Friends

[skyring]

I unfriended tiggysbabes today. I don't feel real good about this, because I try to friend anybody who friends me, but I cannot honestly say that I am interested in page after page of the doings of small folk. I appreciate the love and effort that goes into the journal, but it's not quite my cup of tea.

Which leads me to wonder what journals I really like. Mutual interests, of course, such as Bookcrossing. Or writing. or travel.

Witty journals. Journals that make me smile or think.

Emotional journals. Journals that make me feel for the writer, share their triumphs and tragedies.

Journals of people I know.

I can put up with a certain amount of things that bore the socks off me, such as knitting or fast cars or horses, but there's got to be something to keep me interested.

I probably should look at my Bookcrossing friends list as well. Bookcrossing doesn't seem to do much with this information. In LJ it's crucial, because I get a great deal of pleasure from reading the journals of my friends, but in BX, it doesn't really matter if someone's a friend or not. It's really just a link to bookshelves, and I tend to go to my own and edit the URL, changing Skyring to Friendsname, if I want to look at their bookshelf.

Comments

[skyring.livejournal.com]

I used to be a stay at home parent of two young children, and I can understand how their lives are so intimately bound up with yours. One of the joys of being a parent was walking down the street with a chubby little hand clutched in mine. Occasionally we'd both skip.

But they are teenagers now, and though I love them both dearly, we no longer skip along city streets. Too old and dignified.

As to London, I'm stealing time from my other duties to write the story of my Monopoly adventure. If I do a chapter a day it will be done in no time at all!

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

The monopoly idea was excellent & I enjoyed reading about your trips around London to release the books :)

I'm releasing 37 books to celebrate my 37th birthday next week, but did cheat & took 7 of them to a meet. That's still 32 wild releases though :)

And, yes, my life is 95% parent & 5% me. Of course I love it or I wouldn't do it, but I know it's temporary, so my sanity just about stays :)