It works great. You just need that place to go, and no one wants to physically take it out on another human being. So take it out on the lj community. What the hell do we care, honestly??
And then there is the actual diary part. Hence... live "journal." I make notes of important instances in my life that I feel I just simply MUST write down later. This more often than not happens in my lj. I have my entries saved. Yes, every last one. Praise back-up cds and USBs. Hopefully the server will never completely crash and burn, but if it ever should, I'll be one of those prepared pessimistic people who packed before the disaster struck. I really would love to look back on each and every one of these entries someday... when I'm older and I've stopped writing them... I have no idea when that day will be, but I do also know that it WILL be. I don't doubt that. And God forbid if my memory ever fails, praise technology! "God Bless the USB!!!"
So. There you have it. Lol, yeah, you're prolly all like... riiiiight, Meg has no life. Ok, I guess not. Esp if you've read my lj, you'd know that is true hahaha. But seriously, I've had way too many rehearsals and an incredible load of Chirco homework lately that I just needed to take a break. And as it has been too soon since my last entry, I decided this one would have an unusual theme. I know there are much more clever and creative themes than the "LJ," but it is also 12:30 at night and I have been lacking sleep lately for a number of reasons. So to wrap this up... LJs are cool. Anyone wanna add, comment, refute anything? It's toll-free.
(Or as the notorious "Gi" used to say: questions, concerns, dilemmas?")
Oh, yeah. And I love you guys. *THIS* much.
And then there is the actual diary part. Hence... live "journal." I make notes of important instances in my life that I feel I just simply MUST write down later. This more often than not happens in my lj. I have my entries saved. Yes, every last one. Praise back-up cds and USBs. Hopefully the server will never completely crash and burn, but if it ever should, I'll be one of those prepared pessimistic people who packed before the disaster struck. I really would love to look back on each and every one of these entries someday... when I'm older and I've stopped writing them... I have no idea when that day will be, but I do also know that it WILL be. I don't doubt that. And God forbid if my memory ever fails, praise technology! "God Bless the USB!!!"
So. There you have it. Lol, yeah, you're prolly all like... riiiiight, Meg has no life. Ok, I guess not. Esp if you've read my lj, you'd know that is true hahaha. But seriously, I've had way too many rehearsals and an incredible load of Chirco homework lately that I just needed to take a break. And as it has been too soon since my last entry, I decided this one would have an unusual theme. I know there are much more clever and creative themes than the "LJ," but it is also 12:30 at night and I have been lacking sleep lately for a number of reasons. So to wrap this up... LJs are cool. Anyone wanna add, comment, refute anything? It's toll-free.
(Or as the notorious "Gi" used to say: questions, concerns, dilemmas?")
Oh, yeah. And I love you guys. *THIS* much.