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Oct. 31st, 2012 12:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pacificpikachuHappy Halloween, everyone! I hope you all have a good one!
I have no plans for Halloween itself (orz, here I have all these great costumes but I don't know where I'd wear them), but I do have lots going on today. I'm going to be prepping for NaNo, listing some stuff on Ebay, caring for my critters, maybe finishing/scanning a drawing, and watching the season finale of Face Off. (I love Face Off, and if you like cosplay and cool monster-y type things, you should really check it out! It's inspiring and amazing.)
I was reading some articles on the decline of LJ last night, and that made me sad. It's true that the staff have made a lot of questionable decisions and pissed off the loyal users. I've been around reading about it through Strikethrough, Boldthrough, and many of the changes in the site's dynamics with user backlash. I've been here since 2004, though I actually started visiting the site in 2003 for the Wolf's Rain fandom.
I feel like, even though not as many people are using LJ, I still love LJ for the people on it and the format that has allowed for cohesive discussion that most other social sites can't match. I have made SO MANY friends that I would never have made otherwise, and it's not only that--it's the QUALITY of friends I've made. I feel like you guys aren't just casual online acquaintances, but people I know well and really care about, and wish to be friends with forever if possible. When I've met many of you in person, it amazes me--because there's always that moment of, "Ahhh, this person is a stranger!" and then after we've talked just a tiny bit, I go, "No, this is my good friend who I know lots about!" and everything gets really comfortable and happy and fun. It's because LJ is a journal--a place where you can air your thoughts and learn to know someone on a much deeper level than, say, Tumblr or Twitter or even Facebook. I wish we could all live near each other and hang out IRL all the time.
I keep thinking back to Gin's wedding, where I met several of you IRL at once and got to hang out with you guys, and those memories are just so wonderful. I think many of us felt sad to leave (myself definitely included), because we had such a bond of kinship and leaving that behind was hard. That week or so was an experience I will never forget.
Anyway, the point is, though I sometimes don't post constantly, though sometimes I forget or am too busy to leave comments, I plan on staying on LJ. It's because I've met some of the most wonderful people here, and I feel like I can be myself here and continue to post my thoughts, feelings, silly things, art, and more.
NaNo starts tonight and I feel rather unprepared, eek! I mean, I feel like I'm ready to take on my story, but I haven't done much prep as far as going to the site, figuring out strategies, connecting with anyone... Ahhh. But, it'll be okay! I'm going to try to finish my 50k as fast as possible!
My story this time feels very fruitful, like I won't have any lack of things to write about and it probably won't have any dead time. The difference between it and my other stories is that most of them are quieter, kind of slow, whereas this one is much less inhibited and busier. The other difference is I feel like I've struggled for a long time with characters who feel somewhat flat to me. I think I've tried to impose likability on my characters in the past (not all of them, but many) and their personalities are less instrumental to the story. They often are too polite, too ordinary, too flat. This time, the characters sort of took on a life of their own, taking on characteristics that I wouldn't have anticipated, and they're much more deeply flawed and interesting dynamic characters.
I still want to write about my story premise, I think I'll do that in a separate entry a bit later in the day. It'll be a good warm up and way to get the juices flowing.
Never did finish that Halloween fanfic. ;; There's something wrong with it, something I don't like but can't pinpoint. I'm trying to decide whether to rewrite it from the beginning or delete after a certain point or just stick with it. IDK, I'll finish it whenever I want to finish it, I guess. I still like my story idea and much of the character interaction in it, but as it is something's not working.
I have no plans for Halloween itself (orz, here I have all these great costumes but I don't know where I'd wear them), but I do have lots going on today. I'm going to be prepping for NaNo, listing some stuff on Ebay, caring for my critters, maybe finishing/scanning a drawing, and watching the season finale of Face Off. (I love Face Off, and if you like cosplay and cool monster-y type things, you should really check it out! It's inspiring and amazing.)
I was reading some articles on the decline of LJ last night, and that made me sad. It's true that the staff have made a lot of questionable decisions and pissed off the loyal users. I've been around reading about it through Strikethrough, Boldthrough, and many of the changes in the site's dynamics with user backlash. I've been here since 2004, though I actually started visiting the site in 2003 for the Wolf's Rain fandom.
I feel like, even though not as many people are using LJ, I still love LJ for the people on it and the format that has allowed for cohesive discussion that most other social sites can't match. I have made SO MANY friends that I would never have made otherwise, and it's not only that--it's the QUALITY of friends I've made. I feel like you guys aren't just casual online acquaintances, but people I know well and really care about, and wish to be friends with forever if possible. When I've met many of you in person, it amazes me--because there's always that moment of, "Ahhh, this person is a stranger!" and then after we've talked just a tiny bit, I go, "No, this is my good friend who I know lots about!" and everything gets really comfortable and happy and fun. It's because LJ is a journal--a place where you can air your thoughts and learn to know someone on a much deeper level than, say, Tumblr or Twitter or even Facebook. I wish we could all live near each other and hang out IRL all the time.
I keep thinking back to Gin's wedding, where I met several of you IRL at once and got to hang out with you guys, and those memories are just so wonderful. I think many of us felt sad to leave (myself definitely included), because we had such a bond of kinship and leaving that behind was hard. That week or so was an experience I will never forget.
Anyway, the point is, though I sometimes don't post constantly, though sometimes I forget or am too busy to leave comments, I plan on staying on LJ. It's because I've met some of the most wonderful people here, and I feel like I can be myself here and continue to post my thoughts, feelings, silly things, art, and more.
NaNo starts tonight and I feel rather unprepared, eek! I mean, I feel like I'm ready to take on my story, but I haven't done much prep as far as going to the site, figuring out strategies, connecting with anyone... Ahhh. But, it'll be okay! I'm going to try to finish my 50k as fast as possible!
My story this time feels very fruitful, like I won't have any lack of things to write about and it probably won't have any dead time. The difference between it and my other stories is that most of them are quieter, kind of slow, whereas this one is much less inhibited and busier. The other difference is I feel like I've struggled for a long time with characters who feel somewhat flat to me. I think I've tried to impose likability on my characters in the past (not all of them, but many) and their personalities are less instrumental to the story. They often are too polite, too ordinary, too flat. This time, the characters sort of took on a life of their own, taking on characteristics that I wouldn't have anticipated, and they're much more deeply flawed and interesting dynamic characters.
I still want to write about my story premise, I think I'll do that in a separate entry a bit later in the day. It'll be a good warm up and way to get the juices flowing.
Never did finish that Halloween fanfic. ;; There's something wrong with it, something I don't like but can't pinpoint. I'm trying to decide whether to rewrite it from the beginning or delete after a certain point or just stick with it. IDK, I'll finish it whenever I want to finish it, I guess. I still like my story idea and much of the character interaction in it, but as it is something's not working.
