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ORFwasHERE (profile) wrote,
on 10-14-2002 at 10:24pm
Current mood: decent
Subject: why should i bother?
i heard a good line from jessica today. she said now that everyone is on woohu, it gets creepy that everyone knows whens going on in your life. that is soo incredibly true. the more people that have woohu, the more i have to watch what i say. i dont see what is the point of having a "journal" if i cant put what i want to put in it. there are things that everyone can know, theres things only a few can know, and things no one should know, and now the journal has been reduced to only the things everyone can know. i deplore that. a journal is supposed to be a place of personal expression, but the expression suffers when it is limited to things such as that. other people have stopped writing in their journals, and i believe i know why. this relates to how i think it was better when i only knew three people on woohu, and i only ever talked to one of them. as much as i love my woohu journal, i think this is the end of the everyday postings of my personal life. too much has gotten out, and other things have remained inside, which should be the other way around. fuck it. farewell woohu.com
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plainmornings

10-14-02 10:38pm

don't think of it like that.. i have a secret journal.. i write more personal stuff there but you're absolutely right, i do watch what i say... all the time...

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STOPSTARINGATMYPENUSOKTHNXBYBY

10-14-02 11:15pm

I've really just stopped caring. If I need to talk about something personal I find lyrics that fit. It helps me vent and I know ppl that care about me have the common sense to look into the deeper meaning of the song to find out how I feel.

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usandthem

10-15-02 4:50pm

Yeah, I see where you're coming from AJ. Plus, I'm getting sick of writing about the things I do. I can't put what I feel into words...it would come out sounding as negative as possible.

I feel in dulls of blue and brown...but in the most positive way possible.

and we need to stop being the cliche'd teens...which becomes so obvious on woohu.

I'm sad, I feel like crying, my friends cheer me up, ooh, today was good. school sucks, so and so said this...so and so said that. lalala

that covers about 99% of woohu posts, mine included.

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twister10

Re:, 10-15-02 5:23pm

See I have another journal account on another server that I keep with some close friends and then if there's anything that I feel is to personal, I write it down in a pen&paper journal.

The point of journals like these is to do whatever the hell you want with them. If you want to just take a bunch of quizzes, do it. If you want to point out serious issues. If you need to vent, do it, but becareful because you'll never know who'll read it. There are options such as "Friends only" on posts, so that you'll know just WHO is reading it.

I dunno, on my woohu account, I just like to post funny stuff and a random links I think people will enjoy. It takes to much out of me to write my daily experiences, and quite honestly sometimes I just don't want to.

I've noticed that (as Alex says) when people make up serious posts, a lot of times they sound like idiots. Overly dramatic. Now, I know their not, but heck, it sure as hell makes them seem that way. Perhaps it'd be best to just keep these things for fun, ya know?

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lifeisgood

10-15-02 5:35pm

on my journal im really careful not to name names and since i dont only the people that really know me know who im talking about but yeah it does get me in trouble a lot and it really sucks that some people abuse the whole journal thing and write really nasty things to you. so im reduced to just telling whoever wants to listen verbally.

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twister10

Re:, 10-15-02 7:39pm

You've got to realize the more personal you are, the more likely it is that someone is going to get angry and do something. You can't blame them. It may be your journal, but you're the one who's writing and allowing everyone to see it. If you write something controversial, how can you possibly expect people who disagree not to respond? Respect? Yeah right, this is the internet. Privacy went out the window a long time ago.

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kickass1157

bye aj, 10-16-02 8:22pm

see ya. have fun... elsewhere. lol. i wonder if vivi will stay on woohu :0)



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batgirl13

10-17-02 9:15pm

i write in woohu like i would speak to a lotta ppl...i don't tell everyone everything and so in my journal i don't say all that im thinking..but i like it cuz its a place to go when u feel like complaining, or ur bored, or u just wanna type junk. its definitely sucky that u can't write just anything...but then again that's with a lotta stuff...

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