oh, for the days when people read my livejournal

[lorienelfstar]

...and i felt the need to post about every trivial thing. oh wait, you say only the latter of these two things ever happened, really? and that i've been saying that for years? fancy that. i feel like fewer and fewer people on my friends list are posting regularly, so i have felt the need to follow suit (in true "katie is a total lemming"

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[femmeirlandaise]

Ah, I just LOVE the ending to your post! And yes, it sucks that so many friends have let their journals / commenting go... I certainly don't want to drop mine, but I probably would if I was the only one reading it.

Some advice: never pay attention to those people who try to compare your relationship to someone else's. You're exactly right, everyone is different. Just because something simply rotten happened to somebody in no way means it will happen to you. (However, it does mean that those people should be soundly kicked in the shins.)

[lorienelfstar]

i particularly like it when people point out int-the-department relationships that "work" or "don't work." which is kind of upsetting because one of the ones that "works" just ended recently. and i had one of my friends tell me "it's not healthy" for him to remain friends with his ex because she (my friend) had once tried it and she thought the two of them were "being mature about it," but it was too much baggage.

i wanted to say "maybe it 'wasn't healthy' because you were fooling yourself into thinking you were being mature when at least one of you clearly wasn't. and maybe because you were thinking of things in terms of 'healthy' or not." i've remained friends with every guy i've gone on dates with except for the one who threatened me... *that's* what's not healthy. to me, looking past "we once dated and now i have to be reminded of that every time i see him" is mature. i obviously got along with those guys (or i wouldn't have dated them) and something just didn't work out romantically. it happens to people every day.

[femmeirlandaise]

Man, that's completely black and white. Unbelievable. Is that supposed to be mature?

[lorienelfstar]

yeah, seriously. she's kind of good at doling out righteous advice that was culled from very strange extenuating circumstances. wait... i assume you're talking about my friend's response being black and white and not my response to her :)

[libgirl1]

Sorry I don't write on my lj anymore, but only 2 people were reading it. And it's sad, but Myspace is what my regional friends use. Actually even a few college friends use it and it's cool to keep in touch with them. I even communicate with Amatai in Israel with it. But I still read your posts regularly, so don't doubt me in that.

And if it works, it works. And having someone whose interests align with yours? Priceless.

[lorienelfstar]

yeah, i think a lot more people in my department have myspace, but i would rather keep this journal alive for the sake of privacy. i don't want them all reading about my relationship woes/ecstasies :)

[libgirl1]

true that

[hallie_wings5]

Yay for being decisive. I support your decision. Also, I would like to schedule a visit for sometime this summer, should that be alright with you.

You can probably expect a phone call in the relatively near future as I have some non-comment appropriate things to tell you.

[lorienelfstar]

visit: YES! i'm not sure when i'm going to visit one of my friends in wisconsin, but i will have to be around most of every week anyway. i'm going to be in MI over the 2nd to last weekend in june. *ahem*. your birthday weekend.

phone call: also yes, but perhaps not tonight... going to a friend's boyfriend's band's (yes) show. but i'm all for non-comment appropriate things.