An LJ project.

[judecorp]

kungfoogirl was asking, in general, if a list of people you think are important in your life coincides with the people you've mentioned in, say, your last 20 LJ entries. And then she suggested an explanation, if there was a discrepancy or not. Go see. It was a good idea.

My last 20 entries, it seems, have revolved heavily around Coworker Hope. And work in general. This would pretty much state what my life is about these days, for the most part. I work. I work a lot. I've also been using both being in a routine and keeping busy as ways to get through my current situation (living with the ex and all of that).

My last 20 entries also involve getting back in touch with binkiegirl, who is quite important to me. And talk about my brother's little visit. Baga is /very/ important to me. Anyone who knows me can attest to that. And a few messages to juliann, who I'd neglected for a bit, and missed terribly.

There are people who are important to me, like my parents and grandparents, who rarely make appearances in my LJ. I haven't talked to Mom in a while, and I deal with Dad on the phone. That makes sense.

There are people who are important to me that I don't mention enough. People like rizzo41 and siercia&scirocco. There are someones who mean a great deal to me that I haven't mentioned much because things have been weird and strange. And there is someone who I have consciously spoken very little about because I don't want to rock the boat in a number of ways.

I don't use the "private posts" option because I firmly believe that I am not and should not be ashamed of anything I do/think/want/say. I don't use a paper journal for this sort of thing, though I do have a collection of piss-poor poetry - but these people who are missing are not reflected there much (haven't had time to write). The people who haven't been mentioned, for the most part, know they are important to me because I tell them, either on the phone or in person, rather than write about them on the 'net.

Certain people especially know how important they are. That gives me peace.

So, to recap: I only talk about work, geocaching, and Coworker Hope. At least in the last 20. Why? Cause we spend a lot of time together. I've really enjoyed getting to know her, and spending time with her has been really awesome. So, Hope, thanks for everything. You do a lot for me, and you mean a lot to me.

~//~

Unrelated:
-Coworker Hope is on her way here to go geocaching. YAY!
-Work at GLBTSS is going much better now.
-The lower hole of my industrial is very swollen and owwie and sore. It's the hole that /really/ is in the way, and gets knocked and brushed and caught when I put on shirts and slept on sort of. It's pissed at me. Ick.

ObJ: That sticky piccie of you and t is cute! Your hair looks /good/.
ObK: I miss talking to you! It sucks to work so much!
ObKFG: I'm sorry, for whatever that's worth.
ObM: I hope Ithaca's not /so/ bad.
ObJode: I love you. I emailed Mom about the car thing.
ObMagpie: Thank you. Especially for #1, #2, and #3.

Comments

[juliann.livejournal.com]

I miss you too! Schedules are nasty things. We should set up a regular phone time, my tab!

It's the hamsters that make it work, that pic--saith t. (OK no, it was a good hair day, but it's not a purple hair day. Am still working on that!) All the rest of our photostickers are in sepia or b/w so you can't tell what colour my hair is. (And they're more flattering photos, but I thought you needed the hamsters)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

We definitely need to set up a phone time, I totally agree! And we'll have to talk about fun and non-angsty things that don't involve the computer - I'm anxious to hear how your life is going these days!

And the hamsters are great, but I really like /you/ in the picture. Though I suppose I have to agree that t exists now, though you could have had a stand-in spouse. :)

You look /cute/ in that photo!

[kungfoogirl.livejournal.com]

ObKFG: I'm sorry, for whatever that's worth.
It's all good...


Thanks for participating. It's always good to hear what what others think. =)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, as always.

[juliann.livejournal.com]

I'd also have to say that it depends on how you define "important". Important can be "having an impact on your mood/actions" in which case probably it's true. Because that definition would include the people who irritate you and you use LJ to whine about.

Any other definition of important and I'd really have to disagree. There are people in my life that I haven't spoken to in 3 years (they moved and didn't give me new contact details) but I'd still consider them important in my life in the bigger picture -- that is if they reappeared they'd go rushing into my top 5 in seconds. Some relationships never die, they just go dormant. Obviously, however, they don't factor into my daily life and so never get an LJ mention at all.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

that is if they reappeared they'd go rushing into my top 5 in seconds. Some relationships never die, they just go dormant.

Ain't that the truth.