2 Years later...

[presencedear]

Wow, I can hardly believe the last time I posted was 2010. To be honest, I'm not sure what I'm doing here again. I was thinking about some of my Lj friends recently and wondering what had happened to them, particularly Amy, Ariadne, Barbara and Laura. I'm not even sure they are still my "friends." Maybe I've been removed due to my long absence. I

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[jacesan]

Most people have vacated LJ to hang out on FB. I come back here for more personal blogging.

I've wondered how you've been. Hope all is well.

^_^

[presencedear]

Hi! I'm glad you're still around. I joined FB for half an hour and decided it wasn't for me. I prefer reading longer, more thoughtful prose. Looking at everyone's vacation pictures doesn't interest me very much.

[enchanter]

I'm here. :) Not really in fandoms anymore - no time. I have a band now and just finished recording an album with it. >.> Went up from web designer to art director at work. Still crave good fic though, and write original fic whenever I can spare the time.

So good to see you here again! ♥

[presencedear]

Hi! I have given up fandoms, too. It really is time consuming, and it can easily take over your "real" life if you let it.

Wow! Recording an album sounds impressive. I remember that you sing. Do you play an instrument, too?

[enchanter]

Thanks. :D

Mostly piano, sometimes guitar, but in the band I just sing/compose/write lyrics, rarely play. I've done piano parts for the stuff we've just recorded, but it's rather an exception than the rule because we have an amazing keyboard player <3

I've actually tried to get involved in a few fandoms because I missed the interactions, but I couldn't stick with it. I guess when life becomes full of other things you really love, it's hard to divide your attention between so many activities and keep your heart invested in all of them.

[presencedear]

I was thinking about you, too. Funny. I almost contacted you by email because someone in my family is having a problem with a stalker and I remembered that you managed to get rid of one, but I couldn't remember how. I wasn't sure if you'd want to talk about it, though, since it's not a pleasant subject. Plus, I'm trying not to give people unsolicited advice these days. It's hard because I want to come up with a way to "fix it," even though the stalker is not actually my problem.

I'm sorry to hear about your kitties. Were they from the same litter?

I'm still working at the same place, still worried that I'll get laid off any day. I'm teaching a couple dance students in my apartment, but, other than that, I'm not dancing very much. I feel like I've changed, though...or I'm headed that way. My cat is sixteen now and she has kidney failure, so she's slowly going downhill. It's sad.

[megami_maxwell]

I joined the Facebook and Tumblr migrations, myself. I went looking for you a while ago. I miss seeing you post. -e-hugs!- I hope you're doing okay. It's been forever. D:

The last two years have been way crazy for me--somewhere along the way, my mom went off the deep end, tried blackmailing $87k I didn't have out of me, threw me and Cecilia out, and I had to drop out of school while we tried to find somewhere to live. Never went back. We stayed a few months with a friend up north, and her mom turned out to be multiple-personalities-screaming-in-third-person insane, so we fled south. Stayed with a friend for a few weeks, ended up staying in hotels for a bit, and finally landed a place in a town with zero employment possibilities. Someone on my dad's side of the family passed away, and we've been living off the inheritance since then. We're looking to move somewhere we can get work when the lease runs out in July. 8D;

[presencedear]

Hi! Wow, you've had a lot going on! I'm always amazed that you seem so positive when things are so crazy around you. I hope you find a job somewhere. I wish the economy would pick up because people really need to find good jobs. Are you still in California? I think it's particularly hard there.

Are you still doing art? I remember you posted some pictures... maybe they were projects for school. They were really good, so I hope you're still involved somehow.

[megami_maxwell]

It's been an uphill struggle to stay positive, really. But now that I'm out of my mom's house and back on meds, it's a whole lot easier. I really won the roommates lottery, too. We're still in California, but we're out in the central valley now. There's absolutely nothing here. They even closed our only bookstore a few months ago.

I'm still doing some art! It all ends up on my Tumblr, but here's my art tag. I barely drew at all last year, so I'm a little rusty, but carpal tunnel decided it wanted to be my new best friend. I'm happy you still remember my stuff from back in the day.

I was skimming your other responses and saw your cat's not doing well. I'm so sorry to hear it. D:

[txilar]

hi hi hi!

i'm sort of not really good about being anywhere, here, facebook, tumblr, wordpress. i'm mostly lazy wherever i am.

i agree with your comment about the difficult path being the more courageous one. sadly, too many people don't know what courage really is and mistake 'getting their way' as the noble choice.

i do hope you are well and glad to see you even if you are just passing by ^_^

[presencedear]

Omg, hi! I'm so glad you're still here! You were one of the (few) reasons I didn't want to quit scanlating. What's up? Are you still living and working in the same place? Are you still involved with editing and such?

I lack courage, so maybe that's why I've been thinking about it a lot lately. It's actually easier for me to be angry and/or shut out people who disagree with me than stay connected and take a stand on an issue. I think it takes a lot of strength to be warm to someone who pisses you off. I just don't have the courage to go back in and re-open difficult discussions in a calm, non-blaming way. I want to be that kind of person, but I'm just not there yet. Maybe I'm expecting too much too fast, though.

[txilar]

i think it's the people who think they aren't 'something' that are usually more that feature than those who proclaim to be. ^_~

it's easier to shut out people who are less... delicate in their disagreements. when people seek confrontation and push it, you know? then yeah, it's hard to comport versus attacking back or just avoiding it altogether. i'm reminded a little of some co-workers. i've noticed people, when discussing certain 'hot button' issues, get louder and louder. it's like they want to broadcast in the hopes of an opposing viewpoint! i don't get that. have conviction yes, but it isn't a loaded weapon