PSA

[meko00]

My paid account expired, and since I'm here so rarely these days I couldn't justify the expense, even though the amount might be affordable as such. I also removed some users on my reading list that behaved inconsiderately and in one case also demanded an unreasonable amount of money for something I wasn't aware was all that expensive to begin with

Comments

[freixenet]

Uh oh, are you leaving LJ? Noooooo!!!

[meko00]

No, I'm not leaving. I'm sorry for replying this late, but RL has been keeping me away, and I have even more things I simply have to attend to before I can even contemplate being around here for long. I'm pleased that you seem a bit worried that I'd leave; but then again, you couldn't even remember that I wasn't American, nor even a native speaker of English, when I sent you that link fairly recently. I mean, my LJ user information might have given you a clue or two...

The blurry photo I'm using as icon is taken with a 2.0 megapixel mobile phone camera. Mmm, walnuts. Great sustenance for corvids and humans. ;-) I've eaten a palmful nuts (walnuts from my parents' garden and/or bought hazelnuts and almonds) almost every day since January 1st. How's the birdwatching?

[freixenet]

I'm glad you're not leaving. But I'm sorry if I offended you in some way, which is what your first paragraph sounds like. I do know very well that you aren't American. My apologies if I ever indicated otherwise. Good luck with your RL, and best wishes in general.

[meko00]

Sorry this is late; have been/am not feeling well.

It's just that you wrote (Is it you???) in your email, and in my state of sleep deprivation I didn't think that it was my email address you wasn't sure belonged to the meko00 you knew, but rather that I was one of the women on screen.

Hope November has been treating you well. :-)

[ozma914]

They say that at least ten people are reading for every one who you actually hear from; I don't know if that's true, but with all the craziness in my life I often skim through my flist without having a chance to make a comment. Then again, in the case you're talking about I'd assume they'd have said something to you.

[meko00]

Well, one of them (the one reaction-spoiling me for the second episode of Supernatural's 4th season via an uncut twitter feed on LJ; I used to check my flist while getting hold of episodes and PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO LJ-CUT FOR SPOILERS, IT'S BASIC LJ NETIQUETTE) removed me without commenting after I made this post, and the other hasn't removed me thus far.

I mean, I've never had very many users on my reading/friends list, partly because I want it to be manageable, since I don't read my list all that frequently. When I have time to skim it (or read it more slowly and thoroughly), I try to comment (at least) briefly on posts that I find relevant to my interests, but not just with a more or less meaningless "*hugs*", unless I've played at "Calvin and Hobbes" with them, which I did with someone who removed me in a "spring cleaning" post a few years back.

[ozma914]

Gah! I hate spoilers. (Speaking of which, last night's Supernatural was a huge shock to me

[meko00]

Me too! (OK, so Supernatural is often shocking. But really, I haven't even seen all of season six due to a busy RL and other television, so see above re: spoilers).

I'm not a writer of fiction, but I'm a translator (albeit still an unpaid one) and a writer of nonfiction and essays. I too can put myself in the shoes of others, and I'd wager we're not alone in that. However, it feels far too often for my taste that the Internet as a whole, and LJ in particular, is bad for the interpersonal skills of most people.

I know that publicity is... and so forth. It's just annoying.

(But see, if the subject being written about is sufficiently grave, a *hugs*, and always just that reply, might be seen as belittling, especially if the first poster always tried to track down interesting links for the hugger. Yes, I'm the poster in question, and the hugger was an American who used to be on my friendslist.)