Taking Charge

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-05

tyralyn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

is on page 195 of 368 of A Lick of Frost #
is on page 268 of 368 of A Lick of Frost #

Opinions Censored

tyralyn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:04:29 +0000

So I had started a post the other day, it sat for well over 24 hours in semagic and I couldn’t really make the point that I wanted to make. Why? I’m afraid of offending my friends. I don’t want to offend anyone, but I know that when I speak my mind it’s bound to happen. I’ve noticed that a lot of times, my line of thought doesn’t align with a lot of my friends, which isn’t a bad thing, unless you’re opinionated and hate biting your tongue the way I do.

So what do to do? I have no idea what to do. I don’t want to offend anyone, but I know that I will. So I just keep my opinions to myself as much as possible. That’s life, though. Picking your battles wisely.

My words of wisdom, however, are to remember that we do not own the world, we just get to use it while we’re here. Remember to share with those around you and not hinder their use of the world.

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-04

tyralyn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

being all introspective and posting on lj ‘n stuff #
reading A Lick of Frost #
is on page 124 of 368 of A Lick of Frost #
is on page 157 of 368 of A Lick of Frost #
want to read: The Tales of Beedle the Bard #

Chasing Pavements

tyralyn — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:29:49 +0000

One of the things that I realized yesterday is that I always have 4 tabs open in my browser. Always. Livejournal, Gmail, Plurk and Twitter. I also check Facebook, Myspace and MyYearbook regularly as well. Plus I have some other sites that I don’t check as often. I have each account for a different reason.

Facebook - I keep my Facebook fairly recent because I have connected with some high school and college friends there, plus there are a few of my other friends who are either there exclusively or use it more than other things.

Myspace - Before Facebook, that was the place to connect with those from HS/College/etc.

MyYearbook - I don’t even know how I found it, but I keep it up to date for a single person - an old friend whom I lost touch with years ago. The reconnection with this particular friend is quite important to me, so I check there for messages from him.

Plurk - I love plurk. I had plurk before it was ‘cool’ but didn’t use it much. It’s fun, it’s interactive, and I’ve made a lot of great friends through plurk, plus a met a couple people that remind me why I keep to myself (more on that in another post) a lot.

Twitter - I’ve been on twitter for as long as I’ve known about twitter. I deleted my original Twitter account but recreated a short time later. I like twitter because it works with my cell phone, unlike livejournal, plurk and most other services. I can send short updates via text when I’m out and it makes a great way to make a bullet list post to livejournal or other sites via loudtwitter for things to expound on when there’s time.

That’s not really the point of this post. The point is that it seems like a lot of people spend their time online chasing from site to site to keep up with the people they care about. I know that’s how I feel. This isn’t new, though, it’s been going on since there were ways for people to communicate other than via e-mail. If you think about it, there is IRC with hundreds of servers, each with hundreds and up to thousands of channels for people to chat in. There is Yahoo chat, AOL chat, other web-based chats and various different messenger services. My personal preference for Instant Messaging is MSN/Windows Live Messenger. Others prefer AIM or Yahoo and that’s fine. I have all of them, it’s not a big deal, really.

I feel, a lot of times, that I’m spreading myself too thin and wonder how many others feel the same way but don’t know what to do about it. It’s hard to say no when you really want to be where your friends are, but it’s also hard to juggle so much stuff and not drop the ball sometimes. Recently, a good friend said that they spend more time on Facebook because it’s more accessible from their cell phone. I don’t really understand that, tbqh, because any cell phone with a web browser can access most any site quite easily. Most major sites have mobile versions of their sites for just that reason. Heck, there are even apps for the iPhone for livejournal. But anyway, that’s just my thoughts.

Adele Lyrics
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What’s the point of all this? Who knows, perhaps it’s just me making up my mind to stop chasing people from site to site on a daily basis. I know that I’ve been neglecting my livejournal because of it. I don’t like that, since I’ve been on livejournal for so long. Created on 2001-04-29. There are no visible entries prior to 1/1/08, however, but I’ve been here and been posting all that time. 2806 Days ago, I joined livejournal. I have posted 4241 Entries. Average of 1.5 entries per day. Last time I did an average, the average was 2.5 entries per day, which means that in the last year, I’ve posted far less than I used to.

I could blame plurk, twitter, etc, for my lack of posting. This is only half of the reason, though. The rest is all me. I do hope to change that, however. We’ll see.

Clean-ish Slate

tyralyn — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:17:52 +0000

For 2009, I decided to go back and clean up my livejournal some. What does this mean? I am currently using the LJ Sec client to mass change the security of all posts prior to 1/1/08 to private. I feel like it’s time to clean up the old and make room for the new. I don’t want to delete anything, that way if I want to share an old post, I don’t have to repost it. I made this decision on the spur of the moment, really, but it’s something that I’ve needed to do for a while. It’s nice looking at my journal from the outside and not seeing a ton of quizzes, memes and whine ass drama. I can still see it from my own perspective, and that’s just fine.

