I don't think you're getting more boring. Okay, I don't always understand what you say - let's not talk about the amount of time it took me to understand what Northern Exposure was - but I'm always happy to see one of your posts. Or pictures of your feet; I always look forward to seeing where your feet have been over the year.
But I do notice - and I'm talking generally, now - that posts, in general, tend to become longer the longer the person has been on LJ. And they become more, hmmm. Performative? That's not quite the concept I mean, though. Okay, take me as an example. These days, I tend to regard various things as potential LJ posts. Like, if I'm pissed off about the text on the side of my tampon box? Instead of just ranting about it, I rant about it in LJ format, even if I'm just doing it in my own head. Does that make sense?
Possibly not. My point is, I think we acquire a sort of documentary urge after a certain amount of time on LJ, and we're always taking notes of things to put in our journals. Also, we tend to loosen up in style and structure. Which, all taken together, can result in either a very interesting and personal journal or a very boring and personal journal, depending on the writer.
Hmmm. This comment kind of wandered off-topic, I note; sorry. I actually also meant to talk about your second paragraph, but now I'm afraid to get into it too much, for fear I'll end up with, like, a fifteen-page essay. So, in short: I agree. Part of the LJ experience is these loosely-structured running conversations that start in journal A with four comments and then, two days later, pick up in journal B with two more, and so on. I suspect much of what I was sort of subconsciously noticing was that I don't do that as much anymore. And probably that's the case because I don't answer comments consistently.
Of course, that's mostly my fault, although it would be very helpful if LJ would send me my comment notifications. But that is a rant for another time, and I have already way over-responded, here. (Seriously, I am very grateful for the comment character limit. Without it, I suspect I'd never finish any comment, ever.)
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But I do notice - and I'm talking generally, now - that posts, in general, tend to become longer the longer the person has been on LJ. And they become more, hmmm. Performative? That's not quite the concept I mean, though. Okay, take me as an example. These days, I tend to regard various things as potential LJ posts. Like, if I'm pissed off about the text on the side of my tampon box? Instead of just ranting about it, I rant about it in LJ format, even if I'm just doing it in my own head. Does that make sense?
Possibly not. My point is, I think we acquire a sort of documentary urge after a certain amount of time on LJ, and we're always taking notes of things to put in our journals. Also, we tend to loosen up in style and structure. Which, all taken together, can result in either a very interesting and personal journal or a very boring and personal journal, depending on the writer.
Hmmm. This comment kind of wandered off-topic, I note; sorry. I actually also meant to talk about your second paragraph, but now I'm afraid to get into it too much, for fear I'll end up with, like, a fifteen-page essay. So, in short: I agree. Part of the LJ experience is these loosely-structured running conversations that start in journal A with four comments and then, two days later, pick up in journal B with two more, and so on. I suspect much of what I was sort of subconsciously noticing was that I don't do that as much anymore. And probably that's the case because I don't answer comments consistently.
Of course, that's mostly my fault, although it would be very helpful if LJ would send me my comment notifications. But that is a rant for another time, and I have already way over-responded, here. (Seriously, I am very grateful for the comment character limit. Without it, I suspect I'd never finish any comment, ever.)