changing audiences

[ilanarama]

I first got this lj from ikkyu2, because all the cool t.b kids were doing it. I friended the folks I knew from t.b and a bunch of you friended me back. I haven't used it a whole lot, especially after I developed a rather specialized interest and mostly absconded to a new journal set up specifically for that purpose. (Which has an order of magnitude more friends than this one, and is a paid account while this one is free, which probably tells you something about my priorities.)

But now I've got a lot of non-t.b people on my flist, either from said interest, from other shared interests, or from real life. And I've started using this journal more frequently now that 1) it's outdoorsy season, and 2) I'm heavily involved in politics, and therefore I've got lots of stuff to say. Er, mostly involving mountains and politics. I'm going to try to talk a little more about my nonfiction writing, too.

So if any of you t.b people (heck, or the rest of you) are not actually interested in what I have to say, and only friended me out of a vague sense of guilt about keeping up with the t.b crowd, feel free to defriend me. I won't be offended. If I enjoy what you have to say, I'll keep reading your journals whether or not you read mine. And I may be dropping people from my list as I decide that my interests have diverged from what you post.

Comments

[ex-askesis860.livejournal.com]

I'm staying. But I do request more silly poetry. I've even got a specifc need: the lyrics to a song called "Esperanto" that can be sung to the tune of "Desperado." Here, I'll start:

Esssss-peranto,
You have simplified tenses,

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Oh, gosh. I remember seeing you request this on [Bad username or site: talk.bizarre @ livejournal.com] a while back, and turned it over in my mind a bit but never came up with anything really good. I'll have to ponder.

But silly poetry yay! MOOM!

Esperanto

[nerdsholmferret.livejournal.com]

I actually went through an entire set of online Esperanto lessons in order to write that song _in_ Esperanto, and came up with a few lines, but failed to finish it and can no longer find any evidence of my progress. Alas.

[sambushell.livejournal.com]

Go on, taunt me with those vistas! (Especially the vistas with views.)

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

I promise new views of vistas RSN!

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

I've always been interested in your posts, however infrequent, even though I don't comment much. I'll keep reading. While I also like being read, I won't be offended if you decide what I write isn't for you.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

It's always nice to hear that people are reading!

I find a lot of your meta about writing interesting.

[yong-mi.livejournal.com]

Never mind all of that - I want bike pr0n! Loving desccriptions of your bike gear! Sekrit obssessions with fixies! Ooh baby!

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Heh - I've declined sadly from my bike-obsessed days, and my main ride is a yard-sale roadbike. I've become obsessed with running instead - been training for a marathon - wanna hear all the technical details of my running shoes?

Oh, wait, there aren't any technical details. Oh, well.

[yong-mi.livejournal.com]

Yes! Running shoes pr0n!
I confess to actually watching the OLN coverage of the Tour de France. I have gotten a lot of knitting done in the process, tho'.

t.b.

[myschka.livejournal.com]

What is T.B.? And by the way, since I'm asking questions about things I'm too old to know, what are these strange hand gestures kids are making now? Like, pinky and thumb sticking out and moved in some strange way? Thank you in advance!

- myschka

Re: t.b.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm only 7 years older than you, so don't ask me about what kids are doing.

T.B = talk.bizarre, a Usenet newsgroup that used to be a fun gathering place for creative and interesting people before the newbies flooded the internet. My website has some links to stuff I posted there a long time ago. I actually don't know if it's still a going concern - I haven't even looked at it in over 5 years.