Cumulative Hangover & and the 'Truth' in LJ

[ansvar]

I don't know what it was but last night I got really paranoid about this journal. I was tempted to delete it today, but then thought, fuck it, that's so teenage, and I've already done it once. I think I might go back and wipe a few entries though. It's not so much how much information there is on here about me, but how much there is about other

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[i_am_schizo]

Why don't you just do it like a lot of other people and call Emma E from now on? Like Imre does with C! To people who know you in RL it would probably still be clear who you're talking about, but at least it would be a mystery to the online bunch. *g* I guess it simply happens that people talk about people to other people. In some cases it might not be a nice thing to do, but what are you going to talk about on here when you decide not to mention any RL people anymore? After all, your LJ seems to be RL-centric most of the time.

[losersreach]

except now i know E is Emma. lol

i am the delete-a-journal-KING! i get an 'i'm done so fk it' mood and it's gone, or entries are deleted or names changed but then the name change is a fun thing in and of itself. i find the people who keep their journals no matter what to be more than a little boring or overly show-y with thier content. change is good. the delte button is a GOOD thing.

as for content, well, i have no room to speak about it ;) also, since i've been talking to tom on the phone i find i've said everything about my day so why post it? for hype? the spin? a laugh? or *cough* comments? lol ;p

[i_am_schizo]

i find the people who keep their journals no matter what to be more than a little boring or overly show-y with thier content. change is good. the delte button is a GOOD thing.

Thank you for indirectly calling me boring! Actually, I wish there was some kind of option that allows you to save your LJ's content to your comp because I'd really really really like to keep my LJ like I'd keep a diary in RL. The only thing that held me back from deleting my LJ once was the simple fact that I didn't wanna lose my entries. It'll be sad if one day LJ will be no longer and all my dumb ramblings will be gone:-(

as for content, well, i have no room to speak about it ;) also, since i've been talking to tom on the phone i find i've said everything about my day so why post it? for hype? the spin? a laugh? or *cough* comments? lol ;pI know what you mean. Sometimes you feel like communicating something in particular or just in general and if there's no-one else around, you just use your LJ to get certain things out of your system

[losersreach]

a.) i don't think you're boring, especially since you are willing to delete. (let this be another glaring clue that i need to bail from online activity as i have ZERO communication skills.)

b.)the module Segmagic or whatever it's called that LJ offers as a download allows you to keep the journal, minus the comments, as either an html file or other. again i can't recall what file extention LJ uses. i have ALL of my entries from ALL of my insane deletions.

[rainoftruth]

I feel bad about what I talk about sometimes. Particularly as I know a few people IRL that are on my friends list, and it's not unthinkable that they'd meet the people I talk about. Which seems to make it wrong. Because even things I'm asked not to talk about, I'll put in my journal, because it's friends-only and it's not like anyone knows them. But they might, and I guess it's betraying a confidence anyway. Tis all very complex. And you're very right about the filters.

[ansvar]

I feel bad about what I talk about sometimes. Particularly as I know a few people IRL that are on my friends list, and it's not unthinkable that they'd meet the people I talk about.

Yeah, that's what got me stressed that night. There is a chance (however remote) that you guys might meet some of my RL people. And know. It freaks me out. All the times that I went to meet-ups and such I didn't have an lj. Or if I did I didn't have you guys on there. Having said that I know that you'll all be descreet.

...until the alcohol comes out. :P

[rainoftruth]

hahahah, exactly. I imagine it just lurking at the backs of people's minds and that it'll just pop out. It's freaky. And it makes talking about it wronger, not just because we might be found out, but because... they SHOULDN'T know.

[newwaverer]

TISM’s original

[ansvar]

lol. thanks for that. tism fan i take it? *well duh* truth is slippery, especially if they're trying to sell you something.

*someone is always trying to sell you something*