Hm.

Jan. 20th, 2004 09:24 am
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Poly hasn't been a big part of my life lately. That is, it's faded into a background condition that I don't think about, like I don't think much about, oh, using my arm or brushing my teeth.

Little things may have been accumulating, though... we're definitely slipped into a more individualistic sort of poly just lately, where we spend time in pairs rather than as a group more often than not. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

This seems to be sort of a pattern lately -- little things happen, and a lot of little things happen to equal a rather big change, then I feel bad and have to call the whole thing and talk it out verbally. I'm good at adjusting to nonverbal things that are small, but when I consider something big to be happening -- and especially when it happens, I accept it nonverbally, and then it seems to reverse, I get very confused.

I wish I had better nonverbal coping mechanisms, so I didn't need to get everyone together to talk so often. There's not so much time for that anymore, and even less for that plus the relationships too.

I wish I didn't form expectations based on nonverbal stuff that happens, or to be more honest, I wish that if something's been happening for awhile and is going to change that someone would warn me verbally first. I'm not so good with unanticipated change. I know that if it's unanticipated then probably I'm not the only one being surprised by it.

I wish I wasn't so lonely so much of the time. It doesn't seem to matter, mono or poly, I end up feeling alone and, not unwanted, but ininvolved, half-included but not fully, some of the time. I'm not sure whether this is a normal state, whether it's just something to get used to, whether it's an accurate depiction of outside stuff, or whether it's something internal to me. I don't understand it very well, and people who are surrounded by other people don't seem to talk about being lonely so often. I don't know if that's social expectation, or if they just aren't lonely.

I miss you right now, you being all the people who respond to this sort of thing in an interactive way, who aren't just my own words coming back at me. You're appreciated.

Date: 2004-01-20 05:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seeker9.livejournal.com
Also, if you ever want to talk about it.. Tho, my amount of advise may not be much.. My IM info is in my user info..

Date: 2004-01-21 05:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greenstorm.livejournal.com
I'm not an IMer :)

Nimf/Celestrae on FV.

Date: 2004-01-21 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seeker9.livejournal.com
Jyuusan on FV.. Sometimes I do run EQIM when I'm not playing or at work..

Date: 2004-01-21 05:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greenstorm.livejournal.com
I didn't know there was an EQIM.

I just can't stand all the people on IMs. A random A/S/L on any IM is almost enough to get me to delete it immediately, and if it advertises to me... or doesn't run on linux... *sigh*

Date: 2004-01-21 05:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seeker9.livejournal.com
Thankfully, being a guy, I don't get the random A/S/L (which, I hate to say, I have no clue what that is)..

The EQIM allows you to log into the server and into your character.. And then allows you to talk to other people or channels (but not guild channel)... At least, you know who you are talking to via EQIM to some degree. Not some random person, and also not some faked account (as you find on ICQ)...

Date: 2004-01-21 05:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greenstorm.livejournal.com
I don't sign up as female on those things! And I set myself to 102 years old. Even as a neuter, even with that age, people randomly message looking for the nearest approximation to sex with complete strangers they can manage. I don't understand!

A/S/L means age/sex/location... basically, if I talk to you can I have a realistic fantasy that you'll come sleep with me iRL. Okay, so some of that info /is/ a good starting point for conversations, but still...

Hm. I might look into that EQIM thing.

Date: 2004-01-21 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seeker9.livejournal.com
Ahh.. Now I do.. I think there's better way to spark conversations.. I try to find people w/ similar (sp?) interests and go from there..

As for EQIM -- http://eqlive.station.sony.com/eqim.jsp

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