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[threeplusfire]

Another week of stalled entries, energy dissipating in the face of furiously typed words blinking on the screen. I think on some level, all this nervous energy, exhaustion and boiling emotion is the release after a couple years of messy biological problems. I've had surgery every year for the past three and I would like to be done with having problems that need fixing.

I'm also reaching my limit when it comes to dealing with certain aspects of the current LJ incarnation. Mostly it just makes me sad, because this place has been such a significant part of my life, my social structure, my emotional and intellectual support for a decade.

Maybe I'm just tired and not looking forward to the crappy 6:30pm work meeting which means I have to drive to the other side of town during rush hour to spend hours listening to the annoying fake cheer of company jargon and corporate doublespeak.

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[water-damage.livejournal.com]

i'm pretty sad about lj too. for a while i didn't have the cash to pay and had to endure the especially annoying pop-ups. I went ahead and began paying monthly so I could have a better experience, but I miss the atmosphere that used to be here. There was so much depth here and so much opportunity for thoughtful, insightful, deep conversation and also some beautiful fanciful conversations. The few people from my fiends list who still post write beautiful entries, but it really does feel like the people who now own lj have killed the spirit of lj. It is by far my favorite blogging program, but it's not like it was. Still, I've had my journal here for 10 years now - and i never kept a journal more than a few months before. I think it was reading my own lj that helped me know I was making the right decision when I left Travers. When I second-guessed myself, I always could go back and read my old posts and know that I really truly was not getting what I needed. LJ helped me to develop a writing voice and I think it's helped me grow a lot. Though my visits back here are infrequent, your entries are a serious gem. You write so well and so poignantly and so honestly.your entries really stand out. I think it's probably harder than ever to make it as a professional writer, but you have the teeth for it.