LJ for journaling
Jul. 30th, 2013 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)

So the emergence of an LJ Nostaglia group on Facebook has inspired a lot of people to renew their interest in Livejournal. The loss of "long form" journaling and the lack of unique comraderie that developed in this medium has apparently even effected me. Is it possible to renew your interest in old social media? Can I double-dip into LJ and walk out not feeling like I'm simply trying to recapture old glories? We'll see.
As it is, I've been apparently missing my old glories pretty seriously. Play On Con was last week, and for the first time in a long, long time, I kept up with pretty much everyone...and it made my weekend. I got less than 4 hours sleep each night, drank like a fish, stayed in the pool till the sun chased me out, flirted like a madman, and hosted events with my "host personality" in full effect. I seriously felt 10 years younger, and got a renewed sense that my existence held the ability to effect my world. At home, with the kids, things can feel petty and small... like the entire world is encompassed in one or two wants that need to be fulfilled. When I'm feeling strong, I feel like I can serve elaborate and complex interests, giving people something they didn't even know they wanted. It's kindov magnificent... and I certainly missed it.
So now I'm back to my regular life... where my kids bicker, my time is squandered, and drinking much of anything give me an abominable hangover. So we'll see if I can maintain my sanity till the next time I feel potent and able to mold my own reality with any efficacy. There are some changes on the horizon for me, and I might be leveraging my small amount of e-fame into a full-time job. That would please me greatly.
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Date: 2013-07-30 11:32 pm (UTC)Glad to see your post, sweets.
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Date: 2013-07-31 01:08 am (UTC)(and I'm likely going to double-down and ensure it's double protected)
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Date: 2013-07-31 04:17 pm (UTC)And good luck getting your e-fame into a full time gig. You deserve it
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Date: 2013-08-01 02:41 am (UTC)(And the "Like" button is the best thing about Facebook).
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Date: 2013-08-01 05:13 pm (UTC)The FB group was weird, in a way. All those people posting that they don't post on LJ anymore because Lj is dead. *cough* ... which is how it got dead in the first place. lol But, I've been here and active all along, so I'm happy if it brings back some of the people that mean the most to me.
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Date: 2013-08-01 05:34 pm (UTC)Your comment made me think. I am always interested in people's motivations for pretty much anything. I like to try and figure out why people do things; the why fascinates me. And while I know that I can't know for sure why other people do things, I like to think about it. But I don't really think about what motivates people to choose how they use their journals, or if they use them at all. And now I'm wondering why I don't think about that more. God, I'm caught in a circle of thinking. I might never get out.
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Date: 2013-08-01 05:42 pm (UTC)I WISH I was more of a journalist... and I'm actually pretty impressed with the degree of detail I've managed to organize over the years, but it still pales from what I think I could be doing.
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Date: 2013-08-01 05:57 pm (UTC)Do you wish you were more of a journalist, so you had better records in retrospect, or for the ongoing feedback/discussion about what is happening currently (ie: product or process)? Both are important to me, which is more important goes back and forth.
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Date: 2013-08-13 12:14 am (UTC)I miss this place so much. I doubt you can come home again, but I'd like to try.