I've been going back and very gradually making all my old entries private. There is nothing worth saving. It's largely embarassing. I think that's a good thing, though. If you can't look at your journal entries from two or three years ago and think you were a total douche, you haven't had much personal evolution since then.
I think I'd be rather relieved if it were all wiped out, honestly. Save me the trouble of going back and hiding it all myself.
I dunno. I've looked at a few, and I don't find them to be really embarrassing. It's pretty obvious in a many of them that I spent a lot of time trying to come up with and consolidate my political and intellectual philosophy. Some of them may seem a little naive, but I find them interesting from a self-historical perspective. Maybe that's just because I'm so ego-maniacal that I think even my idiotic ramblings must hint at genius! But seriously, I doubt they have much value outside of being a record of the process.
I mean, maybe they'd be worth something if I ended up being some kind of famous thinker or whatever, but that chances of that happening are slight at best. So maybe I should just let them be and see what happens.
I'm thinking it might be a good idea to back up my journal just in case (I've got a lot of stuff that I wanna save), although I dunno how I'd go about doing it since my CD burner's on the fritz. Any ideas? And wasn't there supposed to be something on LJ that allowed you to download your journal to your computer?
Yeah, there's a tool that LJ offers, but it can only back up one month at a time, and you have to do it manually. That's one reason why I'm hesitant to do it - too much work!
There might be other applications that will do it better though. If you find one, let me know :)
i remember your journal on good days being a kind of exercise in advanced thought and perspective. and boyish wit. and yeah, i AM hormonal, but it's true. there's some good stuff in here. maybe you should just make sure before you give up?
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I think I'd be rather relieved if it were all wiped out, honestly. Save me the trouble of going back and hiding it all myself.
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I mean, maybe they'd be worth something if I ended up being some kind of famous thinker or whatever, but that chances of that happening are slight at best. So maybe I should just let them be and see what happens.
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Glad to see school is going well for you. :)
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There might be other applications that will do it better though. If you find one, let me know :)
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how ARE you, doc? :)
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But aww, thanks. That's really what I was going for; advanced thoughts from a boyishly witty perspective :)
I'm fine! My semester starts tomorrow. Time again for having no time! How are you?
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