Comments | desolation_no: No more getting without giving.

desolation_no

No more getting without giving.

Feb 11, 2008 10:19

I'm going to be trying a new thing. (I tried something similar last summer, but it didn't work out to my liking.) I'm only going to be making posts viewable to all friends if they're art posts (well, some of them) or public kind of announcements like an invitation to go out and do something together. I'm a little sick of people who don't even seem ( Read more... )

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hurrysundown February 11 2008, 20:15:56 UTC

Heh. I know I said I'd try not to drop off the face of the earth this semester, but considering it's the week before Valentine's day and I'm pulling 12 hour days not including any homework...yeah. I'm not doing so well with that. Whatever you want to do on here's fine, obviously. I don't post on LJ because there seems to be little enough to read and respond to - so instead of picking and choosing, I just don't.

desolation_no February 12 2008, 01:40:33 UTC

Like I said, not so much a reflection of what I want out of people on LJ, so much as what I perceive LJ does to friendships. I would much rather have a good, long sit-down chat with you once every so often rather than you always reading my LJ but us not really communicating.

desolation_no February 12 2008, 01:41:25 UTC

Oh, and I hear you on 12 hour days. And I left you a little something when I went to drop off Angela's drawing today.

rwdederick February 12 2008, 03:00:28 UTC

I'm a little sick of people who don't even seem to be active in LJ anymore knowing what's going on in my life without the reciprocation part.
As a fairly active LJer, I know how you feel. It seems a lot of my LJ Friends don't seem to post much, if anything, lately. I thought of making an "Active Friends Only" friends group, but decided against it. Then again, I've never had anything weird like you described happen to me.

In any case, I hope I'll be able to read your posts -- I think we have a good balance of communication online and off.

bunnyblood2 February 12 2008, 03:24:46 UTC

I would like to stay on the everyday friends list, because I am always so busy and we barely see each other. Don't get me wrong, I think we should hang out definitely, I just don't see that happening with our busy school/work schedules.

But do whatever you want either way. I'll try to update my LJ for you if it will make you happys. :D

justmeg08 February 12 2008, 14:42:20 UTC

I totally respect your decision, Brooka. And it's cool if you don't want me to read your posts anymore, especially if it means that maybe we would see each other more often.

That said, I look at LJ differently. Like most of you out there, I'm so busy with work and life that there isn't much time on the weekends if I'm going to get a little rest, too. (And there is going to be even LESS spare time for me with Magestry booting up.) I appreciate that LJ can be a place for me to stay in touch without "face time". I like that when I run into people after ions and yet because they know what is going on in my life, it feels as though they were with me all along. Example: this weekend with Leda, there was little to no catching up, and a lot more simply having fun and laughing. If she didn't have my LJ, if I didn't have hers, and if it weren't for the occasional email, that day might have been like trying to recite chapters of an autobiography for both of us. I found it freeing and comforting. But that's just me ( ... )