Almost the Weekend!
Admittedly, I am still having trouble motivating myself with the “get back on LJ” thing. I got an e-mail that the site had some connectivity issues in April so it extended my paid account by a few days. I now have until June 7th to decide if I want to keep paying.
I haven’t really checked out any alternatives to LJ yet. I kind of feel like at this point it’s LJ or nothing. I like the fact I have a few years’ worth of history built up here, even if there are missing sections. But it’s hard that it’s just not the same place it used to be, and never will be again, no matter how many people like me come back on and say “okay, I’m really going to stay active this time.” For example, take theoffice_us, one of the few communities I retained when I did the big friends list decluttering. There is a specific post created each Thursday night for everyone’s comments related to that night’s episode. It used to be there were hundreds of comments, many posted while the episode aired. For awhile they even had 2 separate posts- an East Coast and West Coast, so people watching 3 hours later wouldn’t have to be subjected to spoilers. This morning I was perusing my friends list, and saw last nights The Office episode discussion post, and it had none, zero comments posted. And this was 12 hours after the episode aired. I did have a question about something from the episode, so I posted it, but so far only one person has responded, and nobody has posted anything else. A few years ago, I either would not have needed to post the question at all because by the time I got to LJ the topic would already have been discussed to death, or if I did bring it up, there would have been a lot more replies, and replies to those replies, etc. It’s just kind of sad.
I am at work, looking out the window and it’s beautiful outside, and, from what I hear, quite warm. Which normally would not be unusual for North Carolina in mid-May, but this has been a weird spring. It’s been raining a lot, and colder than usual. I even wore my jacket to work a few mornings this week, where normally it would have been put away for the season by now. We’re supposed to get rain and thunderstorms later today and throughout tomorrow, which sucks because we have tickets to Charlotte Knights (local AAA Minor League Baseball team) games tonight and tomorrow night. The Pawtucket Red Sox are in town, and I always try to go and catch at least one game when they’re here. So, right now our entire weekend plan hinges on weather, and whether or not the games happen, and if the games end up being re-scheduled. This is going to be about the 3rd weekend in a row with activities impacted by rain, which is getting old.
I haven’t really checked out any alternatives to LJ yet. I kind of feel like at this point it’s LJ or nothing. I like the fact I have a few years’ worth of history built up here, even if there are missing sections. But it’s hard that it’s just not the same place it used to be, and never will be again, no matter how many people like me come back on and say “okay, I’m really going to stay active this time.” For example, take theoffice_us, one of the few communities I retained when I did the big friends list decluttering. There is a specific post created each Thursday night for everyone’s comments related to that night’s episode. It used to be there were hundreds of comments, many posted while the episode aired. For awhile they even had 2 separate posts- an East Coast and West Coast, so people watching 3 hours later wouldn’t have to be subjected to spoilers. This morning I was perusing my friends list, and saw last nights The Office episode discussion post, and it had none, zero comments posted. And this was 12 hours after the episode aired. I did have a question about something from the episode, so I posted it, but so far only one person has responded, and nobody has posted anything else. A few years ago, I either would not have needed to post the question at all because by the time I got to LJ the topic would already have been discussed to death, or if I did bring it up, there would have been a lot more replies, and replies to those replies, etc. It’s just kind of sad.
I am at work, looking out the window and it’s beautiful outside, and, from what I hear, quite warm. Which normally would not be unusual for North Carolina in mid-May, but this has been a weird spring. It’s been raining a lot, and colder than usual. I even wore my jacket to work a few mornings this week, where normally it would have been put away for the season by now. We’re supposed to get rain and thunderstorms later today and throughout tomorrow, which sucks because we have tickets to Charlotte Knights (local AAA Minor League Baseball team) games tonight and tomorrow night. The Pawtucket Red Sox are in town, and I always try to go and catch at least one game when they’re here. So, right now our entire weekend plan hinges on weather, and whether or not the games happen, and if the games end up being re-scheduled. This is going to be about the 3rd weekend in a row with activities impacted by rain, which is getting old.