Hi, it's elikrei. Over the summer I started to use this lj, which I'd set up as a writing journal, for that purpose some more. I actually wrote an entry in it at least once a day, I think in part because of the nature of last summer - a time of high emotion but a lot of boredom at the same time. That worked so well for me that I've essentially moved over to that and haven't been using elikrei any more (although the frequency has dropped off now that I'm both happier and busier). I'd still like to continue reading your entries from this username. So, uh, be my friend? :-)
It's not only that. Your example about a grandparent dying struck a kind of funny parallel; a lot of my entries have been dealing with my grandfather's death, and yet I was paying attention to the style of the writing in those. (I'm not disagreeing with your point - it just juxtaposed interestingly.) I guess for me thinking about the writing style helped me process as I was working through the emotions surrounding my grandfather's death? Anyway, that's why after a while of meaning to say something, I've finally posted on this entry.
(FYI, if you do go over and read it, I humbly request that you do not read the most recent entry first; it's the last of a long chronological series about his death/surrounding events, so it doesn't work especially well out of context.)
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Date: 2010-11-19 12:39 am (UTC)It's not only that. Your example about a grandparent dying struck a kind of funny parallel; a lot of my entries have been dealing with my grandfather's death, and yet I was paying attention to the style of the writing in those. (I'm not disagreeing with your point - it just juxtaposed interestingly.) I guess for me thinking about the writing style helped me process as I was working through the emotions surrounding my grandfather's death? Anyway, that's why after a while of meaning to say something, I've finally posted on this entry.
(FYI, if you do go over and read it, I humbly request that you do not read the most recent entry first; it's the last of a long chronological series about his death/surrounding events, so it doesn't work especially well out of context.)