It's Alive!

[wlotus]

What's this I hear about LiveJournal "dying"? Several LJers have made that claim, but I don't see what they mean from where I'm sitting. While some of the LJ blogs I read/watch have been slower at posting (as I have been in recent weeks), my reading list is so active and so diverse that I have felt perpetually behind on reading for the past month. For the time being I have no interest in blogging elsewhere as much as I blog here, and I have plenty enough to read to keep me here.

Anyway, I know I haven't posted much as of late, but it is not due to defecting to some other blogging site or losing interest in y'alls posts. I'm still here, and I'm glad you are still here, too.

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[lilrongal.livejournal.com]

I still read LJ several times a day. I did have to cut my reading list down quite a bit, though. It's pretty exclusive to good friends and people who post about their lives. Too many of my writer friends started posting only about their books or their friends books. I don't want to read commercials all day! But talk to me about life, and issues, and post pictures, and let me into your mind? I'm there, dude.

With Twitter and stuff like that, I feel like people are much less inclined to write out long blog posts, though. And I don't get nearly as many comments on entries as I used to.

I should blog more. It's just that I often don't feel as if I have a lot to say these days.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

I have felt that way, too. But in my case, it isn't a lack of things to say. In some cases, it is a lack of desire to be publicly vulnerable, as I see no reason to unnecessarily open myself up for criticism. In other instances, it is an overabundance of things to say or photos to post; I feel overwhelmed at the thought of processing it all so it is fit for public consumption!

Also, I don't have the same pressing need for outer validation that drove me to begin blogging my guts out in the first place in 2002. I am out of that conservative environment, out of the closet in a lot of ways, and living life more often than not as my true self. Most of my first posts were a scream for recognition, a desire to be seen and liked for my real self, when many of the people around me were heavily invested in me being anything but that.

There's another reason I post less: I have been blogging for so long, I am afraid of being redundant, as some of my "epiphanies" are just me remembering truths I had forgotten in the process of living.

I may begin posting more, though. Last night I watched the video log of a young girl who is, most definitely, her own person (http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/). Her willingness to express herself online in her own unique way inspired me to do more of that, too.

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

I love Tavi! Her blog is one of my favorites.

I sometimes worry about redundancy, or overexposure. But I keep reminding myself - my journal is my journal. I may have an audience, but I don't have to write to that audience. People can choose what they want to read and want to engage with.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

Tavi is awesome! I don't get half of what she talks about, but she's adorable in her uniqueness. I really liked the video she recently did to welcome her teachers to her blog. I don't get it, but I like it. :-)