LiveJournal? - Page 2

Wormsie · 12-27-2004, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Jake

Blogs are interesting when it's someone who is a good writer who is knowledgable in some set of subjects, and is writing about those subjects and occasionally sprinkles the on-topic posts with well written anecdotes or storyish type things. That never happens on livejournal, though. LJ is home of the angst.

I had a LJ, and full of angst it was. Well, I almost always humour and exaggerate my angst somehow, so people just thought that I was idiotic - or something.

Mattsius · 12-27-2004, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by deadworm222

I had a LJ, and full of angst it was. Well, I almost always humour and exaggerate my angst somehow, so people just thought that I was idiotic - or something.

...or funny even.

Wormsie · 12-27-2004, 09:23 AM

Yeah, everybody AWESOME thought so.

Intrepid Homoludens · 12-27-2004, 07:10 PM

I finally started a journal on Blogspot, a Christmas gift to myself. It'll make keeping a diary much more convenient, I'm on the computer most days and I've bookmarked it to go directly to a blank posting field, ready to receive my entries. I will still use my physical journal when I'm at places away from home.

I haven't much looked at many other people's journals, but from the few I've sampled thus far I realized how differently I write, the contents, the minute details of my life, what they mean and why they mean. I guess I just delve into things in a particular way. In hindsight, many of my physical, handwritten journal entries have had a Socratic modus operandi about them.

Some time back I had commented that I don't feel comfortable expressing myself so intimately in a very, very public space (the Internet). But I've changed my mind. There is no human experience, no matter how painfully personal and individual, that is not universal and deserving of empathy and compassion by others.

Mattsius · 12-28-2004, 10:12 AM

That's great!

I'll be an active reader, that's for sure.

Royal Fool · 12-28-2004, 11:43 AM

I came across this GIF a while back, I thought it was funny.

Wormsie · 12-28-2004, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Mattsius

That's great!

I'll be an active reader, that's for sure.

Me too.

C_Knight · 01-06-2005, 05:42 PM

used to use LJ a couple of years ago but then stopped because it had lost it's use to me since I broke up with the person who invited me to it...it was a quite a hectic breakup, but I lazily started using it a couple of months back.

Tanukitsune · 01-28-2005, 01:10 PM

I don't know why, but I have one too... :eek:

ConcreteRancor · 01-28-2005, 03:40 PM

I have one too, username concreterancor, but I haven't written in it since early November. I was thinking about just turning it into game reviews of all the computer games I play, since whenever I write about my own life, it sounds either really dull or more angsty than I want to be.

Ninth · 01-28-2005, 04:05 PM

Funny, I was just talking about blogs with a friend of mine on the phone a few hours ago. I mean, that's funny assuming that blogs and LJ are similar. And maybe not even then.

Anyway, I've been writing a diary for a few years, between 20 and 22, and then I found a girlfriend, and the need to write went away. Seems like the only thing that inspire me is the search for love.

Wormsie · 01-28-2005, 04:16 PM

So, Trep, when are you going to tell, umm, us about your blog?

Intrepid Homoludens · 01-29-2005, 09:47 PM

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Even when I was in the city I tended to do many things alone. I love being an 'island' in an ocean of other people while still being able to watch them, observe, catch the morning sun reflecting off the cool glass of skyscrapers, discerning a handsome fellow in the subway, listening to the violin concerto being played on the train platform by an old Chinese guy. Even in a crowded bar on a Friday night, it was just me and my martini. I adore being alone that way.

- blog entry, 1/29/05

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Yes. Was invited by another member.	3	10.34%
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12-27-2004, 09:23 AM	#23
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12-27-2004, 07:10 PM	#24
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	I finally started a journal on Blogspot, a Christmas gift to myself. It'll make keeping a diary much more convenient, I'm on the computer most days and I've bookmarked it to go directly to a blank posting field, ready to receive my entries. I will still use my physical journal when I'm at places away from home. I haven't much looked at many other people's journals, but from the few I've sampled thus far I realized how differently I write, the contents, the minute details of my life, what they mean and why they mean. I guess I just delve into things in a particular way. In hindsight, many of my physical, handwritten journal entries have had a Socratic modus operandi about them. Some time back I had commented that I don't feel comfortable expressing myself so intimately in a very, very public space (the Internet). But I've changed my mind. There is no human experience, no matter how painfully personal and individual, that is not universal and deserving of empathy and compassion by others. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

12-28-2004, 10:12 AM	#25
Mattsius Mostly absent Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 2,532	That's great! I'll be an active reader, that's for sure. Share Share this post on Twitter

12-28-2004, 11:43 AM	#26
Royal Fool Statement: Not a meatbag. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Iceland Posts: 813	I came across this GIF a while back, I thought it was funny. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ .::Royal Fool::.

01-06-2005, 05:42 PM	#28
C_Knight Professional Life Lover Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 257	used to use LJ a couple of years ago but then stopped because it had lost it's use to me since I broke up with the person who invited me to it...it was a quite a hectic breakup, but I lazily started using it a couple of months back. Share Share this post on Twitter

01-28-2005, 01:10 PM	#29
Tanukitsune ACK! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 2,448	I don't know why, but I have one too... :eek: Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Apparently I have a Devianrt Art account... And people actually like it!

01-28-2005, 03:40 PM	#30
ConcreteRancor No justice. Only me. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hanover, NH Posts: 1,370	I have one too, username concreterancor, but I haven't written in it since early November. I was thinking about just turning it into game reviews of all the computer games I play, since whenever I write about my own life, it sounds either really dull or more angsty than I want to be. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Fabricati Diem, Pvnc Currently playing: Shadow of the Colossus, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Guitar Hero

01-28-2005, 04:05 PM	#31
Ninth Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Paris, France Posts: 6,409	Funny, I was just talking about blogs with a friend of mine on the phone a few hours ago. I mean, that's funny assuming that blogs and LJ are similar. And maybe not even then. Anyway, I've been writing a diary for a few years, between 20 and 22, and then I found a girlfriend, and the need to write went away. Seems like the only thing that inspire me is the search for love. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ ...It's down there somewhere. Let me have another look.

01-28-2005, 04:16 PM	#32
Wormsie Doctor Watson Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 4,736	So, Trep, when are you going to tell, umm, us about your blog? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Don't worry, I'm a doctor.

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