Randomosity

[mitchy]

1) I used to really miss not being able to read LJ during the day because by the time I got home in the evening to read stuff, people had already commented and moved on. And now that I can read LJ during the day, there's been very little traffic and almost nothing that couldn't have waited until evening. Sod's Law, I hear you cackling....

2) If I see one more post on my flist from someone going "Oh woe, my paid account expires today, I'll miss the polls and the icons!", I am going to post a reply that says "You know damn well that by posting this, someone will stump up for paid time for you; if you're going to beg, at least admit it."

3) Goodness, am I the only person who reacts to crises by, y'know, dealing with them? We seem to be turning into a planet of people who can't cope unless they're on tranqs. I get being overwhelmed sometimes, I've been there, we all have. So take a step back, breathe, rant to a friend, whatever. But to flail and stick your head in the sand, rant on LJ about "OMGMYLIFEISSOHARD!" and hope it'll all go away every time you get an owie boo-boo? Get a backbone, puh-lease. (And I'm not talking about those with legitimate mental conditions, so put the burning torches and pitchforks down....)

4) In unrelated news, I'm getting remarkably intolerent in my old age :P

4a) I may possibly need more soothing tea....

Comments

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

2 - OH MY GOD YES! YES YES YES! THIS!

3 - THIS! THIS!

4 - THIS TOO!

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

I agree with EVERYTHING YOU SAY HERE. I even had tea this morning with my Tamiflu, and I don't normally drink much tea! (My inherent Englishness extends as far as approving heartily of tea. I don't drink a lot of it, because hot drinks make me sleepy, and I was force-fed many many lots of cups of the stuff by my well-meaning but tea-addicted grandparents until I worked out that I was allowed to say "No" to them from time to time.)

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

1) Aww. Bored?

2) ...People do that?

3) THIS. (Hopefully I come under the heading of someone who reacts to crisis by dealing with it, or at least working to get back up after the knock-down.)

4) What old age?

4a) Tea is good.

[thalinoviel.livejournal.com]

3. Ah, now, y'see, I like to rant on my LJ on the grounds it's nearly as cathartic as ranting to a friend and on LJ at least they can scroll past the bloody whining. lj-cut and the private filter do make this slightly more sociable as a habit...

[severe-delays.livejournal.com]

3) In general I prefer to DEAL with things. I hate stuff just hanging over with nobody really taking action. To the point that I failed several interviews when younger because I couldn't answer the question 'Tell me about a time when things have gone wrong' in the way they wanted because I plan for things going wrong which generally prevents it happening. After a while I just started lying but I'm still not sure if I can answer that question in the way they want. Why let a crisis build when you can have an easy life by taking a bit of action?

[e-musings.livejournal.com]

I think (for me) that Facebook has stolen some of my LJ enthusiasm, but! I still post!!

[commoncomitatus]

Gotta disagree, emphatically, on one particular corner of 3). Ranting on LJ is at least as cathartic as ranting to a friend, and can on occasion be even more so. Moreover, I always find - and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in this - that ranting in a blog entry about how one's life is sooo hard often proves to be a first-class ticket to turning around, rereading what you've just written, and realising that things could be worse.

If you feel like it's the end of the world, then what the hell is so bad about coming out and saying that it feels that way. Nobody's saying it IS the end of the world, just ranting about how they feel in a particular moment. IMHO, there's no difference whatsoever in ranting about one's trobules to a friend or ranting in one's blog. In both contexts you're taking a breath, sitting back, and ranting about it, so what's the difference? Ranting is ranting, and if it's okay to rant in one place, then why in the name of all things holy is it not okay to do the same thing in another?

[jenni411.livejournal.com]

You wanted comments, you got 'em. *g*

[halcyon-shift.livejournal.com]

I kind of think the easiest problems in the world to fix are other people's and things look much bigger the closer you are to them, so I tend to blip over the excessively emo face, let me show you it stuff as a rule because I figure people will be embarrassed enough when they get back to it ... I know I am o_0

In other news, my permanent account expires never but I'LL MISS THE POLLS AND ICONS. *flees*

[sanba38.livejournal.com]

Research does suggest that holding something warm in your hand does cause you to view other humans more charitably.

But as a sixth grade teacher, I'm just working on kids getting pencil and paper out of their lockers before they come to class.