Gimme Live Journals, plz

[susandennis]

Today I went trolling for some new LJ reads. Again I am stymied by locked entries. I get it but it's frustrating. Generally, I search on people over 40. Or no age limit but some geographical limit - like Oklahoma. Or people with Tivo or Roomba in their interests. Or I troll through friends of friends. There are a lot of people who are friends of friends who list Tivo or Roomba as an interest. I kept running into the same people.

I rarely directly post a question but I will today. I'm looking for suggestions of new Live Journals to read.

I'd like to not slog through lots of memes.

I'd rather not have to beg 'entry'. When someone requires that you ask to be friended, and then you decide you aren't that interested, it's just not pretty. So I steer clear of asking.

But, otherwise, I'm open. Who ya got? Who's journal do I need to read, please?

Thanks.

Comments

[theryn.livejournal.com]

http://brendamom.livejournal.com/

[susandennis]

Thank you!!! Perfect! I was first amazed at her photos and then I scrolled down and read "I love Suze Orman". Sold. thank you!

an easy read

[henare.livejournal.com]

guiser1 ... typically one entry daily, illustrated and presented in New Century School Book type. a little edge now and then. fairly eloquent.

Re: an easy read

[susandennis]

but i see nothing so i'm guessing all is locked. thanks anyway.

[alice-q.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the thing, how do you even know you want to read someone's journal if you can't, you know, read their journal?

And what an ego-blow if you comment on one of those "comment here if you want to be added" threads, and the person doesn't add you!

[susandennis]

eggsactly. poop.

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Try kightp or jennnlee or mactavish.

:)

[susandennis]

wow! Thank you, thank you and thank you!

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

You are all nifty people plus a couple of you knit!

:)

[happyjenn97.livejournal.com]

I second Mactavish.

Zeppo is also a must-read. She doesn't post as often as she used to, but they're always wonderful.

[susandennis]

Excellent. Thank you!

[angelamermaid.livejournal.com]

We already have a lot of people in common!

I third mactavish - another person that I have a lot of friends in common with.

kimberlychapman is an inventive knitter who is passionate about green living and I get cool geeky links from her. She was previously friendlocked due to an issue that has been resolved, but I think she's posting open entries again.

[susandennis]

Thanks but kimberlychapman seems to still have her journal locked down. I'll check again in a few months and see if it's open yet.

[kyrielle]

You might want to check out copperwise - not sure if you'll hit it off or not. You already have the others I considered recommending friended, so.... ;)

[susandennis]

sadly it does not appear as if copperwise's journal is unlocked. but thanks anyway.

[kyrielle]

Huh? When I go there, I see posts, and no lock icons...and copperwise doesn't have me friended, either.

[susandennis]

What in the heck was I looking at??? Thank you so much for following up. I hate that you had to tell me twice but I'm sure glad you did.

[kyrielle]

No worries, I'm just glad they showed up for you also! :)

Not LJ but worth it

[vixter.livejournal.com]

Part of my 110 bloglines, most of which I don't even read weekly. She's hilarious.

http://lilwalnutbrain.blogspot.com/

Bloglines is an aggregater. Subscribe to blogs and it will tell you which ones have been updated and how many posts you haven't read. www.bloglines.com

Re: Not LJ but worth it

[susandennis]

Thanks! I use Bloglines when the Google reader pisses me off. BUT, Blogger has a cool thing that when I add a blogspot to my 'follow' list it automagically gets added to my Google reader list. So now lilwalnutbrain is on that list. Thank you!

[howeird]

probly not ur type, but one never knows, do one?
jaylake
cmpriest
both NW authors.

[susandennis]

Thanks!!

[atl10sbum.livejournal.com]

thank you for adding me. I returned the favor.
hope you are not bored to tears with my images and tales of travel from work. :-)

[susandennis]

Oh, I'll match your pictures and raise you tales of no travel since I rarely leave my living room... on the down side, that gives me lots of time to fill up friends pages :)

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

I really enjoy reading evilegg. A lot of her stuff is locked, but some is open, possibly enough to get a feel of whether the rest is worth a request to read it.

[susandennis]

Your dues are paid for life. I'll bet you don't know the tale...

Years ago, you gave me Drood. He friended me. After a bit, in one of my entries, I was musing that Mom had said she wanted a TiVo but I didn't know if she did and they were pretty expensive (back then) for a test drive and I did not want to frustrate her.

Drood piped up that he and Mont had just upgraded and were looking to sell their old one and would give it to me for a song. Which they did.

That darned TiVo gave her more than a few years of pleasure. She figured it out right away and was the coolest kid in the home for even knowing what one was!

So, yeah, you have paid your dues!!

[dietcokewithice.livejournal.com]

I'm a lurker, but yours is actually one of my favorites (literally - saved on my WIN "favorites") to check when I'm net-wandering on lazy weekends and such. Sadly, I don't have much to offer in return - I'm a moody 30 something and my loyalties vary between LJ and MySpace - with no pattern or method to my madness or blogging frequency.

Anyway...

Do you like to look at pictures? This guy's stuff is amazing - I like him for 1) his pics, and 2) his blogging, when he does it.

http://chaossix6.livejournal.com

Enjoy - keep posting, I dig it!

[susandennis]

Wow! He has beautiful photos. Thank you!

And thanks for keeping me on your Check list. I don't have one so I think I'll just add you to my friends list.

Thanks for popping in!