Thanks to the wonderful
kelkyag , I now have a dreamwidth account! Yay!
It's all shiny and new in there. I'm still figuring things out. I did manage to import all my LJ entries though, so that's good because I definitely wanted a backup for all this WORK I've done here over the years. Holy cow...hours and countless hours of writing, it's incredible really when you think about it.
So I made a new icon just for the occasion. Change is good.
In other news; Charlotte had another rugby game on Sunday and this time I was there to document! With the camera! And they won! All good things. I warned her that it would all be in my LJ, and so it shall...but I still have to upload the photos into my photobucket account. That's going to take time 'cause I want to crop everything & make it pretty, and I got distracted by the Dreamwidth Shiny.
Speaking of which; if you have a dreamwidth account too, go ahead & add me as a friend! & let me know so's I can add you back. I'm a little clueless in there. As ever, I am "merimask". I came up with that name on a whim, SO many years ago. It was my very first e-mail address, created the first time I ever used a computer, and it's served me well. I remember I created it with an eye towards picking something that not only characterized who I was but also what I did, and at the time I know I had it in the back of my head; "this will be a great name for my business, if I ever have a business".
And now I do! And so it is.
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It's all shiny and new in there. I'm still figuring things out. I did manage to import all my LJ entries though, so that's good because I definitely wanted a backup for all this WORK I've done here over the years. Holy cow...hours and countless hours of writing, it's incredible really when you think about it.
So I made a new icon just for the occasion. Change is good.
In other news; Charlotte had another rugby game on Sunday and this time I was there to document! With the camera! And they won! All good things. I warned her that it would all be in my LJ, and so it shall...but I still have to upload the photos into my photobucket account. That's going to take time 'cause I want to crop everything & make it pretty, and I got distracted by the Dreamwidth Shiny.
Speaking of which; if you have a dreamwidth account too, go ahead & add me as a friend! & let me know so's I can add you back. I'm a little clueless in there. As ever, I am "merimask". I came up with that name on a whim, SO many years ago. It was my very first e-mail address, created the first time I ever used a computer, and it's served me well. I remember I created it with an eye towards picking something that not only characterized who I was but also what I did, and at the time I know I had it in the back of my head; "this will be a great name for my business, if I ever have a business".
And now I do! And so it is.
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Bleah. So...Dreamwidth holds no interest for me. I'm finding it hard to come up with a reason to continue posting on LJ when it's basically come down to me and one person (you) with no back-and-forth going on at all.
I guess after all these years we just don't have anything to say to each other any more because our entries always contain the same general stuff. I can think of each person on my flist and name about half a dozen topics that make up all they ever post about, myself included...and after a while you run out of things to say. I guess I can't complain since I have to same problem too, but...it leaves me totally uninterested in dreamwidth, since the journal I already have friends at is totally dead.
I take my internet life about as seriously as my real life, so it's actually rather upsetting. But I know most people don't feel that way. As Rumi once said, "It's just LJ." (Except it isn't, to me. LJ is the same as real life.)
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Most days, this is all the social interaction I get, too. So...yeah. Very important.
Dreamwidth is apparently a sort of LJ spinoff, made by people who used to work for LJ but don't anymore because of all the censorship blah-blah kafuffle (which POed a lot of people & I don't blame them). I think it's a good idea in case anything ever happens to LJ. I mean, I've documented my LIFE in here. I'd hate to lose all that time and effort.
Also, don't leave LJ! I DO read your entries & yeah, we could just e-mail but the pictures and the public record is a nice thing to have in a visible space. Also, it's good for your business. Also, I'd miss you. ^_^
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I think I'm aiming lower than you are, too, and still not hitting it.
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But my LJ friends I ONLY talk to on LJ, so posts that go ignored are no different to me than emails that go ignored. They are the only form of communication I have with people I consider friends, so if they consistenly don't reply, well... *shrug* Sure I understand why they don't, but as I said (perhaps to drriftwood rather than you, though) I don't care what the excuse is. At all. Even if I understand, it still leaves me in the same situation, and if the situation is just going to continue, I'm going to stop trying, because I'm getting nothing for my effort.
There's also the problem that I easily grow disconnected from people that I don't see/talk to often. I try really hard to stay in contact for that reason, but if people won't meet me half way, I just give them up...because after a while, I don't feel anything for them, any more...they feel like strangers, and strangers who ignore me, so... *shrug* That's just the way it is, for me.
I'm going to make an entry about it in my own LJ soon and then make a last ditch attempt to get people talking about new stuff or posting in new ways, to revive the activity on my Flist for everyone...and if that doesn't work I'll probably just post general updates once a month and not bother with LJ other than that, except to check Meri's, most likely.
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It looks like you've gotten some enthusiastic responses to your "New formats, new content" plan -- I'm curious to see how that works out. Fabulous flowers for your gothic garden image -- bleeding heart is one I'm fond of, though I rarely remember the white ones.
... it's an interestingly effective nudge even though I *know* I'm not the intended audience.
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I can always write a long email to my best. We always talk about the same stuff but it doesn't matter...we just want to talk to each other, even if we're only repeating ourselves. :) (She's a slow responder who doesn't answer questions but I still love her!)
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Um, anyway, where was I? *reads* To me, Gothic means bringing out the beauty in things normally not considered beautiful. Dark things, unpleasant things. I'm not a Goth, that's for sure, but I do like the style, though for personal style (clothing, make-up, etc) I couldn't do it except as a joke. But I love the idea of continuing that style from the many areas it has spread to right into the garden. Black flowers, moonlight, old things...reminiscent of a vampire's castle, perhaps, where even the garden is always waiting for night. (I'm actually a daytime person...but like I said, I really do appreciate the aesthetic value.)
As for green, when it comes to plants, green is as neutral as brown or grey, so to my mind it fits *any* style, including Gothic. Though I'd like darker greens and white leaves and blue-ish ones...and of course coleus would be great...red and purple and so on. But yeah, I've got no issue with green in a Gothic garden; I see it as neutral.
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Green is perhaps my favorite color, and it's the one that leaps out at me as missing when there are many colors together but it's not there, which nothing else does. So even when it's the expected not-very-exciting background color, I'd have a hard time seeing it as neutral.
On the other hand, plants make an excellent contrast with things that are dead, decaying, or crumbling ...
Sketches. Maybe. After the weekend.
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You've made the whole list already? I'm most curious.
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You see what happens when I internet when I'm tired?
EDIT: Oops, sorry. Yes. Made the list yesterday...will put it up today or tomorrow. :)
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Anyway- have fun when you visit with Meri!! (I am sure you will- meri is a suuper host!!!)
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But the basic thing is...it doesn't matter why they don't comment. It doesn't matter how good their excuse is. I don't want to hear 'I don't comment, but I read.' Just as I said, when I hear that, all I can think of is talking to a person who just stares at me and never replies, no matter how much I want them to. It doesn't matter WHY they don't reply, it only matters that they don't. Especially when it's gotten to the point that only a single member of your flist can be called anything close to a regular commenter.
But yeah, I didn't have you in mind when I made this comment. It's systemic. LJ-wide. I'm not even talking about only my own journal...I find everyone's comments have gone down, almost. But I've been on LJ for four years...it seems like everyone is unable to think of anything to say that they haven't said before, forgetting that we repeat ourselves all the time in real life and people tend to be happy to have the same conversations over again in any case.