So as I was working on this little nightmare of mine, and going through various web building sites before finally saying to hell with it, I'm keeping my tables, I ran across an article for "good webjournal writing". At first I was confused. It's my journal, to do with as I see fit. Are you telling me I have to follow some kind of rule for it too?
Took me a few to realize they were referring to journals meant for mass consumption, like the one I was reading it off of.
Still, it did bring the question to mind. Why do we private journal keepers... journal?
I'm afraid the reason for me is painfully shallow and insipid, as it's easier (and more fun/frustrating) to work on a layout and type in an entry than it is to try writing it out by hand in a dairy (worse still in trying to go back and read it.
And just out of curiosity, does anyone ever take a day and go back over their own archives, just to see how they may have changed over time?
Totally off topic. (Why, because I can.) Do something silly in your next entry, (or whenever). Write it as you usually would, but take some of the words and replace it with something completely made-up. Why? Just to see how nonsensical you can get, and give yourself (or someone else) a cheap laugh.
Go on, you know you want to. (And I don't mean in my comments for those who use it /^^\ )
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Actually I go through my archives, too. When I get contemplative. Or I'm just feeling down.
Generally what hits me is what I didn't write in my journal. Well, that and this giant wave of nausea at the incredible amount of energy, happiness, and jumble of thoughts that usually tends to come out of them. . . and (for some reason) I wish that I could remember what it felt like to be the girl who wrote all of that stuff. When I go back through, I feel detatched--like that girl is someone else. Blegh.
It's kind of interesting to see how I (and my interests) have changed, though.
I'm scared to try the silly entry thing. Lord knows how that'd turn out. Maybe I'll go trekie in my blog instead ('Drive all the anime fans who read it away.) Although something tells me a little coherence would go a long way. **wrinkles nose** Maybe one day.
Yes. Go over my archives, that is.
I just realized it's been almost a year since I've been keeping my blog/blournal/journal. Wow. Maybe I'll write that silly entry for the one-year anniversary!
( 5:00 p.m. )