So it begins...
Sep. 22nd, 2003 04:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseThe account has been created, the user name has been entered, and I even have a semi-poetical (and appropriate, considering where I live) title picked for this particular incarnation of self-absorption. So, I suppose it's time to be moving on to the actual "content" area of things. Which, of course, begs the question: Why did I create this little shrine to my life, my thoughts, and anything else I choose to put down?
The answer is, I suppose, complicated. For one thing, it's an outlet - easier than writing things out longhand in an actual dead-tree form journal, but with the same emotional release that comes from being able to put your thoughts down in some coherent form. In addition, there's the possibility that the Internet always offers - that of being able to share your thoughts with some other humans, and perhaps find some sort of meaningful human contact without taking the risk of actually meeting somebody. After all, it's much easier to block someone's email address if they annoy you than to move to another section of the state to escape them (though it can be done; I should know.) As for my personal reason, a lot of it is being able to complain about both my personal life and human stupidity without geting chewed out by people I actually care about for complaining. There is also, however, the whole "public response" factor; if I wasn't interested in seeing what (if anything) people had to say, I would have made this journal private. Of course, there's no guarantee anyone's going to be interested (and probably a lot of guarantee that nobody will - after all, isn't that what blogs are all about? A reality check about how pathetic and non-interesting your life is to anyone else?) but it remains a possibility, nonetheless.
In any case, here is my contribution, such as it is. Take it how you will.
@->--Rose
The answer is, I suppose, complicated. For one thing, it's an outlet - easier than writing things out longhand in an actual dead-tree form journal, but with the same emotional release that comes from being able to put your thoughts down in some coherent form. In addition, there's the possibility that the Internet always offers - that of being able to share your thoughts with some other humans, and perhaps find some sort of meaningful human contact without taking the risk of actually meeting somebody. After all, it's much easier to block someone's email address if they annoy you than to move to another section of the state to escape them (though it can be done; I should know.) As for my personal reason, a lot of it is being able to complain about both my personal life and human stupidity without geting chewed out by people I actually care about for complaining. There is also, however, the whole "public response" factor; if I wasn't interested in seeing what (if anything) people had to say, I would have made this journal private. Of course, there's no guarantee anyone's going to be interested (and probably a lot of guarantee that nobody will - after all, isn't that what blogs are all about? A reality check about how pathetic and non-interesting your life is to anyone else?) but it remains a possibility, nonetheless.
In any case, here is my contribution, such as it is. Take it how you will.
@->--Rose
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Y'know...
Date: 2003-09-24 01:12 am (UTC)On a more serious note, I really hope this journal turns out to be a fruitful and helpful outlet for you whenever you need it to be.
And I guess that's about all I have to comment on at the moment. Sorry it couldn't be more -- y'know -- comment-y, but it's on the late end of things. Guess I'll catch you later on today, maybe, depending on this and that. Take care.
--Brian
Uh,,,
Date: 2003-10-24 01:05 am (UTC)This is Rob (big guy, black leather jacker, abnormal psych class)...
I'm feeling sort of uncomfortable here, like I snooped in on a very personal part of your life. I felt I had to say something though, I was browsing people by location, just seeing who all in juneau had a log, ran across yours. I seriously hope this doesn't cause problems, I honestly wasn't trying to snoop...
A suggestion for you: if you don't want people reading things of such a intimate nature (such as in the case of a private journal), try setting a private setting for the journal, or for the individual entries...
Re: Uh,,,
Date: 2003-10-24 01:25 pm (UTC)Nice icon. No, I don't mind if you want to read about my life, I've always been rather open about such things - my general rule is, if it's not something I'd want other people to see, I don't put it down (or I'd put it under a private setting, like you suggested). If you find the details of my life interesting, feel free to read, and if not, don't worry about it. I just never thought that many people would be interested enough *to* read about my life...it seems that to anyone who wasn't involved it'd be just so much trite BS. *shrug*
Anyway, feel free to read and/or enjoy if you wish. If not, that's cool too. See you in class.
@->--Rose
Re: Uh,,,
Date: 2003-10-24 03:47 pm (UTC)I have this honesty policy, I always try to be honest and up front with people, and when I encountered your journa I was left with a situation in which I had to decide should I say something, or just sort of back out of the room quietly?
Oh, and the icon? Yeah, this is why when you asked me if I read sluggy I was laughing so hard.