Mental Food for Thought

[geminigirl]

I've been thinking a lot about the things I'm not posting here. And why not.

It's not that I don't want to share some of the stuff, because there's things I'd love to talk about...I've apparently become conscious of the fact that I've got an audience here...which is fine with me. I don't write for you all who read my journal, I write my journal for me, which is the way it should be. Some of it is serious, some silly, some glib, some sad...it's a variety of emotions and experiences, but it's certainly not whole. I try and minimize the actual use of names, including mine in the journal. I also make very very few "Friends only" posts-this is why I don't worry much about who I add to my "Friends" list, which is more about whose journals I read daily and whose journals I read less frequently than that as opposed to who gets to see the nitty gritty dirty parts of my own journal.

Should I post less fluff? Why do you read my journal? How did you find it? Do you ever find anything in it that you think is worth pointing someone else to? Is it just fine the way it is?


(Let me also insert that this came to mind because I was wondering about posting about what happened Friday night, which was a wonderful experience, but I'm not sure it fits in with the rest of the stuff you all have been reading. Do you want me to post it anyway, behind a cut tag so that you have fair warning about what might be included?)

Comments

[griffen.livejournal.com]

I read your journal because I'm your friend and I want to know what's going on with you, to whatever extent you feel comfortable sharing it.

Fluff is good. I don't mind fluff and never have. As you say, you're not writing this journal for other people's entertainment, but for yourself, so write what *you* want. If you want to give people a heads-up on something that might be squicky or TMI, you can use a cut tag -- but it's your choice.

(And personally, I would *love* to know what happened Friday night. *grins*)

[lcohen]

hmmm. i've got everything in my journal from pervy hobbit fancier haiku to an entry about the last time i ever saw my grandfather. if the theme of your journal is "what's on my mind" then anything and everything fits, no?!?!?!

[wait.livejournal.com]

I like you for you.

Post fluff.

Post serious stuff.

We'll tell you if we've had enough.

:)

[geminigirl]

That is so incredibly sweet. Incredibly. No, really, I mean it.

Thanks

[http://users.livejournal.com/grimkitten_/]

I just happen to notice you in a post on wierdjews and thought that you seemed like an interesting person so I added you. I've enjoyed reading your entries, even fluff. I think you should put anything you want in your journal, after all it is YOUR journal. :)

scary internet lurker strikes again

[donthurtme.livejournal.com]

I also discovered your journal through weirdjews. What caught my attention was your appreciation of Angelina Jolie. I was like "Hey, a Jewish chick that digs other girls!" Where I come from, people like this are a rare breed.

So I read some of your entries... as you've noticed. I like the way you write and, somehow, I feel like I relate to parts of it.

Personally, I think you shouldn't try to censor yourself and just keep doing what you've been doing - writing for yourself and not other people, I mean.

Would you mind if I were so bold as to add you to my friends list?

Re: scary internet lurker strikes again

[geminigirl]

Of course I wouldn't mind if you added me to your friends list. The way I see my journal (and this holds true only for mine) is that it's out there for public consumption. There's very little that gets posted here as "friends only"-even if it's intensely deep and personal, as you can see from some of my posts. The only thing my "friends" list determines really is whose journals I read daily and whose I read periodically (usually every few days.) chiefted is a good example of this; I noticed he had added me to his friends list, I checked out his journal, liked it, but only found myself reading it periodcially-I added him to my friends list when I discovered I was reading his journal almost daily, I added him to my list. That's all I really use my friends list for at the moment.

Re: scary internet lurker strikes again

[geminigirl]

Thank you for the complement about my writing as well. It's something that I love to do, and if I had more guts I'd actually start paying attention to opportunities to write, and send things off. In time, I suppose...in time.

[halibut.livejournal.com]

Well, I read your journal because you're on my friends list. You're on my friends list because I think you're a way interesting person whose perspectives and opinions often engage me (vis the conversation on irc on Friday)

As for the other stuff? I know what you mean. I also hold things back, despite valuing the people around.

But really, I like fluff -- it's a reminder that other people are just getting on with being -- but there's more to life than that.

Besides, I was in fact thinking about you on Friday night (I had a late night) and have been wondering how things went.

You're a fine individual. Everyone here says so. *grin* Seriously, we all like you. And there's always the option of posting to friends-only or other restricted groups.

Hope you're feeling better than you were earlier!

*hug*