Awhile ago I noticed that there weren’t as many livejournalers in some urban areas: the bay area, nyc, whatever. It’s probably not literally true, but I think that there’s a kernel of truth to it. The explanation that seemed pretty intuitive to me is that there are alot of people doing lj mostly as a social outlet, for a particular niche. And in these cities, you can get that face-to-face.
Of late, I’ve totally fallen behind on my lj subscriptions (“friends” list, if you must). I wish I could keep up with everyone, but I totally would not exchange that for what I’ve had in its place. 40-mile bike ride, party in the castro, crowd-surfing at the castro on halloween (glad I did it once. Never, ever again), checking out food not bombs, having a job, albeit half-time, that pays the bills. Game party at my place. A cause that I’ve committed to. Go. Munching at Herbivore. Reading “American Gods”. All good things. None involving a computer in the actual doing. (also some playing of wc3, but not amazing amounts).
But I still wanna keep up with people. So, I’m trimming off more bits of my friends list, adding a couple of people to give them permission, and putting like half of the people on my friends least out of my default view. Not because I don’t love you all, but because I like having a life.
trimmings…
and, no, I don’t mean the trimming from some carnivorous roast.. 😉
in any case… I think it was also with you (and a few others) where there was a conversation centered around how people in the Bay Area sort of change.. that when you visit and all, people here go out of their way to treat you well and show you the ‘magic’ of the area… while when you get here, you’re often relegated to “take a number”…
Methinks what you have just posted about shows exactly what happens to some degree… that there’s just a certain level of maintenance needed for immediate interaction and then you let others “take a number” and you deal with them as can be…
hrm… just *part* of thoughts…
-p