The full picture

[jchrisobrien]

A while ago a friend of mine accused me of not being truthful in my journal. He said I was only showing certain parts of my life, editing them for my audience (at least, that's how I remember this. He told me this a long time ago). Lately, I can see his point. I feel like I've glossed over certain aspects of my life, mainly because I didn' think they were of interest to the public at large. That is going to stop. Basically, expect to see a little more gaming talk in my journal. You can always gloss over it if you see words like "HIT marks" or "attacks of opportunity".

We have a new player joining the Deadlands group, and she seems to be working out well. She's grasping the concepts and even more impressively the tactics of the game very quickly. I'm still prone to doing things in a "sub-optimal" way when I play, since I've always leaned on the character side of gaming and less on the stat crunching side. Couplingchaos' Mage game is also progressing nicely; our players are finally acting as a group, and have a list of plot things to look into. Playing in her game keeps fanning the fires of running another Mage game myself someday. I think I can really make the 007 style Mage game really fun to play.

Work has been interesting in several ways , mostly as a progression of how I handle the job. I spent a good chunk of Wednesday resolving an issue that seemed to be unsolvable, with the help of a Bank of America tech. I still have to roll my solution out to a few departments, but that will happen shortly. In the process of re-imaging some older machines, I realized I sent one out to a property without the latest round of fixes on it. I would have reacted to this in the past with a lot of anger and "why am I always doing something stupid like this? I should know better blah blah blah". Today I said "Look, that computer wasn't fixed correctly. I have another one that is fixed, which I'll ship out to you today. I'll even add the printer drivers you wanted and fix that Excel problem you reported." The user was fine with that, and thanked me for my work.

Comments

[scarletcarsen.livejournal.com]

Doesn't everybody do that with there Live journal?

[silas7.livejournal.com]

What we write does have repercussions, as I was very dramatically reminded of a few months ago. That being said, I shouldn't avoid writing about things I like.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

People do use their journals differently. I swing from guarded to oversharing at times. It's possible to created a whole different online persona from who you really are.

Gaming is something that I'm pretty passionate about, but don't go into lots of detail about (assuming many people won't know what I'm talking about). I will be hiding my passions less.

[carta.livejournal.com]

Basically, expect to see a little more gaming talk in my journal.
Bring it! I won't have a clue what you're talking about, but I love it when people talk about things they're enthusiastic about. Gaming actually fascinates me, but I can't do strategy-based games at all (hi, dyscalculia (http://www.ncld.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=463), how you crop up in so many areas of life, sigh).

I feel like I've glossed over certain aspects of my life, mainly because I didn' think they were of interest to the public at large.
I get that. Believe me, for every post that briefly mentions knitting, there are seven obsessive ones that DON'T get posted. I even have an entirely separate blog for that topic, but I still want to talk about it on LJ.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

When we are passionate about something, our better qualities show. I'd like people to see more of that.

Considering how many gamers are on my friend's list, I'm sure they wouldn't have trouble following my posts. The rest of you can revel in my happiness :)

[sirendipity.livejournal.com]

This is your journal, you should write about whatever you want to.

If you find the urge to write something more personal but don't want everyone know, well, that's what filters are for.

If you want to write about gaming, go for it. Those that don't want to read with pass over it. Those that do - there are some of us that are interested in what makes YOU happy even if we aren't into it ourselves - will enjoy it, I'm sure.

But, don't write about this stuff because you "should". There is no should in LJ! (hehe) It's whatever you make of it.

Also, awesome about work stuff. :D

*hugs*

[silas7.livejournal.com]

I will, but there are consequences to what I write.
Filters are your friends. I only really use them for emotional venting. Otherwise it's straight-up me.

Work stuff is good! Now if I can only fight through my food coma... :)

[sirendipity.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, you have to be mindful of your audience, not necessarily for entertainment's sake but for their emotional reactions to stuff. Which is why, as you pointed out, filters are your friends. :)

Will we be seeing you after the movie tonight? Do you want me to text you where we'll be?

[talesinsdaughtr.livejournal.com]

'Tis your journal. You have every right to fill it with HIT marks and attacks of opportunity as I do to fill mine with my asthma issues ;)

[silas7.livejournal.com]

HIT marks it is. There's also always dancing and work stuff and movies to boot. I remember when I used to Write in here too. Paying attention to words, creating pictuers and images rather than simply detailing my day. So much can be done.