I'm not sure why I fell out of favor with livejournal. I really loved it for a long time. Honestly, I still love what I loved about it, but for some reason I feel annoyed whenever I think about going on there. I don't know if it was the pressure of reading through my friends' page (which got so cluttered with groups and crap it was always insanely full) or just a general change in preference. I know I could have easily just unjoined all those groups that cluttered things up. I didn't. I still don't think I will. I may cross-post my blog entries onto my still-active livejournal.
This may be my one and only post. Maybe I'm just past my patience for blogging.
I love reading blogs. And I often have things I want to say, too. I have very strong opinions about the things I like, and the things I don't, and things that happen to me. I enjoy ranting and I enjoy documenting. So blogging seems natural. I'm hoping it was just really weird blog-writers'-block and that I can get back into the game (which we all just lost, by the way).
I don't expect an audience, although I do still enjoy the feeling of people commenting on what I say. Facebook has completely tainted my experience will blogging in general, I think. Easy to be witty (or not and have it soon lost and forgotten in everyone else's ramblings), quick, simple, and even a phone app to boot. But it's somewhat insubstantial. Don't get me wrong, as far as social networking type sites, I've found it's kept my interest the most. I hated MySpace and I'm so thrilled everyone else is on board with that now.
And Twitter... I'm fascinated by things like Twitter (and MySpace and Facebook for that matter). The whole internet social-networking phenomenon has completely changed the world and I'm fascinated by the connectedness and communication it offers. I wait for almost nothing information-wise. I can access Wikipedia on my cell phone, I can tell when one of my friends stubbed their toe, even see who's met and friended who at all hours of the day and night. I don't remember what it was like to not instantly communicate with someone. When I get a voicemail, part of me is genuinely surprised. Not long enough keep me from shooting an immediate text message which is almost always met with immediate response.
With all of these changes popped up, communication is so instant it's almost unbelievable. But with that comes a distance. I text more than I phone. I email orders in to various sites, I email tech support, I can bank online, pay all my bills, plan events, inquire about _anything_ ever. I never have to actually speak to anyone, really. My employees never answer the phone when I call them. But a text? Immediate response! Like they really are at my beck and call... except when I actually, you know, call. And it's not bad, that's not what I mean. But with 100 character "blogging", 160 character text messaging, and emails, sometimes, with all the constant connection, I feel completely cut off. So I try to call, I try to write letters (and fail miserably), and I try to use those tools to plan as many parties or get-togethers as I can. Because I want to use the tools, but not in place of interaction.
Anyway, so here I am, using another internet tool to document and possibly connect. I love technology, I just sometimes get irritated about the way it's used (including the way I use it). So then, I try to use it better.
Here's to writing; let's see if it sticks this time.
