General relief

[darcydodo]

I have it on good authority that during dinner last Friday AJ "realized there was no chemistry between us." (Let's see, could this be because I was blatantly not interested?) So that's OK, even if he did like me he won't be pursuing me.

Comments

[leech.livejournal.com]

I'm rather amused that you made the previous entry friends-only and this one public.

[darcydodo]

Well, you know, I wanted to spare your feelings. ;) Anyway, if I make this one friends-only I'll have to make the other AJ post friends only. Which I might at some point decide to do, like if anyone tips me off that AJ happens to be likely to read my journal?

[leech.livejournal.com]

My personal preference is to assume that virtually anyone might find my journal at any time, although I omit any identifying names, addresses, and URLs from my user info to make it a little more difficult.

[darcydodo]

Yes, but equally, I have reasons for wanting them there. So... *sigh*

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

I am relieved on your behalf. That said, is this guy cute? [/desperation]

[darcydodo]

Not really. He's going bald. He's cuter than Jaime, but not as cute as Sam, and really, if I had any romantic interest in Sam, I'd go out with him in a flash, 'cause he's absolutely ducky and wonderful. (OK, he's on the other side of the country and next year won't even be in the country, but even so.)

OK, given who reads these posts, given who could read these posts, maybe I should be making them friends-only... which would be fine until my friends get livejournals.... *sigh*

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

He's cuter than Jaime, but not as cute as Sam

You do realize that I have no idea who these people are, right?

OK, given who reads these posts, given who could read these posts, maybe I should be making them friends-only... which would be fine until my friends get livejournals.... *sigh*

If someone sees it, they see it. If they don't, they don't. I tend to be very blasé about the whole thing.

...Um, as long as my parents never see any of this. Ever.

[darcydodo]

You do realize that I have no idea who these people are, right?

Yeah. *smirk* But, I mean, categorically speaking, I should be comparing like with like, so that was comparing him with people I know are/were interested in me in the not-so-distant past.

If someone sees it, they see it. If they don't, they don't. I tend to be very blasé about the whole thing.

Yeah, but I really don't want to hurt anyone. Hence, there are things that I will never post on here, except for in a private entry, since I know certain people read this journal, and there are things that I will no longer post on here once I know certain other people are reading this journal. I suppose my parents could see this if they wanted. They just can never ever ever ever look at my NC-17 fic. Never never ever.

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

I should be comparing like with like

Yeah, but it's less fun for me that way. *eg*

I really don't want to hurt anyone.

Yeah. When you put it that way, you remind me that there are some things I censure myself about. I guess, like everything else, it's about each individual judgment call.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but I really don't want to hurt anyone. Hence, there are things that I will never post on here, except for in a private entry, since I know certain people read this journal
Grief Darcy, just how many poor unrequited admirers do you know are reading your livejournal? Maybe we should form a community or something! (Do I know any of these people?)

I know you don't mean to break hearts at quite the rate you seem to manage it. And I suspect that most of the people you're not interested in already know this, and are thus not going to be hurt if you post to that effect on your livejournal.

I suppose my parents could see this if they wanted. They just can never ever ever ever look at my NC-17 fic. Never never ever.
And how exactly are you going to stop them? If I were your parents, and I saw the note on your webpage saying And if you happen to be my parents, I'd really suggest not reading the fanfic I would be extremely tempted to go straight ahead and read it. Especially if your parents don't know what fanfic is!

- R

[darcydodo]

just how many poor unrequited admirers do you know are reading your livejournal?

I never said they were unrequited admirers. I said they were people I didn't want to hurt. Two entirely different things. And no, I'm not going to elaborate, because then it would start being obvious whom I'm talking about, etc. (Hence the next paragraph of your reply is inapplicable.)

And how exactly are you going to stop them?

Well, for a start, there's only one buried link to the fiction page from my main page, and I doubt they'd be searching enough to follow it. You know, I mean, they've seen my webpgae, and unless I do a major rehaul they're probably not going to go look at it again. And anyway, it's a warning label. If they choose to ignore it, I can't be held responsible for the consequences. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not going to elaborate
Damn, you're killing me of curiosity! Who could there be, who isn't in love with you (that narrows it down plenty), who might read your journal, whom you like enough not to want to hurt, but dislike enough to want to post hurtful things about them...

It would be good if I could understand tact and subtlety, wouldn't it? Good point about your well-hidden stories, btw.

- R

[darcydodo]

You don't want to be killed by curiosity, really. Anyway, I never said anything about the person/people to whom I was referring, and you reading things into the situation. For all you know, it could be you, it could be my parents (on the assumption that they may one day read this), it could be Shreena or Adam or someone from Berkeley or someone I've never even mentioned to you. Point being, there are things that if I said them would hurt people, hence I shan't say them; there was no context outside that statement.

[shreena.livejournal.com]

"it could be Shreena" *swoon* I never knew my adoration could be requited! ;)

[leech.livejournal.com]

You can also filter your friends groups. Some of the people on my friends list are only casual acquaintances or friends-of-friends, so they don't get to read anything personal. (Then again, I very rarely use lj for anything personal.)