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cleolindaRandomness on a Sunday afternoon:
Read an old Vanity Fair (November 2005, I think? Kate Moss on the cover) and mused. I think one of the biggest problems I have, in terms of failing at various goals and spiraling into fear and doubt, is that I am terrified of authority figures. I'm always afraid that people I have to answer to will be disappointed in me. I'm starting to realize that this is what's behind a lot of my failure to move forward--there are some business things I need to take care of, but because the people I would have to contact are older and higher up on the food chain than me, I'm terrified that they're going to be like, "Gah, is that all you have? You waited this long? And you're no further than that? Why do we bother with you, anyway?"
Still confused about the msscribe thing? The Woman Who Sued Herself.
Who is LJ for? And who is the new Vox service for? Six Apart's![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ljkrissy (who was very supportive of the M15M book, I have to add, and is good people in general) tackles the question. Since it's been of some controversy recently (see her entry), here's something you can do:
As for the LJ/Vox thing, I'll tell you that my first instinct was NO NO LIVEJOURNAL MINE, so I'm not going to be leaving any time soon, despite being a shade over their 18-24 demographic here at 27. Depending on how things shake out, I might try to syndicate (or if that option isn't available, duplicate this journal) over at Vox for people who do decide to go there. I'm one of those people who has to try every new thing out once, but there will be no difference in content between LJ and Vox as far as my journal is concerned. Because, damn, even if I wanted to, I don't have the time or energy to keep two completely different sets of journals. (My Greatest Journal is something I use to communicate with a specific group of people; there are no public entries over there.) Also, from what I've seen about the Vox service, Vox is more about "privacy control," which I thought LJ was already pretty good at, but my journal was, from its very inception lo these... few... years ago, intended to be a writer's public form of expression. That's why I got myself a pretty blank-book diary, y'all. If I don't want y'all to see it, I don't post it here. I'm more interested in the way LJ fosters and facilitates community--the way we link to each other, the way memes jump from journal to journal. I'm fairly sure I wouldn't have a book in print right now if it weren't for the Livejournal spirit of community. So I consider Livejournal to be both the medium of and the vehicle for any success I currently have. Vox sounds like it might suit the different needs of other groups; I'm just not sure it offers anything I don't already have here.
Renee Zellweger as Beatrix Potter. Once again, a movie Cate Blanchett was considered for and did not end up doing (see also: Closer, The Merchant of Venice, The Fountain).
Sony is lining up Natalie Portman and Eric Bana to topline "The Other Boleyn Girl," based on Philippa Gregory's historical novel.
Pirates of the Caribbean ride revamped... with animatronic Johnny? "But Rodgers said that she is very confident that no one will walk away disappointed. And, she added, in response to the observation that more things in this world should be designed to look like Johnny Depp, 'You're not going to find anyone who's going to disagree with you.'"
Speaking of which, I was just lame enough to transcribe the dialogue clips at the official site and... some of them are kind of interesting. My favorite, however, and a strong contender for a new tagline for this journal, is "My boogie snickle snickle! Toute suite, come on!"
Read an old Vanity Fair (November 2005, I think? Kate Moss on the cover) and mused. I think one of the biggest problems I have, in terms of failing at various goals and spiraling into fear and doubt, is that I am terrified of authority figures. I'm always afraid that people I have to answer to will be disappointed in me. I'm starting to realize that this is what's behind a lot of my failure to move forward--there are some business things I need to take care of, but because the people I would have to contact are older and higher up on the food chain than me, I'm terrified that they're going to be like, "Gah, is that all you have? You waited this long? And you're no further than that? Why do we bother with you, anyway?"
Still confused about the msscribe thing? The Woman Who Sued Herself.
Who is LJ for? And who is the new Vox service for? Six Apart's
ljkrissy (who was very supportive of the M15M book, I have to add, and is good people in general) tackles the question. Since it's been of some controversy recently (see her entry), here's something you can do:Though a few different sources confirm that the largest group of LJ users falls into the ages of around 18-24, a lot of LJ users feel that description just doesn't describe LJ's diverse community. We want you to know that we've heard your concerns, and now we're challenging you to help us make our statistics more accurate. The way you can do this is by following this meme that you might have already seen:And what this will do is dispell the idea that Livejournal is predominantly Generation Y, the "MySpace generation," so if you want to be represented, plug in your birthdate info. And don't forget to uncheck that "show to other users" option if you want privacy.
Go to the profile page and specify your full date of birth, including your year of birth. If you don't want everyone to see how old you are, make sure the box that says "show your birthday to other users" is unchecked. The important thing is to get yourself into the database. Then tell your friends about it, and ask them to do it too.
As for the LJ/Vox thing, I'll tell you that my first instinct was NO NO LIVEJOURNAL MINE, so I'm not going to be leaving any time soon, despite being a shade over their 18-24 demographic here at 27. Depending on how things shake out, I might try to syndicate (or if that option isn't available, duplicate this journal) over at Vox for people who do decide to go there. I'm one of those people who has to try every new thing out once, but there will be no difference in content between LJ and Vox as far as my journal is concerned. Because, damn, even if I wanted to, I don't have the time or energy to keep two completely different sets of journals. (My Greatest Journal is something I use to communicate with a specific group of people; there are no public entries over there.) Also, from what I've seen about the Vox service, Vox is more about "privacy control," which I thought LJ was already pretty good at, but my journal was, from its very inception lo these... few... years ago, intended to be a writer's public form of expression. That's why I got myself a pretty blank-book diary, y'all. If I don't want y'all to see it, I don't post it here. I'm more interested in the way LJ fosters and facilitates community--the way we link to each other, the way memes jump from journal to journal. I'm fairly sure I wouldn't have a book in print right now if it weren't for the Livejournal spirit of community. So I consider Livejournal to be both the medium of and the vehicle for any success I currently have. Vox sounds like it might suit the different needs of other groups; I'm just not sure it offers anything I don't already have here.
