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The obligatory post for people who stumble across this account while drunk-surfing their heartbreak away.
I have gone "friends-only" like all the mysteriously cool people. At least, they must be cool because I can't read what they're writing. Actually, I just realized that too many connections were being made between my angsty ramblings and the sophisticated demeanor I present to the world at large. Never the twain shall meet.
What I'd like my journal to contain:
* pictures of all the beautiful things I make on a regular basis
* words to inspire revolution and ideas on how to bring it about
* allusions to my high-powered and low-profile career wherein I make beautiful things and lead the revolution
What said journal really contains:
* analogies, similes, metaphors, and all manner of odious comparisons
* piddly details of one girl's struggles for brevity, sanity, employment, revolution, and deep, true, sustaining love (the romantic kind; I've got plenty of the others), though not necessarily in that order
* loves, hates, passions, rants, raves, assorted foods
* lists
One last caveat. I categorically disbelieve in the possibility of "friendship" existing via the internet (despite some evidence to the contrary). So when livejournal talks about "friends-only" stuff, I translate it to mean "people whose updates I am somewhat interested in and/or people whom I trust somewhat." If you don't "friend" me, I will continue living, though a shattered, partial existence, and if I don't "friend" you, I expect you to do the same.
If you are still interested in reading what I have to say, you can "friend" me and I'll eventually notice or you can also comment and I'll rather quickly notice. I'll "friend" you IF I don't mind seeing your journal on the occasions that you update AND you post enough that I can tell you aren't scary stalker guy 1-34 AND you like orange, the oxford comma, library card catalogs, mc solaar, world peace, pretty things, serifs, and/or your parent(s) and/or guardian(s). (Note how important oxford comma is in last sentence for ease of comprehension. Ignore how hard to understand sentence is to begin with. Note also that I am fine ending sentences with whatever damn type of word I want to.)
I have gone "friends-only" like all the mysteriously cool people. At least, they must be cool because I can't read what they're writing. Actually, I just realized that too many connections were being made between my angsty ramblings and the sophisticated demeanor I present to the world at large. Never the twain shall meet.
What I'd like my journal to contain:
* pictures of all the beautiful things I make on a regular basis
* words to inspire revolution and ideas on how to bring it about
* allusions to my high-powered and low-profile career wherein I make beautiful things and lead the revolution
What said journal really contains:
* analogies, similes, metaphors, and all manner of odious comparisons
* piddly details of one girl's struggles for brevity, sanity, employment, revolution, and deep, true, sustaining love (the romantic kind; I've got plenty of the others), though not necessarily in that order
* loves, hates, passions, rants, raves, assorted foods
* lists
One last caveat. I categorically disbelieve in the possibility of "friendship" existing via the internet (despite some evidence to the contrary). So when livejournal talks about "friends-only" stuff, I translate it to mean "people whose updates I am somewhat interested in and/or people whom I trust somewhat." If you don't "friend" me, I will continue living, though a shattered, partial existence, and if I don't "friend" you, I expect you to do the same.
If you are still interested in reading what I have to say, you can "friend" me and I'll eventually notice or you can also comment and I'll rather quickly notice. I'll "friend" you IF I don't mind seeing your journal on the occasions that you update AND you post enough that I can tell you aren't scary stalker guy 1-34 AND you like orange, the oxford comma, library card catalogs, mc solaar, world peace, pretty things, serifs, and/or your parent(s) and/or guardian(s). (Note how important oxford comma is in last sentence for ease of comprehension. Ignore how hard to understand sentence is to begin with. Note also that I am fine ending sentences with whatever damn type of word I want to.)