Livejournal, Communication Method?
Aug. 27th, 2004 09:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenstormI don't tend to expect livejournal to be a communication method. Right now, I'm going to particularly and explicitly state that it is not in one specific way.
That is, I feel extremely crappy, be it a recent request by the Juggler, the weather, the disruption of my sleep pattern from the flood that I still haven't got over, the time of year, the illness, whatever. And because of all this, I'm going to do my dishes and then go to bed.
Do not think to yourself, if you were going to communicate with me, 'oh, I read Greenie's livejournal, she'll be asleep, so I won't call/email/whatever'.
This is because -- and here's a funny thing -- I don't always 1) mind being woken up by a friendly voice and 2) update my livejournal with things like 'I tried to sleep for fifteen minutes and it sucked,' so the info is always a prediction rather than reality.
Interestingly, I trust livejournal to communicate my wishes on this subject. ;) It's those assumptions I take issue with.
I know people make other, really diverse or large assumptions based on stuff I write, and that's fine. They're probably wrong, but it's fine. Just don't make the assumption that you can't call me or show up at my door based on livejournal.
That is, I feel extremely crappy, be it a recent request by the Juggler, the weather, the disruption of my sleep pattern from the flood that I still haven't got over, the time of year, the illness, whatever. And because of all this, I'm going to do my dishes and then go to bed.
Do not think to yourself, if you were going to communicate with me, 'oh, I read Greenie's livejournal, she'll be asleep, so I won't call/email/whatever'.
This is because -- and here's a funny thing -- I don't always 1) mind being woken up by a friendly voice and 2) update my livejournal with things like 'I tried to sleep for fifteen minutes and it sucked,' so the info is always a prediction rather than reality.
Interestingly, I trust livejournal to communicate my wishes on this subject. ;) It's those assumptions I take issue with.
I know people make other, really diverse or large assumptions based on stuff I write, and that's fine. They're probably wrong, but it's fine. Just don't make the assumption that you can't call me or show up at my door based on livejournal.
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Date: 2004-08-28 04:16 pm (UTC)I do agree with you. I am finding that if people read my LiveJournal they consider it sufficient communication with me. Odd as that is - because it isn't 'communication' at all. My journal is for me to pound out my feelings, thoughts, quirks and ideals. It's for me to be me. A therapeutic sanctuary where I can subjectively examine my life and decisions.
Just because someone reads it doesn't mean they should not call me, not page me, not IM me. If I didn't want that sort of communication, I'd stay offline and unplug my phone line. ;)
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Date: 2004-08-29 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-29 12:54 am (UTC)Heh, heh. Indeed. Another aspect to why I created my LJ is so that I don't have to be redundant with re-telling things to every person. I really dislike repeating myself twenty times.