Finnegan, begin again
May. 25th, 2003 08:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akirluYeah, 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.
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.
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Date: 2003-05-26 10:41 pm (UTC)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.