Cold Londrina Nights

[dotinthesky]

Life is quiet, lonely and fast in Londrina. Did I arrive yesterday? Or before yesterday? Time has blended everything together. The TV is on its last legs, the apartment is cold, and my only company is a tiny sausage dog who sleeps all day underneath blankets.

I've burned my retinas on the internet, but even this is becoming boring. Too much internet makes me want to delete this journal. I've been feeling lazy and restless. I wish my boyfriend were here.

I'm scanning photos of myself tomorrow. All ages. I'll be making a post very soon with one photo per year of my life, starting with a newborn one and going all the way to my big 30.

Comments

[izzybees]

Too much internet makes me want to delete this journal.

Maybe that's my problem!

I am looking forward to seeing those photos.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I find that I come to LJ with honest curiosity to catch up with friends... but then, after an hour or so, I'm bored, reading the same old same old, getting angsty, and sort of reading everything in a very automatic way. What keeps me coming back are the friends I made here.

As soon as my bro teaches me how to use the scanner, I'm uploading all of them! I think the photos will make it clear that I was gay from about the age of 6. :-)

[izzybees]

I understand how you feel about reading your friends page. I have said to other people that I don't like the interface, which reminds me of an rss feeder as opposed to the outside blogging world, where you're required to visit another person's page in order to catch up with them. That's the way I prefer to read on LJ, by visiting the person's own space, because their design is an extension of their personality and it makes me feel like I'm experiencing them and not just a momentary blip on my friends page, but you can't do that with everyone or it will take ten times as long to catch up.

I come back because, although I communicate outside of LJ with a lot of people here and being away opens new avenues of communication, it's just so much easier to keep in touch with everyone at once, and I miss you guys when I'm not here. I periodically freak out about sharing too much, though, and retreat into my shell.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I think the secret is to cut back, to the point where the experience is always interesting. One thing I'm learning to let go is this idea that you must know "everything" about "everyone" at all times. I think the big news in people's lives always reach you, regardless of how often you read their journal. It's more important to keep your interest in them fresh, rather than overdose on everyone's bloghorrea.

But, having said that, your journal is one of the few which I read everything, and suffer great withdrawal when it's not around. ;-)

[izzybees]

I have always had a problem with moderation. I am one of those all-or-nothing people, and it is a really difficult aspect of my personality to change. I have never expected to know everything about everyone, but have often felt like I need to tell all for some reason.

And I am hopelessly addicted to your journal, too.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

We need to start a Livejournal Anonymous...