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[correctiveshoes621]

What the shit is THIS?

http://petergabriel.com/

Sure I'm late to the party, as always....No offense, but I kinda hate it.
No, I do NOT want the whole fucking world to be the vast shallow puddle of Facebook/Twitter.

Guess I'm a Luddite. Left behind, and all that; yes, yes. Don't care.

So. LJ's dead, huh? I'll just be over here, by myself, rotting in the corner, then.

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[hierokeryx.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the rotting by myself int he corner, as opposed to the swamp that is FB/Twitter. I do use FB, not going to lie, but I saw their new "new FB" and... yeah, it's just too much. Or too little. I don't know. All the things people seem to want to know about other people are not the things that I'm interested in/interested in sharing. Like, I don't care if you and John B just had hotdogs while watching TV at 2929 Getafrickinlife Road, Nowheresville, USofA. I don't want to see the bajillion shitty cell phone pictures you took. Yes, you and your friends are drunk, crazy, I've never see drunk people before.

Being bombarded every second of every day with more and more empty uninformation, forming more and more non-connections with people just doesn't appeal to me. But what do I know. I won't buy an ereader. My cell phone doesn't even have a camera, much less internet access (and who the hell can afford that, anyway?).

Geez, what a rant. I am kind of lubricated, so, there you go. At least I didn't take a blurry picture of myself to go with this.

[lunarising.livejournal.com]

You said what I was trying to say, but only so much better, lol. And don't forget the kids' pics too. I don't need to see their every growing inch. Lawd ah mercy.

[hierokeryx.livejournal.com]

Or! Pictures of what they're eating. WTF. I don't even understand that. I guess if you're eating something really fancy or weird...? Trifecta picture would combine kids, food, and the drunk parents.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. AMEN. WordWordWordWordWord.

At least I didn't take a blurry picture of myself to go with this. - Oh, dear Lord, LMAO + infinity.

[hierokeryx.livejournal.com]

I just realized that I don't even have a camera. Some Millennial I am!

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

Pretty, pretty icon.

[hierokeryx.livejournal.com]

Hehe, thank you. Ludwig = ultimate 70s period movie, and Helmut Berger = Teutonic perfection. I love how anxious he looks under all that regalia.

So much champagne is consumed in that movie. It makes me want some.

Oh, how I flail and over identify with Ludwig http://youtu.be/qEOBQZ7ov2E.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

I love how anxious he looks under all that regalia. - That's IT. Exactly. That 'something'; coiled up so tight, under smooth perfection. I do so love me some whiny, navel-gazing men. :/

[lunarising.livejournal.com]

Not dead but dying and it's sad. Kinda like when vinyl went out of style and now it's back. Maybe those crazy millenials will realize that there's more to socializing and communicating with friends worldwide than just what 140 characters can say.

That said - I'm on both, tho' I've filtered out my family and classmates and only follow interests, but even with that I'm just on information overload. You're not a Luddite (shoot you use torrents after all, the very best part of the internet!); you just know what's fluff and what's substance. My sister got me on FB and thought she was showing big sis something new and I thought, I've been doing this for years on LJ! But really, do I need to know THAT much about ALL those people?

Have a good night at work tonight! Do you need anything from my mystical powers? :)

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

Kinda like when vinyl went out of style and now it's back. - It's back? Hehehehhe - I've over a hundred, of every stripe..and Pete has THOUSANDS. Literally. With their own categorized shelving and humidifier.

*ancient*

Have a good night at work tonight! Do you need anything from my mystical powers? :)
- Actually...LOL. Some HELP. Three more just quit - that leaves FIVE of us to cover the entire shift 24/7. Five. The 'allowed' per NIGHT is seven, but I've not seen that in years, I guess. The state-mandated ratio is 1 CNA to 24 residents (still freakin' appalling), I believe - and I usually have thirty-six, depending on who's in the hospital, etc - and some of them are just frighteningly ill.

There. I said it.
It's impossible, what they expect us to do.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

That's, 'DEhumidifier'; my bad.