Renee Zellweger as Beatrix Potter. Once again, a movie Cate Blanchett was considered for and did not end up doing (see also: Closer, The Merchant of Venice, The Fountain).
Sony is lining up Natalie Portman and Eric Bana to topline "The Other Boleyn Girl," based on Philippa Gregory's historical novel.
Pirates of the Caribbean ride revamped... with animatronic Johnny? "But Rodgers said that she is very confident that no one will walk away disappointed. And, she added, in response to the observation that more things in this world should be designed to look like Johnny Depp, 'You're not going to find anyone who's going to disagree with you.'"
Speaking of which, I was just lame enough to transcribe the dialogue clips at the official site and... some of them are kind of interesting. My favorite, however, and a strong contender for a new tagline for this journal, is "My boogie snickle snickle! Toute suite, come on!"
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Date: 2006-06-25 10:32 pm (UTC)o.O That's the same problem I have. I wonder how common that is.
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Date: 2006-06-25 11:10 pm (UTC)I regularly go numb at the mere thought of the end-of-semester evaluation meetings we have in our graduate program, even though I know I've done everything just fine.
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Date: 2006-06-25 10:42 pm (UTC)And then I realised... and felt like a moron. :)
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Date: 2006-06-25 11:28 pm (UTC)Add me to the list.
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Date: 2006-06-25 10:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-25 11:10 pm (UTC)::bursts into laughter::
Oh, that would look *so* good as a tagline!
p/s - finally finished your book. Love it!
^__^
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Date: 2006-06-26 12:33 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-06-25 11:51 pm (UTC)I practice law, and regularly go before judges. Every time, I spend the bulk of the time waiting for the judge to call the case convinced he/she is going to end the hearing by yelling at me or telling me how incompetent I am. I have no idea how to get rid of this feeling, but if it's any consolation, I've had people who've done this for fifty years tell me the same thing. I think we're all afraid of being disappointments.
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Date: 2006-06-26 12:11 am (UTC)Tell you what though, that msscribe stuff makes for good bedtime reading.
"You can mistrust me less than you can mistrust him, trust me."
Nighty night, Cleo.
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Date: 2006-06-26 04:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-06-26 12:35 am (UTC)Hello, me! Although in my experience, people in general are too busy and have seen too much to be especially punitive (although there are some notable exceptions). But, yes, I am...well, it's like, I'm afraid they'll have questions for me that I can't really answer. "Why isn't X done?" Because it fucking isn't, OK? What do you want, a confession co-signed by Torquemada? It'll be ready when I fucking say it's ready. Shove it, assmunch.
I kind of have issues with authority figures in many different ways, if that's not obvious yet.
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Date: 2006-06-26 02:20 am (UTC)A friend at the last con I went to pointed out that Davy Jones really does sound like he is saying "Jack Sparrow....You have a dead toupee"
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Date: 2006-06-26 03:05 am (UTC)ZOMG CAN'T HANDLE IT!
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Date: 2006-06-26 04:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-06-26 04:02 am (UTC)The T-shirts are classic.
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Date: 2006-06-26 08:21 am (UTC)Re: Have you heard about this?
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Date: 2006-06-26 05:28 am (UTC)Am I the only one who is not getting why some folk are getting so uppity about the changes lj has made? I kind of like the new look of the journal customize area, seems easier to manuever. Is it just that it's different and some people fear change? I'm quite content on Livejournal. Don't plan on switching or getting others.
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Date: 2006-06-26 06:24 am (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/philnthropy/
*pimp*pimp*pimp*
Turning wank into charity.
And yet somehow, I feel...the wank is getting old already. I mean, this morning it seemed a little dimmed in the wanky glory. Now, just before bed...it's almost depressingly stagnant.
This must be what the drug rehab patients feel like during withdrawal after their last-ever high.
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Date: 2006-06-26 07:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-26 11:18 am (UTC)I used to have this problem, which I think is somewhat the fault of my parents for unintentionally beating my self-esteem to a pulp.
However, as I grew older, I was, and am still, provided proof from time to time that authority figures are
often horrendously doltishvery human, too. At least as human as me, if not more so. 'tis best to remember that.Actually, I've rather progressed the other way, as it's just too easy to find fault with celebrity. Hence my disparagement of Hollywood, especially.
Yarha, We All Suck, Somehow
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Date: 2006-06-27 01:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-27 03:00 pm (UTC)Thanks, Cleo!
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Date: 2006-06-27 08:53 pm (UTC)The Haunted Mansion ride was pretty good, though; I thought that good movies couldn't have good rides and vice versa.
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Date: 2006-06-29 12:21 am (UTC)Linkspam dance party.
Date: 2006-07-01 05:40 am (UTC)... Staying informed is important, if not always pleasant. >_<
Thanks so much. ♥