judecorp | A blessing? A curse?

LiveJournal can be a blessing and a curse. I guess all things in life are this way to some degree - nothing can be all good, right? I don't know. I'd like to think that some things are all good. Like ice cream. Really, what's not good about ice cream? That reminds me, it's almost Tin Roof season. Sean, you will have to get frozen custard with me at least once. Please.

I had a really interesting conversation with Jen tonight over dinner. I say 'interesting' because I'm not sure I like how it turned out. I like that we have differing opinions on things, but I always feel weird when she starts to come over to My Side because then I worry about changing her or influencing her away from her position or whatever. She has my heart exactly the way she is, so I get freaked out when I think she might be changing for me. I guess any conversation has the ability to influence the person I'm conversing with, though. Words have the power, and all of that. I'm so glad, too, that we trust each other enough to disagree on issues or point out hypocrasies (is that a word?) without the other person getting all in a twitch. I just really don't want her to make a bad situation bigger or worse that it already is, or to do the exact thing she's upset about in the first place.

Chronicling my life for nearly three years has been overwhelmingly positive for me. I have met interesting people. I have gotten back in touch with people I'd had a hard time keeping up with. I have amassed random information. I found some old friends and am keeping them close to me. I have networked. I have been able to share writing with people I love sharing writing with. I have been able to rant politically, share funny finds, and create silly polls. I can look back on three years of entries and see where I've been and who I've become. I've never been able to keep a paper journal going for more than three weeks. This is Big Time.

But not without its costs.