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[jchrisobrien]

I'm making a small stab at Ceremony.

Thought I slept poorly last night, but I did get some work done today.

Not on my head, unfortunately.

Everyone is getting antsy about Livejournal again, perhaps it's that time of year.

Spaces are good.

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[brigid.livejournal.com]

no i'm not antsy about livejournal, i'm sick of self aggrandizing bullshit and open pleas for praise...it's shameless.

[brigid.livejournal.com]

be nice if i finsihed a thought before posting the reply.

i guess it just bothers me to see people swiping at each other or patting their own backs so much...like, is this the stuff we want to look back on and remember? or is it really just an extension of snotgoth in terms of in jokes and snarky remarks?

i dunno

[mvoid.livejournal.com]

i'm sure some people use it as such, but i don't see the problem. as with all forms of media it's up to the user to filter out the garbage on their own. in my opinion live journal has always been a "look at me go" forum, it's just that early on there were less users and lower percentage of peoples "friends" were actually friends in real life.

[brigid.livejournal.com]

and if you needed to talk about something it wasn't misconstrued as being passive agressive or petty...in terms of dealing with situations...

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[silas7.livejournal.com]

Word!

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Oh crap!
I just realized... I wasn't intended to be passive aggresive, sorry if it came off that way.
There is a lot of reflecting about livejouranl among us... well, I'm sure you know that.

Again, apologizing.

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[silas7.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I've been tempted to start a journal under a completely random name, and vent out all my private thoughts... but then I'd slap myself and get a grip. LOL

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[silas7.livejournal.com]

That is a bad thing when peopel swipe at each other over LJ.

One one hand, you can post what you like.

On the other hand, everyone can read what you post, and if you have something to say to someone, it's best to say it to them directly.

Unless you want everyone to know. Which is Ok too.

Sometimes, you have to pat yourself on the back. You have to have tangile reinforcement about the good things you do, something you can look back on and remember when you are down or blue. One of the big reasons of starting a livejournal for me was, if I'm going to write in a semi-public forum, I'd be more inclined to write down the good with the bad. My old text journal from high school and journal was filled with negativity. That can act like a weight around your neck. The audience you have silently implored you (or at least me) to relate the whole story: good and bad. So that way, when I look back on things, I can be more impartial.

Or as impartial as I can be. :)

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[silas7.livejournal.com]

Hmm, what kind of open pleas for praise?

[alex-victory.livejournal.com]

Clearly by "everyone" you mean "all the people I don't know" because I don't think I've seen any of this aside from the Bad Uruz.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you. 8)

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[silas7.livejournal.com]

It's something that seems to happen in cycles. It's the war between the LJ as a place to write your private thoughts, contrasted with the knowledge that people you know will read it.

Or it could be something completely different. That's just one little bear's opinion. :)

[uruz.livejournal.com]

I'm a Bad Alex, and not a Bad Uruz. Get it right, before I smite thee with my mighty Rune Powers.