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crazychicknladyThis whole livejournal experiment (seems I've been at this a little over four years now) started as a way to stretch myself beyond my comfort zone and do more. I wanted to do things, and engage in things, even if they were a little (or a lot) scary or a little hard for me, so I could better help my children engage in things and do more things.
But that's not really what this whole thing turned out to be.
When I was younger, I'd often wanted to keep a written diary. Or even a collection of my drawings in a drawing journal. This had never come together, because I've always been too picky about what ends up in such a permanent format.
Plus, I make lots of errors when writing by hand, sometimes just writing down the wrong letter or word. And I like to futz. Go back and edit, change the phrasing here and there. And it practically kills me to try to write something from beginning to end in order. I'm far more often able to write parts and pieces, then fit them all together.
I don't think in a straight line.
Typing (even though I'm atrociously slow at it), and spell check, and easy editing (cut and paste!*) have made me a much better writer.
So this is my diary (or at least the closest I'll ever get to writing one).
I need to write these for me. So when I go back and read the archives I can remember things like this and get all weepy from time to time. Because the things my kids do fall out of my head. So with livejournal I can catch a few and keep them from getting away.
*I read in a comments somewhere, some guy complaining that people were morons for saying cut and paste, because it is copy and paste. The thing is, I cut and paste flipping all the time (yes, yes with the occasional copy when I raid someone else's ideas, but mostly I just struggle with my own).
But that's not really what this whole thing turned out to be.
When I was younger, I'd often wanted to keep a written diary. Or even a collection of my drawings in a drawing journal. This had never come together, because I've always been too picky about what ends up in such a permanent format.
Plus, I make lots of errors when writing by hand, sometimes just writing down the wrong letter or word. And I like to futz. Go back and edit, change the phrasing here and there. And it practically kills me to try to write something from beginning to end in order. I'm far more often able to write parts and pieces, then fit them all together.
I don't think in a straight line.
Typing (even though I'm atrociously slow at it), and spell check, and easy editing (cut and paste!*) have made me a much better writer.
So this is my diary (or at least the closest I'll ever get to writing one).
I need to write these for me. So when I go back and read the archives I can remember things like this and get all weepy from time to time. Because the things my kids do fall out of my head. So with livejournal I can catch a few and keep them from getting away.
*I read in a comments somewhere, some guy complaining that people were morons for saying cut and paste, because it is copy and paste. The thing is, I cut and paste flipping all the time (yes, yes with the occasional copy when I raid someone else's ideas, but mostly I just struggle with my own).