[gayalithiel.livejournal.com]

It IS sad. FB and Twitter can't replace blog sites like LJ. They are fundamentally different, but they're where everyone has flocked to. I think particularly the young people (who did populate a lot of LJ, lets admit it) have gone away because the short sweet posts and pic opportunities are attractive to them. I keep hoping FB will step over the line with it's constant changes and scare everyone away for good. Prolly won't happy though. :(

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

I think particularly the young people (who did populate a lot of LJ, lets admit it) have gone away because the short sweet posts and pic opportunities are attractive to them. - YES. Let's SHORTEN our/their attention-spans. Word. That must be it, then. I am too slow to keep up with the world. It's been something I'm disgusted to admit, but, there you have it. :/

[http://users.livejournal.com/_lyra_b/]

I am still mourning the loss of many of my friends with whom I used to interact quite frequently here. Nevertheless, I still find it LJ the most satisfying social media. Facebook causes me nothing but pain, like when I could've used some help with my husband after his surgery but then I see that my sister is too busy making 47 new FB friends and commenting on the pages of the 300+ "friends" she has. I'm glad she's found the superficial meaning of her life. I think Facebook causes people to be LESS close and certainly far more superficial. Plus I really, really hate getting an email with every comment the every person in a thread had made. I don't even know 98% of these people and it bugs. Then I think my comments are going out there like that. Who cares? Sorry, I'm just rambling now! lol

On the other hand I like Twitter for the external social value (I follow interesting writers, mostly). I do not see it as a meaningful means of communication but it helps me.

You're not a Luddite - you're just a reasonable, decent human who would like some reasonable, decent interaction. FB doesn't provide that.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I agree re: following Twitter from a distance (lol) - I love Stephen's and Leonard Nimoy (who, for the longest time, apparently answered EVERYONE, bless his heart) - but the website. pg. ET TU, PG? ET TU?
I'm glad she's found the superficial meaning of her life. - Yup. DOOD. My MOTHER'S, liEk, hooked.

[quixotic-elixir.livejournal.com]

I'm still around. Most people I know connect through Facebook anymore. I only have 22 'friends' so I suppose I'm not all that awesome there.

I fell off of LJ ... I don't know why. No one's fault. I'm just flaky.

I don't like Twitter. Pointless, pointless, pointless. Dickie Chappell updates the PG thing over there though, so if it occurs to me once in a while, I'll take a look.

Feeling a bit antisocial right now, so it all blows.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

I'm just flaky.

Feeling a bit antisocial right now, so it all blows.

- Well, you're in good company, then :)

..you okay?

[quixotic-elixir.livejournal.com]

I just need to get out of here. My life is a depressing ball of shit.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

My life is a depressing ball of shit. - Heard THAT..and I'm sorry to hear that. I would never assume to know what's going on or want to belittle you by claiming to, 'identify' - but, yeah. Is it ME or does just EVERYTHING suck, at the moment? And, has, really, for some TIME, now.

My life is either, a) so traumatic, or, b) so stuck in a withering soul-deadening rut - that apparently, I need to ignore/procrastinate/self-medicate it by creating wild imaginary drama. Neither prospect is particularly appealing..

Got plan?

[quixotic-elixir.livejournal.com]

I agree with you there. My life is full of suck. Everytime I figure something out, or fix something, three things go to hell. A great deal of it can be traced back to my living situation.

But I don't know if I can do it myself. Leave. My therapist and I are working on that.

I don't have a solid plan. I have ideas. I just feel so pointless and frustrated I can't think straight.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

Yeah - doing it yourself is no fun. Staying is no fun. I was in that particular situation, myself, for years - over a decade, to be honest - until things absolutely forced my hand. If that had not happened? I'd have STILL been in that situation, sad to admit. But fear is a huge factor; and I had no job, no prospects, etc..and two kids at home, at the time. Horrible.

And, now? Finally alone (for the great part), and I STILL aint got my shit right. Honestly, the old habits are the hardest to break, especially at my age - at least, you are young! You're also smart as hell, and you WILL figure this out. May not seem like it, now..but..it WILL come.

[onlyconnect-83.livejournal.com]

I also didn't realize that Petey had a new album coming out. I'm horribly out of the loop, haha.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

I'm so out of it, liEk, I can't even SEE said loop..so..