My two worlds

[susandennis]

I've never met anyone I know on Live Journal. No one I know - outside of LJ - knows about my Life Journal.

Anyone with good Googling skills could find my journal but there are no links to it on my website and no one has ever fessed up to finding it much less reading it.

In some ways I feel like my LJ friends are my secret friends that I want to keep all to myself and not share with anyone 'outside'. But in some ways I feel like it's not really kosher to have this whole online existance that is now such a big part of my life and not have it reflected on my website.

I got no answers this time... Jes thots. And a pot of flowers.

Comments

[pinkfish.livejournal.com]

LJ Con in Seattle this summer! Everyone meet at SusanDennis' house!

[susandennis]

Before you have the SusanDennis LJ Con logo finished???? Are you nuts????

[pookfreak.livejournal.com]

Well at least I'll be (relatively) closer when I'm in Austin than when I'm in Boston.

Sounds fun - a super secret Susan Dennis LJ con

[idajo.livejournal.com]

I'll be there with bells on!

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

I am in the same situation. No one knows about my Live Journal and I like it that way. I can say what I really feel (I do most of the time anyway, and insult people) No where else can I really say what I think and not be judged. I think (know) I like my LJ friends better than some others I know.

My very best friends already know all this stuff anyway and they are the only ones who really count.

[susandennis]

See, I think that's where I get hazy... Because my very best friends - the ones that I trust the most with my thoughts and ideas and rants and raves are my LJ friends. But there seems to be a pretty short leap from virtual to imaginary and my window of opportunity for imaginary friends is pretty much shut. I think.

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[katbyte.livejournal.com]

Well, sort of like you, I trust my LJ friends with my rants and raves too. Rather, I subject them to them. they are more tolerant than my other acquaintances I guess.

A perfect match

[spiritgirl.livejournal.com]

I have one good friend who lives in another state who knows/reads my LJ...but no one else. I just don't feel like expressing myself with those I see face to face. Some people will talk/chit chat/open their mouth about anything and I don't feel the need to do that. I keep a lot of thoughts to myself.

However, LJ helps me express things....some silly, some profound, some controversial. I can express myself safely in a way that in non confrontational for the most part. Sometimes the feedback is warranted/appreciated and helps me....sometimes, if no one replies then oh well....I am releived of my thoughts any way and can move on.

I measured extremely high Introvert on Myers Briggs....and I like it that way very much. I draw my strength from within and I think that is one appealing aspect of LJ.

There's my 2 cents....and then some!!

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

Me's a bit like you. Two different worlds - and if there is any danger of them colliding I use the friends only option. But outside of you know who, I've never met any of my LJ friends. I'd like to - and probably will one day - but none so far.

[edbook.livejournal.com]

I don't hide my LJ from those not on LJ... hey, it's advertising... but, I've found that few on my non-LJ friends are interested in reading what I have to say online... face it, my photographs might be interesting to some but what I have to write about otherwise wouldn't interest anyone... (normal, that is)

only a couple of folks who I've told about my LJ have actually commented so I don't really have any idea who looks at it...

Peace

[pheon.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Yeah. My worlds tend to be distinct as well. Part of the separateness is that so far trying to lure real-world friends into LJ hasn't worked. I don't know why. With the exception of kyrielle who has the misfortune to be related to me, no one from my real world is in this virtual world.

But I'm not sure that's all bad. I would like to get some folks whom I correspond with via email in here, so I don't have to repeat stuff in email, but it isn't a huge problem for my missives. The big loss is that those real-world folks are losing out on my LJ friends.

[kyrielle]

It's been really cool for me, actually knowing so many people on LJ. I have a lot of LJ-friends I haven't met, but of my friends list:

1. Well, there's the guy whose comment I'm replying to, who's related to me. ;)

2. My fiance's brother is on there.

3. Four went to college with me.

4. I've met six one or more times (in some cases before finding LJ, in others after - I know most but not all of them through online gaming as well).

I still haven't lured all the ones on that I'd like to, but hey, it's a start.

[joyofmacs.livejournal.com]

I say things like I belong to an online journal but no one has (thankfully) ever asked where. I speak freely about the friends I made on lj and just in case anyone ever does pop in I make most of my posts friends only now.

Can you imagine if MR BIG ever found out about my crush on him? HAH!

Welcome to LJ.

[magicwoman.livejournal.com]

That's how I feel sometimes too. None of my real life friends or family (that I'm aware of) are on LJ. I adore my real life friends and my LJ friends. I've only met 2 LJ friends in real life.

I love LJ for the freedom I have in expression. However, I often copy and paste what I've written for a post in my journal and send it to family and friends so they can keep up with what's going on in my life. Just think if they would just join up - I wouldn't have to do that, they could just peek into my LJ and find out for themselves.

No one I've tried to get to lure in LJ have taken the bait. Don't know why.

Susan

[minimac.livejournal.com]

I just invited a couple of friends of mine to join LJ. We all know each other from years back and I thought it would be a fun way to keep in touch (we live in different cities).
Other than that, I really haven't made any efforts to get my local friends to join. I rather like keeping my LJ life separate for the most part.