Comments on: Wow, Nostalgia

By: sheta

sheta — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:54:09 +0000

So, do you think I should limit content here to spirit companion and metaphysical stuff, or maybe filter the personal content to registered users? What’s your opinion?

By: sheta

sheta — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:53:29 +0000

Ah ha. Perhaps I should add crossposting to IJ as well, then.

By: Clare

Clare — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:54:36 +0000

I’m reading via the feed which shows up in my IJ friends list. It never occurs to me to sign in at DW, even though I have an account there… I trust it, since I know some of the people involved in its creation, but it’s not very popular and I can understand your perspective!

By: sheta

sheta — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:27:56 +0000

Are you reading the feed or one of my journals? At LJ or at Dreamwidth? I wonder why they weren’t showing up. There’s a plugin here that crossposts to LJ and DW as well as to the feeds. I like the feed numbers though… they make me look popular. Ish. lol

I often wonder if this blog is worthy of a place on the internet. It’s so personal… it’s more suited to a journaling site but after what happened with LJ being sold etc., it’s difficult for me to trust any journaling site to retain its integrity. So I just moved to my own site. Problem solved, but these new problems emerged. I have no idea what I should be doing here or where my expression needs to shift — so many changes make stumbling all too easy.

By: sheta

sheta — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:23:07 +0000

Talking to the void, in my case at least, assumes people are listening or reading. Without the exchange of ideas or the knowledge that someone’s been reached, it makes talking harder and harder to do. So the posts get more boring rather than more interesting or more detailed. It feels like talking to the wall.

Believe it or not, my LiveJournal used to be a lot more in the vein of oversharing. I think I need to find a central thread for this blog, or something. Something that feels right to me as well as to the reader. Most people who have blogs on the open, public internet like this write about a topic and limit their posts to that topic. I never have — this blog is for me as much as it is for the reader. I think it’s up to the reader whether the personal content is a distraction or a bonus. I’ve never had feedback as to that opinion, though.

By: sheta

sheta — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:16:52 +0000

When I state my age, I often surprise people who think I’m younger than that. So I hear “You canNOT be that old!” a lot of the time.

This year has brought me out of my shell. Maybe I just miss it, or maybe I need to find my “extrovert” voice. lol

By: sheta

sheta — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:13:30 +0000

I would never have guessed that I’d end up “settling” in Texas — it’s not my favorite place in the world. But I have issues that proximity to family can certainly alleviate. Living with parents after college isn’t so bad — imagine living with them when you’re 35! lol

By: sheta

sheta — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:09:18 +0000

It’s been years since I bought a CD. I think the last one I bought was when Nirvana came out with that post-mortem single tacked onto a greatest hits album. Sad.

By: Clare

Clare — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:17:54 +0000

You’re not that old. You’re younger than my parents I have so many online friends who are older than me, from a few years older to older than my parents! It’s pretty awesome. Feed me your wisdom!

I suspect I would be commenting more often had I realized that I was missing posts. Whoops. I’ll try to come by more frequently and log in.

By: Orloth

Orloth — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:01:02 +0000

Should I be commenting more? Woops.

I think it has to do with how infrequently you post recently, and when you do post it feals more like your talking to the void then to people, and so it is harder to find a justifiable response. More rambling then discusion. Granted, I dont have a large sample to work with as I only started reading near the beginning of this year.