This entry is likely to piss a couple people off; it will get interpreted as me telling you what to write in your journal, and I know a lot of people have issue with that sort of thinking. I'm not telling you what to write: I'm trying to suggest there're things you should do with what you write.
So why shouldn't you whine in your livejournal? It's your Livejournal, it's your life. Do what you want, right? And yes; I agree. Whine to your heart's content, crucify your coworkers on altars of their own idiosyncracies, complain that your boyfriend doesn't understand the special and unique snowflake that you are. In the immortal words of Kevin Kline's character in Fish Called Wanda, "Go ahead, pal! Fuck her blue!' That said: maybe you need to examine WHY you use your livejournal to write what you write. Setting it down on paper doesn't guarantee some sacredness: why should putting it down on a hard disc?
nihilistic_kid wrote this little rant about this topic (or alternately, some armchair psychoanalysis) which does have some usefulness on this topic. Personally, I think that you should write what you like-- but part of the purpose of keeping a journal is self-analysis: the ability to go back to something months later, skim through your diary entry, and go 'wow; okay, why did I react like THAT?'
This is the only thing that I look at with LJ and wonder about; how can people keep running through the same shit over and over and not get sick of hearing themselves stub their toes on the same obstacles? Fuck, PICK UP YOUR GODDAMNED FEET already!
You may readnihilistic_kid's analysis here.
So why shouldn't you whine in your livejournal? It's your Livejournal, it's your life. Do what you want, right? And yes; I agree. Whine to your heart's content, crucify your coworkers on altars of their own idiosyncracies, complain that your boyfriend doesn't understand the special and unique snowflake that you are. In the immortal words of Kevin Kline's character in Fish Called Wanda, "Go ahead, pal! Fuck her blue!' That said: maybe you need to examine WHY you use your livejournal to write what you write. Setting it down on paper doesn't guarantee some sacredness: why should putting it down on a hard disc?
nihilistic_kid wrote this little rant about this topic (or alternately, some armchair psychoanalysis) which does have some usefulness on this topic. Personally, I think that you should write what you like-- but part of the purpose of keeping a journal is self-analysis: the ability to go back to something months later, skim through your diary entry, and go 'wow; okay, why did I react like THAT?'This is the only thing that I look at with LJ and wonder about; how can people keep running through the same shit over and over and not get sick of hearing themselves stub their toes on the same obstacles? Fuck, PICK UP YOUR GODDAMNED FEET already!
You may read
nihilistic_kid's analysis here.
Not for me. I never reread. I'm only here to interact with my friends from Dino. When I post something, it's because I want to share something with them because I think they might enjoy it or be interested. No journey of self-discovery here. Nothing to see, move along.
Indeed.
Re: Indeed.
We're the kind of person who sneaks into the bathroom at work, and tells the imaginary boss off in a whisper before going back to the job.
and then noting this: not only are journals like these (for some) the places to record instances of freak-out and flare up, often over the same things over and over again, so that we may look back and say, 'hmm, why AM i letting that thing get to me so much?' and places to growl, 'stupid dog-licking mother*&^k65, why can't you be anything but lame?!' and then resume civil relations with people in-person and nnot lose jobs or friendships. but also places to do all this with an audience. it's a second check system, as it were. our friends can see what we're doing, sometimes even when we don't. and sometimes the comment area isn't the best place to point out, 'hey, have you noticed that you're kicking that same rock over and over? there's areason you have to keep bandaging the same toe.' but if we are keeping these records where people we know (to whatever extent) can see us, it seems to me that there MUST be some desire to have others notice what we do not.
Not that I've seen that happen to me or anything. ;)
I think the defining point is when it crosses the line from 'eh, I'm sick of this shit' to 'wah, wah, my pussy hurts, wah'. One can state, even repeatedly, that they're sick of a situation or circumstance as long as they're doing what they can to FIX it. When they wallow...
Well, we all wallow sometimes, but it's easy to use up our allowance. :b
--generally, people respond to this with 'hey WAIT they don't all hate-- oh. Oh, okay, not everybody hates me, I just feel like they do.'
That's fine! feeling like shit's perfectly valid in my book, and I do it regularly myself. I just get tired of people who sit there going 'the sun isn't shining today. It knows what I did.' That shit is fucked up.
Okay... maybe not. ;)
But that line just cracked me up so I had to respond.