Finnegan, begin again

[akirlu]

Yeah, like I need another time sink. But here I am, late to the Adopter's Ball, as usual. Don't sass me now, ya whippersnappers. I knew Godwin before he was the Law.

I come not to seek community, but to leverage it. I've been lurking LiveJournal, posting comments to friends' LJs, attending live events, and taking flak for not having an LJ myself for sufficiently long that it seems time to knuckle under the inevitable. You've only yourselves to blame if this spells the deathknell of LiveJournal, like parachute pants and eight-track tapes before it. No, okay, I never did buy the parachute pants, actually. But I wouldn't mind that coat made from the pelts of a zillion dismembered Furbees.

I have no idea if I'll actually use this forum to blather into the ether much. As fora go, it seems more than usually prone to become a repository for the most banal observations otherwise interesting writers elect to make. Reading LiveJournal is a good way to appreciate the achievement of journalers who write consistently interesting and insightful entries, but it isn't necessarily inspirational. On the other hand, the repro costs are much cheaper than finally putting out my fanzine, so hey.

My journal, and welcome to it.

Comments

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll bite. What does the title mean? Or is that ersatz Swedish?

MKK

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Ersatz Swedish?! Me? Woman, you cut me to the core, you do. Of course it means something. Snorkfröken is one of the characters out of the Moomintroll books -- you'll find an image of her among my pictures. Well, you will *now*. And 'bo' to save you a trip to one of the several online Swedish/English dictionaries, means "nest".

[supergee.livejournal.com]

riverrun, past...oh, wrong Finnegan. I wouldn't buy a Furbee coat unless I was sure it was made by clubbing the little creatures to death.
Welcome.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's better than that, if I understand the Furbee coat right, all those little fuckers are still alive, in a previous installation. Skinned alive, you see.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Hello, you. How goes?

[numbat.livejournal.com]

Ah, so here you are and now I might begin to pay pennance for never writing to you about any of those rather nice issues of Widening Gyre that verily you did send unto me in days long past.

It is my experience that LJ can be used in a variety of ways rather like a swiss army knife. If some LJers come across as more banal than they do elsewhere it's usually because they are chatting between each other while at work and thus not trying to articulate any thoughts too deep or lasting. Some of us though like to think we contribute something substantial. I know in my case I put anything worthwhile I write (and some ephemeral stuff) on LJ to garner a little instant gratification before re-using it in printed form.

If you look at some of my entries I'm sure you will recognise much of the material in the first few issues of Jabberwocky. I've also reprinted LJ material in my ANZAPA contributions. Indeed, I have hopes that my LJ material will become good enough that somebody else will want to reprint something in their fanzine. No bites so far though.

[numbat.livejournal.com]

And while I'm doing pennance I really should mention that I thought Tales of An Unqualified TAFFgirl was not only the best thing by you I've ever read but one of the best fannish articles of the last half decade.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's you! Cool.

I'm not sure I agree with you about LJ's being comprise mainly of "banal observations," and not just because I contribute to that phenomenon myself. I look upon LJ more as a kaffeeklatsch, an informal way to keep up with people's lives. There's probably a sociological way to describe this phenoment, but As A Feminist^TM I must support a certain recounting of people's ordinary, daily activities.