In which I am Paranoid: Friends-Locking

[amari_z]

I don't think anyone will much notice, but I have started to friends-lock many of my old journal entries. Moving forward I may be f-locking entries that mention my personal life--either when I post or shortly thereafter.

Why? Well, certainly not out of any sense of megalomania. ; ) But I've been reading too many articles about privacy and the internet and it's making me a little crazy. So, doing this might improve my mental health. (And note that I said "might"--actually it's likely I will continue on as unbalanced as ever.) : ) Anyway, I don't think this will make all that much difference to anyone--but if there's someone who is interested in reading this journal and has not friended it, they might start missing more entries than before. Also, I guess friends are going to need to be logged in to read f-locked entries.

I should probably mention that anyone is free to friend me who so desires. I will usually friend back as soon as I notice.

As for fic, I'm not currently planning to lock any of it, although that might change at some point.

If anyone has any complaints, questions or a desire to tell me I'm being more crazy than usual, please do express yourself. : )

Edit: I forgot to say that if there’s anyone on my friends list who does NOT want to get the personal posts, I can filter you out if you just let me know (and I won’t be at all offended by the request).

Comments

[darklyscarlett.livejournal.com]

My memory scare the bejesus out of most people, although when I'm stressed, like right now, it takes a minute longer to 'boot up'. When I'm on, the recall it instantaneous, and also applies to stuff that I've overheard. Barely had to take notes in school; never wrote anything in a linear manner, but just sketched, well, nebulas of ideas, really. And when I took the English Lit AP without ever having taken the course (NYC public school said I was too young to be in a class of seniors as a sophomore, despite having a 5 in Modern European History under my belt), I wrote my final essay on Much Ado About nothing, which I had seen on screen (the Branagh version) three weeks prior. Got the only 5 in the school.

When I'm old, my biggest fear is that I'll retain my semantic memory of everything, but lose the autobiographical component, making me the most deranged pensioner on the planet. I'd been joking about that for years, and then Umberto Eco came out with his last novel, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (not very good, BTW), in which the protagonist suffers that exact affliction. It is pretty scary.

Speaking of knights-gone-wild, ahem! **whistles** Should I be prodding Ash at this point?

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

That's really fascinating. You'd make a great lawyer (if you were so inclined), since it's ALL about the damn details. But I'm not endorsing that job choice. ; ) My own recall is actually pretty poor. I tend to remember narratives better than details and I suck at remembering what my mind regards as info without context--names, numbers, lists, etc.

And no, Ashley was really great. She read it last night (and it's really long (for me)--nearly 30 pages!) I'm still editing a bit and mulling so maybe a day or so more.

And BTW, I might ask you to pre-read the fic after this, if you don't mind. I want to make sure I did not do too much violence to the London geography. ; )

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

ROTFL--I just noticed your icon!

No, sorry.

[darklyscarlett.livejournal.com]

Well, you know I had to ask in a very unsubtle way!

And yes, I'd be honored to give the next chapter (epic) a go. Ah, shopping! Ash will recover in time for that one, I'm sure.

I'm on a Doctor Who kick, so here's more of my sentiments in an avatar. Since we're in the US, I'm only up to number nine, but I love Christopher Eccleston to death, and have since Shallow Grave.

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

You know, I haven't watched any of the new Doctor Who, though I've been meaning to. Now that everything comes out on dvd after a few months, it really lessens the incentive to watch things while they're on. At least for me. But that doesn't mean I watch the dvds either. It's just knowing that I can, whenever I want, that makes me complacent.

Thanks for agreeing to pre-read. I haven't been able to sit down and go over the current chapter yet, so once I do that, hopefully that one will be done, and on to shopping!