Thanks, LJ!
LiveJournal sent me an email this morning titled "What was on your mind 10 years ago?"
It was my post dated January 24, 2009. It was about my dad's father dying, which was approximately one month after my dad's mom died. It was not a happy time for me.
So, yeah, THANKS LJ, for reminding me about sad times, you fucking douche.
That's the only problem with using 3rd party blogging/posting systems (including Facebook). They will prompt you with reminders of past posts when you are not expecting it, and those posts might not be something you feel like reliving at that moment in time. With real diaries/journals and self-made websites, you get to peruse the past at your leisure and when you are in the right mindset for such a journey.
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Oh, and in other news, that uncle of mine that was knocking on death's door a few months ago? Yeah, he's still around, using a wheelchair to practically do wheelies in the nursing home he's in, but actually looking better than he has in a few years. That nursing home happens to be the same one my mom's mom was transported to for hospice care and was in for less than 3 days when she died, which was a whole other emotional time due to lots of things going on then, but I digress. We took some Valentine's candy that he's been asking for to him this weekend. He's upset that he doesn't have a room to himself and can't wait to get out of there into an apartment or something. He's still as mentally mature as an 8 year old, though, so some things never change.
It was my post dated January 24, 2009. It was about my dad's father dying, which was approximately one month after my dad's mom died. It was not a happy time for me.
So, yeah, THANKS LJ, for reminding me about sad times, you fucking douche.
That's the only problem with using 3rd party blogging/posting systems (including Facebook). They will prompt you with reminders of past posts when you are not expecting it, and those posts might not be something you feel like reliving at that moment in time. With real diaries/journals and self-made websites, you get to peruse the past at your leisure and when you are in the right mindset for such a journey.
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Oh, and in other news, that uncle of mine that was knocking on death's door a few months ago? Yeah, he's still around, using a wheelchair to practically do wheelies in the nursing home he's in, but actually looking better than he has in a few years. That nursing home happens to be the same one my mom's mom was transported to for hospice care and was in for less than 3 days when she died, which was a whole other emotional time due to lots of things going on then, but I digress. We took some Valentine's candy that he's been asking for to him this weekend. He's upset that he doesn't have a room to himself and can't wait to get out of there into an apartment or something. He's still as mentally mature as an 8 year old, though, so some things never change.