Please note that my personal LJ is ohiblather. I started it so that people would know when I updated my Blatherings.

ohi is no longer active.


DISCLAIMER: I realize that most of you have no problem with LJpoliticstuff, so can happily skip the rest of this posting :-). However, from time to time I feel compelled to publicly post my own LJ situation, to avoid potential misunderstandings. Please do see my LJ "Friends" policy if you haven't already. An updated excerpt from that posting:

re: commenting in people's journals. No, I don't post a lot of comments. If I don't comment in your journal, please don't take it personally. I mostly read instead of posting (and until recently haven't been doing much reading because of tendinitis). I don't expect people to post in mine...if they do, I'm flattered and interested in what they have to say, but I don't get upset if they don't, and I always assume that they are posting because they want to, not because they are expecting me to post in their journals in return.

When I see friends in person (no matter how close), I never automatically assume they are reading my Blatherings or have kept up with my Blatherings. I try to scan my LJ Friends list regularly as well as journals of those friends not on LJ, but sometimes I simply can't. It doesn't mean I have no interest in your life. It means that my own life has to take priority, and sometimes this means not keeping up with everyone else's.

I've noticed a recent trend of people posting personal messages for specific people in their Livejournals as a sort of substitute for personal e-mail/phone contact. This may work for some people, but if you have a message or info for me and want me to see it sooner than later, PLEASE TELL ME IN E-MAIL (even if it's a group mail) OR IN PERSON OR BY PHONE. Please. I promise to do the same, ok? :-)

I think it's wonderful how quickly the LJ community is growing. I also think it wonderful how online journals help keep some friends in touch with what's going on in each other's lives. I post my journal, read other journals, and post occasional comments for fun/support, not out of obligation.

Debbie