what else I hate about livejournal
what else I hate about livejournal
It’s not that I’ve used livejournal a lot. Mostly I’ve occasionally checked in on it, seen how people use it (at least publicly). But this whole online thing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Sure, it looks like we’re being more social, meeting people, etcetera. But check it, people - you’re sitting alone in a room staring at something that isn’t moving. This is not normal. This might seem like a tool to bring people together, and to the extent that that does, that is good. But it’s not a substitute for life. I was involved with a group not too long ago. The group got together about weekly to do some stuff. After one particular session of stuff that we had been doing, almost the whole group was sitting around, and some wanted to talk about what had just happened, a debrief.. But one person, a rather influential alpha male type, said that that wasn’t necessary, that everyone (sic) would put their feedback into some online journal. In other words, in-person, personal interactions aren’t as valid as an online journal. That’s fucked up. That was the moment I decided I didnt need to go to those meetings any more.
Everyone wants to know if they are normal, and now we can get percentage readings by answering a few questions. How emo are you? I even found one that evaluates how unique your interest keywords are by telling you how many other people have picked them. I guess lj is a great tool at letting you know that a. there are people out there like you, who get just a weirded out at stuff as you do. b. there are people out there who are more fucked up than you, and isn’t it great that you’re not that fucked up? c. there are people out there who have fat too much time on their hands. In essence, we’re all basically the same. This is why I am the most normal person you are likely to meet.
I have no prospects of a new job right now. My hands are cut up, as usual, and it’s starting to get cold. We’re supposed to put the santa hat on valley lab next week. I’m looking forward to seeing if the dollar we siliconed to the window sill in January is still there. Yeah, journals are mostly pretty boring. I wonder how many times livejournals have become part of a divorce proceeding. How do you subpoena it?
One thing that has always struck me about online journals.. what level to edit. When I write in a paper journal, particularly one that is pre-bound, I can’t edit something I just wrote very well. I can cross it out, maybe, but it’s still there, and the evidence of the tampering is there for the future. Do I reword or wordsmith a journal? is that cheating? I think so, at least a little.