I was (still am heh) on my way to bed when I browsed through my friendspage, and saw your entry. Just wanted to respond to one thing you wrote real quick.. About whether the very nature of LJ encourages people to rant and rave and be negative. I am not sure whether it is, not just the negative thing. I know I myself tend to write about negative stuff lots to, things that bother me or annoy me, just to get it of my chest etc. But I also write - and enjoy writing (and reading) - about the better things, fun stuff, things that made me feel good or happy etc. I try to have a mixture of both, or I would feel as if my journal (and thus my life?) would be one big mess of negative things.. which is not true.
Already as a kid I used to talk lots more about things I disliked, then things I liked. Back home from a day out with school, a trip, a tour with my orchestra.. I could rant about all the stupid and non-fun things for hours, days in a row, and often forgot to tell about the fun and nice things I experienced as well. I guess that's normal, things that annoy perhaps make you have to say more then when they just make you feel good? Dunno really.
Hmm not sure whether this all made sense. And perhaps I totally misinterpret what you were trying to say. It's late and I am tired heh :)
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Date: 2003-02-23 02:31 pm (UTC)Already as a kid I used to talk lots more about things I disliked, then things I liked. Back home from a day out with school, a trip, a tour with my orchestra.. I could rant about all the stupid and non-fun things for hours, days in a row, and often forgot to tell about the fun and nice things I experienced as well. I guess that's normal, things that annoy perhaps make you have to say more then when they just make you feel good? Dunno really.
Hmm not sure whether this all made sense. And perhaps I totally misinterpret what you were trying to say. It's late and I am tired heh :)
~ladyvox