A New Year and Reflection
Jan. 1st, 2014 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonshaydeWow. So this whole posting thing? Apparently gets worse every year.
Every year I pledge to change that. Every year I don't.
So this year I'm not pledging to post more or "get back on track." The truth is I rarely post here any more and I am so busy that I can't be fannish in the way I used to be. It's so much easier to post on Twitter and Facebook, both of which can cater to people who don't have time to write a long, thoughtful post.
Still, I have a certain bit of nostalgia for this place and I refuse to close it down. Naturally, any fanfic I write will be posted here, but there are also people on LJ that I care about, and miss very much, and there is always that part of me seeking deeper conversations.
Twitter and Facebook take care of some of my needs, but not those days where I need to have a nice conversation with people. And Tumblr? I loved it at first because, omg so many pretty gifts and art and other visual fun, but it's also full of anger and bitterness, and I find myself not enjoying it at all anymore. Being spread across various social media made me realize how much I miss how this place used to thrive.
Everything changes and people have splintered off to various different social media. Many of us are still here and have drifted, or have gone silent. For those who would like to use LJ more, why not? Whether we agree or see eye to eye isn't important. As long as we respect each other.
I'm creating a filter to actual use. (I've created several in the past to decide what to share with people, but this would be for reading.) Maybe a bunch of us can reconnect. If you want to be added let me know, though I already know many of you who I want to make sure I keep reading.
Just to give an update on what my interest are these days:
Overall, I'm trying hard to focus on my own fiction. I've cut down on TV and have been trying to read more. I also am interested in making bookmarks and steampunk jewelry, as well as getting back into art. I've done more gaming than I have in the recent past, and I've enjoyed going out with friends for the occasional dinner with drinks. Still love music of many flavors. Addicted to the podcast Night Vale. Of course, there is always my original writing, which is slow going but I refuse to abandon. When it comes to TV...
Currently Watched Shows:
Supernatural (ticked off by some creative decisions; still my #1 show)
Continuum (marathoned S1/S2 and really enjoy it)
Doctor Who (way behind-only with Ten)
Haven (haven't seen current season)
Off-Air Shows (I still like with varying degrees of fondness):
Smallville
SG-1
Futurama
Dark Angel
X-Files
Lost
Shows I Want to Try:
Sleepy Hollow
Friending/Unfriending: My standard blather - Many of us have drifted apart and I won't be offended if you're one of those people who would like to go since we just failed to connect. You're welcome to stay, of course. I'm not cutting anyone right now, but you always have that out. Hope you'll stay, though!
Anyway, let's give this a go! I can't promise I'll post all the time, but I can at least make it meaningful :)
Every year I pledge to change that. Every year I don't.
So this year I'm not pledging to post more or "get back on track." The truth is I rarely post here any more and I am so busy that I can't be fannish in the way I used to be. It's so much easier to post on Twitter and Facebook, both of which can cater to people who don't have time to write a long, thoughtful post.
Still, I have a certain bit of nostalgia for this place and I refuse to close it down. Naturally, any fanfic I write will be posted here, but there are also people on LJ that I care about, and miss very much, and there is always that part of me seeking deeper conversations.
Twitter and Facebook take care of some of my needs, but not those days where I need to have a nice conversation with people. And Tumblr? I loved it at first because, omg so many pretty gifts and art and other visual fun, but it's also full of anger and bitterness, and I find myself not enjoying it at all anymore. Being spread across various social media made me realize how much I miss how this place used to thrive.
Everything changes and people have splintered off to various different social media. Many of us are still here and have drifted, or have gone silent. For those who would like to use LJ more, why not? Whether we agree or see eye to eye isn't important. As long as we respect each other.
I'm creating a filter to actual use. (I've created several in the past to decide what to share with people, but this would be for reading.) Maybe a bunch of us can reconnect. If you want to be added let me know, though I already know many of you who I want to make sure I keep reading.
Just to give an update on what my interest are these days:
Overall, I'm trying hard to focus on my own fiction. I've cut down on TV and have been trying to read more. I also am interested in making bookmarks and steampunk jewelry, as well as getting back into art. I've done more gaming than I have in the recent past, and I've enjoyed going out with friends for the occasional dinner with drinks. Still love music of many flavors. Addicted to the podcast Night Vale. Of course, there is always my original writing, which is slow going but I refuse to abandon. When it comes to TV...
Currently Watched Shows:
Supernatural (ticked off by some creative decisions; still my #1 show)
Continuum (marathoned S1/S2 and really enjoy it)
Doctor Who (way behind-only with Ten)
Haven (haven't seen current season)
Off-Air Shows (I still like with varying degrees of fondness):
Smallville
SG-1
Futurama
Dark Angel
X-Files
Lost
Shows I Want to Try:
Sleepy Hollow
Friending/Unfriending: My standard blather - Many of us have drifted apart and I won't be offended if you're one of those people who would like to go since we just failed to connect. You're welcome to stay, of course. I'm not cutting anyone right now, but you always have that out. Hope you'll stay, though!
Anyway, let's give this a go! I can't promise I'll post all the time, but I can at least make it meaningful :)
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Date: 2014-01-02 05:01 pm (UTC)I've gotten into Sleepy Hollow and I love it. Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie have some really nice chemistry and the storylines are always interesting. You should check it out if you get a chance.
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Date: 2014-01-02 09:07 pm (UTC)Imma just gonna run off and badmouth you elsewhere...
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Date: 2014-01-02 09:52 pm (UTC)You're evil.
Jail for you.
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Date: 2014-01-02 09:56 pm (UTC)*resurrect*
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Date: 2014-01-03 03:16 am (UTC)Welcome back! :)
I'm still here, just recently started returning to LJ myself also not caring much for FB and Twitter at the moment, just not enough space to talk and I don't feel comfortable enough there to do so and Tumblr? I use it for the pretty pics and haven't really seen much hate there but that's probably because I only look at the pretty pics :)
Would be interested in hearing more about the jewelry, that Steampunk stuff is a bit foreign to me but I'm still intrigued enough to want to hear more about it.
So welcome back to LJ *more hugs* and hope you had a great holiday. :)
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Date: 2014-01-03 07:37 pm (UTC)I think you'll like Sleepy Hollow (and it's so very gif-worthy). Let me know if you do try it, I'd love to talk it over. Maybe that will be my new year's resolution: turn my fannishness over that show into actual fannish involvement.
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Date: 2014-01-05 09:33 pm (UTC)Tumblr just isn't a good platform for it, as you can't "follow" a discussion very easily and any time you respond it gets reblogged with all the previous stuff. Very wasteful, IMO. Very pretty pictures, but not so good for meta.