LJ Idol - Season 9 - Week 17 - "Scare Quotes"

[bookishgeek]

"Alone" is a word that, by itself, is not necessarily scary. I have seen people gutted at the thought of spending a week without their partner, absolutely aimless, while others sigh with relief and think of bubble baths and bottles of wine in front of their televisions. To a great many, "alone" is just as terrifying as "shark attack" and "tornado

Comments

[latrans]

this entry made me think of this poem

(i tried to embed it, but my internet here is shit and i'm impatient)

[sarahblack]

I love this entry. And I agree a 100%

Alone isn't a bad word. It's not a bad state. It is what you make it!

[awakenyourfaith]

I really like this entry :) It's thought-provoking.

[beeker121]

My husband has been out of town this weekend and I ate food he doesn't care for and watched a lot of netflix movies he has no interest in. I'll be happy when he gets home, but I need occasional alone time to recharge, and am annoyed when people are horrified that I'm planning to spend a weekend by myself. I agree with your call to action.

(Just a thought, from a playing the game standpoint, you should delete that last parenthetical. This entry may not be everything you hoped, but there's no point in giving anyone else a reason to not vote for you. ymmv)

[faceless_bride]

Yep this. When I got out of town for work in a couple weeks, my husband is planning to cook a bunch of stuff I don't/won't eat, watch movies I don't like, and generally have a grand old time while I'm gone.

As I well expect them to. I'll miss them and they'll miss me, but we both will relish the alone time.

[meri_sielu]

Such a powerful post and very relevant to today's news of Robin Williams's death :( But that of course focuses on the word alone as a negative and I do agree that being alone is a good thing too, I'm a very introverted person myself and need alone time with a book or other such things to recharge. x