It is so good to hear from you again, how are you holding up? I can see where it would feel foreign (the interaction on LJ) being that you had such a personal correspondence with your other connections. On the flip side to that, I actually made 2 wonderful internet friends, who have become a big part of my life. My oldest internet friend is from Europe and we talk on a daily basis, both telephone and on here, real mail as well as email and really got to *know* each other through all this communication. My other friend is Kate and I met her, right here on LJ. I found it odd that she used to live by me and we attended the same concert 16 years ago but didnt meet until ( a year ago) she moved across country. I feel very close to her and can tell her anything and everything. SO while it is hard, those golden friendships are out there, even here on chaotic LJ! :)
Have you considered posting your letter in your journal?
I really appreciate your feedback, Bridget. And the detailing of friends met on LJ. I guess that's what I'm hoping for, as friendships have always been really important to me. I have no lack of them, but I'm not sure I ever have enough of them:). I must have been an awfully insecure small child.
I think a 6-page letter is really too much for even an LJ-cut, here. Anyway, it was written on a more personal level than feels appropriate for the level of connection I have with most here. But as I say, I'd be happy to mail it if really wanted. So far, only one has asked.
How can you complain, when you make even fewer entries than I? But thanks for the positive response to this one, and I appreciate the concern you register. Honestly do.
I'm personally glad that you are back. I did wonder where you sauntered off too and was a little worried.
Also, your years have given you some of the best advice and commenting with regard to my issues. I am incredibly thankful for that. It's rare to find people my age that really give a good God damn. Most younger people are selfish, you see it in the sorts of comments they leave. It's very sad.
I am thankful you are around, and while I'm sad for your losses and can only imagine what it must be like to see friends or loves ones pass away, I know I too will be facing the same thing some day. So reading what happens in your world, is priceless through my eyes.
Marnie, you're an absolute blessing on my friends list, ranking right at the top of it. I do hope we stay in touch, regardless of where this LJ connection happens to lead. Please send me an email so I can include you on my email address list: irvthom1@comcast.net
...in most instances we had met and known each other face to face. So there was never any feeling that they were just names or faces on a screen. See, that's what makes LJ so strange for me!
I can really relate to this. It's what makes LJ strange for me, too. I have many years of being a "pen and paper person" (as you put it) too, and even though I'm now keeping an online journal, I still prefer to keep my friends list mostly composed of folks I've met in person. If I didn't, there would be a kind of "disconnect" in my mind that would inhibit my feelings of freedom to write openly.
Of course, there are benefits, too. I've met people through LJ that I never would have met any other way, and I'm grateful for that.
Anyway, glad to see you posting again - and I'll be contacting you by e-mail so we can plan to meet for lunch, just as soon as I can get my schedule freed up a bit more. :)
You're one of only two people on my f-list whom I've personally met, Thora. I've invited others in, but they do not choose to come. It's true that I'm a somewhat 'different person' on LJ, on that account . . . I'd say more restrained and more careful of how I might be coming across. But I see it more as a writing challenge than a put-off. And maybe an avenue of revelation of myself, TO myself. At any rate, none of the handicap is sufficient to counteract the real pleasure I experience in getting to know some of those I'm in touch with through this medium, however limited it may be.
I have a lovely fantasy, at the moment, of putting it out, say in a year or so, that I would like to travel and meet as many of them as I might, who are willing to make the connection - and maybe even to host me for a night or two - and then setting up an itinerary accordingly. Just think of the fun of not even knowing where I was headed until the 'results' of the proposal came in, and then logistically putting it into play.
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I can see where it would feel foreign (the interaction on LJ) being that you had such a personal correspondence with your other connections. On the flip side to that, I actually made 2 wonderful internet friends, who have become a big part of my life. My oldest internet friend is from Europe and we talk on a daily basis, both telephone and on here, real mail as well as email and really got to *know* each other through all this communication. My other friend is Kate and I met her, right here on LJ. I found it odd that she used to live by me and we attended the same concert 16 years ago but didnt meet until ( a year ago) she moved across country. I feel very close to her and can tell her anything and everything. SO while it is hard, those golden friendships are out there, even here on chaotic LJ! :)
Have you considered posting your letter in your journal?
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I think a 6-page letter is really too much for even an LJ-cut, here. Anyway, it was written on a more personal level than feels appropriate for the level of connection I have with most here. But as I say, I'd be happy to mail it if really wanted. So far, only one has asked.
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Also, your years have given you some of the best advice and commenting with regard to my issues. I am incredibly thankful for that. It's rare to find people my age that really give a good God damn. Most younger people are selfish, you see it in the sorts of comments they leave. It's very sad.
I am thankful you are around, and while I'm sad for your losses and can only imagine what it must be like to see friends or loves ones pass away, I know I too will be facing the same thing some day. So reading what happens in your world, is priceless through my eyes.
Thank you for that.
*gentle hugs*
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*hugging you right back*
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I can really relate to this. It's what makes LJ strange for me, too. I have many years of being a "pen and paper person" (as you put it) too, and even though I'm now keeping an online journal, I still prefer to keep my friends list mostly composed of folks I've met in person. If I didn't, there would be a kind of "disconnect" in my mind that would inhibit my feelings of freedom to write openly.
Of course, there are benefits, too. I've met people through LJ that I never would have met any other way, and I'm grateful for that.
Anyway, glad to see you posting again - and I'll be contacting you by e-mail so we can plan to meet for lunch, just as soon as I can get my schedule freed up a bit more. :)
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I have a lovely fantasy, at the moment, of putting it out, say in a year or so, that I would like to travel and meet as many of them as I might, who are willing to make the connection - and maybe even to host me for a night or two - and then setting up an itinerary accordingly. Just think of the fun of not even knowing where I was headed until the 'results' of the proposal came in, and then logistically putting it into play.
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