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Went by the movie theater after work and picked up my movie ticket for Spirited Away—I want to be absolutely sure nothing goes wrong with my chances to see this movie. Curious as to whether there was going to be any publicity for it, I asked one of the employees inside if there were any movie posters up for it anywhere. The employee was under the impression that they weren't going to be getting that movie—so I wordlessly extracted the ticket I had just bought from my wallet and showed it to her. I would kind of like to think that if I worked at a movie theater, I would at least keep current on the movie titles they have listed as "Coming Soon" on their big placard out front.

Didn't sleep too well last night; I need to go by a store and pick up more valerian as I'm currently out. Actually, I need to get more St. John's Wort, Vitamin C, and Vitamin B while I'm at it. Good thing I'm getting paid soon.

In a comment to a recent entry, a friend of mine complained about all my posts in which I "chatter about my job and the minutia of [my] life." He suggested I should be using LJ-cut...which struck me as rather odd, given that the post to which he commented such was only two paragraphs long.

Looking at his own LJ page, I see he seems to use it largely to post links he thinks are cool, and the occasional quiz, with a bit of personal stuff here and there. And that's fine; folks can use their LJ for whatever they want. But I happen to be in the habit of using my LiveJournal as just that—a journal, where I can talk all about what goes on in my life. It helps me to keep it straight, and it serves to tell my friends who care enough about me to read it what's going on with me, so I don't have to repeat the same good news, bad news, or just plain news in multiple different venues, and so that someday, years hence, I can look back on the days of my life and remember it more clearly. I realize that it may not be of interest to everybody else—or sometimes anybody else. But it's of interest to me, and to at least some of my friends. And, likewise, nobody's forcing anyone to read it.

And as for LJ-cuts? Well, if I write an exceedingly long entry—longer than, say, this one—then I'll stick a LJ-cut in so I don't clobber people's friends pages. But honestly, I have people on my own friends pages who don't cut longer posts than this (not to mention pages full of personality quizzes that I just skip over anyway), and I don't see any reason why I should start.

(no subject)

Date: 2003-03-27 09:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] slog.livejournal.com
he can also choose not to read your entries...people are jerks.

(no subject)

Date: 2003-03-27 12:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] artmomz.livejournal.com
Yeah, that is exactly what I was thinking this morning...this is LiveJournal afterall!

Anyway, I'll stop sticking my nose in it. It just upset me, because I do like reading your posts...and if I didn't, I would have stopped reading them a long time ago.

(no subject)

Date: 2003-03-27 06:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foomf.livejournal.com
I dunno, Chris? Courtesy? It was a simple request, not a demand that you change your entire way of being.
Never mind. I'll take you off my active friends list and check up on you the old fashioned way, by looking you up when I'm curious.

Journaling

Date: 2003-03-27 07:14 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Well, like your dad always says, you can't please everyone. I agree that a journal should be just that. There are occasionally paragraphs in your journal that don't interest me. When that happens I just skim over that part quickly. It is precisely for the details that I do read your journal,LOL, since I am your mother! ;)

Love,

Mom

Whatever!

Date: 2003-03-28 04:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dramaticblunder.livejournal.com
People who try to play "internet police" really piss me off...don't worry too much about it...if someone doesn't like the way their friends page looks, THEY own that problem, not you.

LJ Cuts

Date: 2003-03-29 02:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marktime.livejournal.com
Hi Chris, What in the world are LJ cuts. Being a librarian, the first thing that I think of is "Library Journal cuts," but that doesn't make much sense. Anyhow, whatever they are, I'm glad you don't use them. I like your journal just the way it is, and besides, I found LJ a boring magazine! ~Ddddy

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