I’ve made a few more decisions, when it comes to how I handle the online world. I’m going to use my journal to say what I want to say, to express what’s in my mind. I censor myself too much, lately. I didn’t do that until recently, though. I don’t care about comments because I am so horrible about commenting myself. I am especially horrible about responding to comments left to me. I want to change that, but it requires time and I don’t always have a lot of that.

There are a few relationships that have been, it seems, hanging in limbo for the last year and it makes me quite sad. I’m not sure what more I can do, however, to change the limbo status since I’ve always done all that I can to be available to anyone who wants me. I feel that by being so available, however, it gets taken for granted that I will always be available. Perhaps I should be less available, but then that wouldn’t be me. I don’t like being in limbo, but having already making people aware of how I feel, there isn’t really much I can do, unless I just let go of those relationships. I don’t *want* to do that.

I have also decided that I will no longer be making graphics, unless it’s for fun and as a gift. The idea of making actively anywhere turns me off. Why? The drama. If you use a pixel or image that you didn’t create for yourself, you have to worry about drama mongers attacking you and accusing you of stealing. If you are given a gift, you have to worry about the drama mongers calling you a thief. It’s to the point where I just abjectly hate the graphics community from a makers standpoint. That’s NOT to say I hate makers, far from it. I just don’t really want to partake in that world as a maker any more.

I have a few other things I want to post about, but they do not belong in this post, so I will say goodnight and move onward.

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-02

tyralyn — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

Happy 2009, may it be all you want it to be. #
want to read: The Perks of Being a Wallflower #
gave 5 stars to The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - http://tinyurl.com/9puhgf #
gave 5 stars to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - http://tinyurl.com/7s8n59 #
gave 5 stars to Girls in Pants - http://tinyurl.com/7cbgao #
is on page 200 of 400 of Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood #
reading Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-01

tyralyn — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

Have a happy and safe new year, my twitter friends. #

End of 2008

tyralyn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:52:33 +0000

The year is coming to and end and I for one am grateful that it is. This year hasn’t been horrible, so I can’t really complain a whole lot about it. I thought about doing a year in review, but I’m not sure I want to. Maybe a few bullet points of certain things.

Good Things

I have made several new friends whom I wouldn’t trade for all the money on earth.

I finally got a grave marker on my father’s grave

I took up crocheting fairly seriously during the colder months and even sent out 2 baby blankets as gifts

I went to almost every home football game for my alma mater this year - and we did REALLY WELL!

I’ve been reading and listening lots of good audio books

I spent more time out of the house doing stuff during the warmer months - including taking Rob cherry and blueberry picking for the first time ever

I reconnected with an old friend that I thought I’d never speak to again

Bad Things

I lost a few friends that I didn’t really think I’d lose and it makes me sad

I celebrated the 10 yr anniversary of my father’s passing

Our car(s) broke down or had problems more than once when we were in Ithaca

I feel pretty severely duped and burned by a newer online friend that made me question whether it’s worth being online any more.

I spent more time at doctor’s offices than I did with friends doing fun stuff

The good outweigh the bad, for the most part. Overall, I can’t complain a whole lot about the year. You learn from all of it and make the most of it and move on into the new year. I don’t make resolutions. I’m not even setting goals this year. I seem to obsess far too much when I set goals. I will do what I do, I will accomplish what I can accomplish. I will make the most of the year to come.

Made by defiant_angel

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-29

tyralyn — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Christmas is officially over. The trees are down, the decorations are put away. Maybe next year will be better. #

Post Holiday Update

tyralyn — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:38:35 +0000

So, there’s a lot to say, but I’m not sure how much I want to say. I feel incredibly blessed to have so many amazing friends. I want to thank everyone for the lovely cards. I didn’t send out cards again this year. Time just got away with me, as did the blahs. Every year around this time, I get a major case of the blahs, especially when it comes time to start shopping.

I will say that the gifts for the nephews were a hit for a change. Eldest actually said.. get this.. THANK YOU for his! We got him a $25 Game Stop gift card and my mother gave him cash, so he had almost enough between the two to get his Gears of War 2 that he wants. Youngest was excited beyond belief that I actually found him and Optimus Prime Transformer, plus he got more Magnetix to add to what Santa got him. I have to say that family day wasn’t horrible this year. Michael was texting with his girlfriend, though, and I’m really surprised that my mother was okay with that, since she hates cell phones. He wasn’t rude about it though, since he had the phone on vibrate mode and kept it quick.

Our Christmas was quiet, we don’t do much in the way of gift exchanges, since we usually get what we want throughout the year. Mom did surprise me, however, with a new floor lamp for the bedroom, since we had taken our lamp to the living room and left it there. I like this one much better, since it’s 70″ tall and doesn’t reflect on the monitors at all. She also got us a wireless printer. I’m seriously psyched about this because we haven’t had a working printer in ages. I have one of the big all-in-one printers, but something happened that it wouldn’t print any more. I guess I left a cartridge in it too long. *shrug* It was huge and there was never room to keep it set up all the time.

There’s been some stuff going on the last week that has made me seriously question people, but that’s not fit for this post, so I’m going to say, I hope that everyone had a fabulous holiday.