Okay.

So, the promised "no changes" from the powers that were Live Journal is a BIG lie. Surprised?

Well, the new terms of service hasn't changed too much, but the privacy statement has been gutted. Isn't that special. Live Journal now gives itself permission to share your personal information for many reasons including "to operate our business." They also say that they will send us all email for products or services they believe we might be interested in through our implied consent. (That's called spam.) And they will never use banner ads on LJ.

Yep. No big changes. Just ones that will increase the hell out of unwanted advertising/spam. Maybe for a bigger yearly fee, we can avoid all ads, but spam will happen. :(

Oh, and the LJ code is no longer open source.

Journeying

I successfully journeyed twice yesterday. Both a bit less than 30 minutes. They questions were more personal that I want to share. But I will describe the journeys.

( Journey stories )

I used to love the song "Impossible Dream." No longer. Dreams that are truly impossible destroy my capacity to love, or even, like my fellow beings. I don't mind improbable dreams, but I'll leave the impossible one's for the naive.

There may be no place like home, but that doesn't make home a good place.
Love isn't blind, just judgement impaired.
Asking for your 100% can cost you the 25% you already have.

Not only is love never enough, its presence requires more of one than its absence.
Love is a gift. Friendship is a contract. Confusing the two is generally very painful.

Share the farts. It's a token of love.

Oy Vey

That was hard.

My house mate wrecks my car and it takes me forever to ask for compensation. Still gives me a hollow-chest feeling. Weird. Just weird.

sigh.

It's the show

Rocky tonight... cue the music.

Amy and Eric have decided that my biggest problem with the roles I play is that within minutes of some scenes I think I'm screwing up and that causes me to screw up.

I was surprised when one said and the other confirmed that my Sha-na-nas start out fine.

I'm going to just buy what they are saying and stop thinking about it. It would not be the first time I lost the beat by engaging my brain. :)

There has been a new odd pattern. Thursdays. Well, it isn't odd that there is one each week just before Friday. No, what is odd is that all day on Thursday I keep thinking I'll skip the show this week. But by 9am on Friday, I can't stand the slow clock. :)

Oh well. I'm NOT going to analyze it. I've given that whole thing up for awhile. Just to see, you understand, if live is better with that part of my brain busy trying to pick the mental lock I've put on it.

Maybe I get it "right" enough. Maybe not. But it just isn't going to influence world peace either way.

Love.