(real date is 2pm, 13 November 2003 - but this is a "high-list" entry.)

OK. I'm starting to lose people on my friends list... I'm thinking for one of four reasons... Am I right?

1) I'm boring. I know I'm boring, but I'm not THAT boring, I hope. I try to post at least once a week, whether I have anything to say or not. And I put the quizzes or memes I've accumulated behind lj-cuts for the most part. I also try and link out where appropriate (note an example in this entry where i'm "chronically ill"!)

2) Political/religious differences. That's part of life, I figure. People disagree. And I DON'T take people off my friends list that disagree with me... part of the fun of reading your entries for me is the differences in people... (If you can't tell, I'm "republican tending toward libertarian" in politics ["Ron Paul Republican" is a description I've heard used] and Latter-Day Saint in religion.)

3) I complain about my life. Again, that's part of life. I'm not healthy [in fact, I'm chronically ill], I don't have much of a job at the moment... this journal helps me take out some of the stress and depression that I otherwise would be directing at my roommates and my friends at church right now - and I don't want to do that. I have great roommates, and the people I see at church are just as good! And I like reading happy entries. That doesn't mean that I have them too often. I wish I did. I'm not going to lie about my day-to-day grind. If I did, I'd post daily. (I say "my friends at church" - I really have no other place I'd meet friends at the moment. I can only think of one person whose phone number I have, lives in Columbia, and is NOT in my church. And she's a former girlfriend I can't visit.)

4) I don't comment. Sometimes I do... ask alohagirl, for instance. We've practically chatted in comments! I just may not feel I have anything to say on any particular day or about any particular person, or I'm feeling like I need to lay down pretty quick. I know I'm tired a lot. Similarly, I make short comments. I will admit to that. That doesn't mean that I don't put thought into them a lot of the time. Sometimes I leave an entry in a tab in Mozilla for a long time. And occasionally I make the LONG comment that takes me a day to type up. Or entry. Like this one! But... If you request that I call you on the phone or chat with you online, I'll do it. I like doing it.

By the way... This journal will never be "Friends-Only", although the occasional entry may be. I have a graphic saying so, and I just need pointed to a place to put it up at.

Oh, and thanks to nazihalosadist for pointing out the song I'm listening to!


Robert Heinlein wrote you - your stranger in a
strange land, you.


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Of course, knowing my political views and choice of reading (sci-fi) - who else could write me? Hmmm... maybe L. Neil Smith! *giggles*

kethlenda has the rest of the months at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kethlenda/97056.html

AUGUST:
Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride of oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. (sometimes too quick) Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. (Tries to be) Loving and caring. Loves to make friends.