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. <\/p>\n
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). <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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