Argh!

May. 12th, 2004 11:33 pm
azekeil: (vague)
[personal profile] azekeil
I'm finding that any time I do get to myself nowadays is taken up reading 4+ pages of friends' posts. And I still don't even have time to comment - much as I'd like to! So, again, another cull. Usual disclaimers apply. Notice I haven't even bothered to get myself a paid account again - I don't understand why I should pay for something I hardly have time to use any more.

Date: 2004-05-12 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] faerierhona.livejournal.com
I understand. Don't mind if I still read yours do you?

Date: 2004-05-13 11:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azekeil.livejournal.com
Not at all!

Date: 2004-05-12 04:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rik.livejournal.com
hm. i'd appreciate being able to read your journal for when you do write.

Date: 2004-05-13 02:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
*confused* But you still can..?

Date: 2004-05-12 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ak67.livejournal.com
I don't understand why I should pay for something I hardly have time to use any more.

Well, I can understand that part well enough! Given time. I'm sure life will sort itself out and you'll find that you have more, you time, to yourself. Can't be easy having uprooted yourself and all, plus a new job!

Date: 2004-05-12 11:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
Yay! You kept me added!! ;)

I love you!!!!! *snogs you lots*

Date: 2004-05-13 01:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ev1ldonut.livejournal.com
And kept me too!!!

I love you too!!!
(but I ain't gonna snog ya!! eeeeeewww, man germs!! *giggle)

Date: 2004-05-13 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
Nothing you haven't already caught through me.. :P ;)

Date: 2004-05-13 02:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ev1ldonut.livejournal.com
No, you don't understand...

Women cancel out man germs! A man can only get man germs straight from another man *nods*

Of course some men are immune to other man germs, I'm not though. ;)

Date: 2004-05-13 02:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
Aaaahh.. THAT type of man germs. ;)

Date: 2004-05-13 03:00 am (UTC)
gerald_duck: (rubberducky)
From: [personal profile] gerald_duck
But girlsnogs give you cooties!

At least, that's what they told me at public school…

Date: 2004-05-13 03:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ev1ldonut.livejournal.com
It's true...

But what they didn't tell you, is that once you're over a certain age, girl cooties are a Good Thing™ *giggle*

Date: 2004-05-13 03:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
Not if you prefer men.. :P

Date: 2004-05-13 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ev1ldonut.livejournal.com
Are you deliberately contradicting everything? :p ;)

Besides, you prefer men, but still think girl cooties are a Good thing™, so ner :p

Date: 2004-05-13 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
But *points up* HE prefers men too.. hence my point.. ;)

Date: 2004-05-13 03:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ev1ldonut.livejournal.com
your point should have been

"not if you ONLY like men"

which is not true for 99% of poeple I know (most don't, most of the rest like both) :p

A simple preference for one gender does not negate my statement that they are a good thing :p

:p~~~~~~~~
*giggles*

Date: 2004-05-13 03:39 am (UTC)
gerald_duck: (devil duck)
From: [personal profile] gerald_duck
Hmm. I'll just leave you two to it, if that's OK? :-p

Date: 2004-05-13 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ev1ldonut.livejournal.com
probably for the best. ;) *grin*

Date: 2004-05-13 03:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
Oh stop picking fights and make a post or something. ;)

Date: 2004-05-13 03:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ev1ldonut.livejournal.com
Me?!
You started it! :p~~~~

Don't want to post, nothing I really want to say to the world at the moment, am just sitting with a big grin (still hasn't gone!) thinking about you, and trying to work now and then. :)

Date: 2004-05-13 01:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilitufire.livejournal.com
I suggest a default view - that's what I use when life is getting hectic.

Date: 2004-05-13 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
Ah but the problem with those is that then it's a type of dishonesty.

People who are not on your defualt list assume that you're reading their journals, then when you don't know what's been going on in their lives they feel hurt. I also prefer the 'friends cull' approach because that way you can actually interact with the people you've kept and everyone is very clear whether they're being read or not. :)

Date: 2004-05-13 03:11 am (UTC)
gerald_duck: (babel)
From: [personal profile] gerald_duck
There are two big problems in this area: the name "friends", and the fact that people assume it's really a list of journals you read.

I don't automatically put friends' journals on my friends list. Not everyone on my friends list is a friend.

I don't read all the journals on my friends list. Not all the journals I read are on my friends list.

They really need to sort that out.

In the meantime, it's not dishonest to put someone on your friends list whose journal you're not going to read, because that isn't what it means, and people shouldn't assume it is.

People can usually tell I'm reading their journal from the comments. If in doubt, they can actually ask me.

Date: 2004-05-13 03:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serena-lesley.livejournal.com
Yes, I agree that it'd be nice to have a 'journals I read' list and also a 'people who can read my locked stuff' list. So much easier..

Date: 2004-05-13 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oscuridad.livejournal.com
it's not dishonest to put someone on your friends list whose journal you're not going to read, because that isn't what it means, and people shouldn't assume it is.

I'm with you on this one. Someone on my friends list was going through a horrible breakup and so I took her off the list that I read, so I wouldn't be overwhelmed by the sadness. I still would occasionally go read it and see how she was doing, but I needed to not have the breakup in my face because I empathized with it too much. I have a couple other people I do similar things with (someone who's whole life is about their church, etc.) -- but I don't feel like it's dishonest. It's just compartmentalizing ;)

Date: 2004-05-13 02:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bex-sgs.livejournal.com
Thanks for keeping me on :) As we said - we don't comment much but I do always read.

Date: 2004-05-13 04:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oscuridad.livejournal.com
aww :( Sorry to see you go. I will miss you! *hug* xx! Take good care! Hope things improve for you :) Anytime you are in Reading txt me and I will entertain, etc :)

Date: 2004-05-13 09:29 am (UTC)

Date: 2004-05-13 11:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azekeil.livejournal.com
I know, I'm sorry. Nothing personal - indeed, I'm still hoping you'll make it to one of my BBQ/parties or something soon :)

Entertain, eh? I might just have to take you up on that ;)

Date: 2004-05-13 04:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nemy.livejournal.com
cheers dude :0)

Date: 2004-05-13 04:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nemy.livejournal.com
oh yeah and stop worrying about LJ :0) It aint really all that important in the big scheme of things:0)

Date: 2004-05-13 06:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] purrthecat.livejournal.com
*big hug* I totally know what you mean about how long it takes to catch-up with everyone's LJs. It's insane. Not sure if I'll cull or just default view though. I don't want to offend anyone. Maybe I'll just wait till I'm in a foul mood, and do it then. ;)

Date: 2004-05-13 11:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azekeil.livejournal.com
Heh :) *hugs*

Date: 2004-05-13 10:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocojon.livejournal.com
I think that you jsut keep me on to prove that there is someone who makes posts less often than you do.

Oh, hang on, that's prolly not such a good thing. meh.

I hope that the cull goes well and you have a bit more time to yourself soon.

Date: 2004-05-13 11:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azekeil.livejournal.com
Thanks :)

So when's the next LAN? Er, apart from the one I can't make :S

Date: 2004-05-19 05:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocojon.livejournal.com
I'm unsure of any LANs after that but there may be a Bath one or a Bristol one after their exams.
I'll keep you posted.

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