intensity

[shadesong]

Y'know why I need lots of friends?

Because no one person can bear the intensity of my scrutiny for long. No one can handle being the complete focus of my undivided attention. It's just too much. Ask stronae.

I just read someone's entire LJ, from beginning to today.

I'll probably do it again after lunch. With someone else.

No, my boss isn't here today; why do you ask?

Comments

[fiddledragon]

heh - if you're bored you can have some of my work! ;)

[chelona.livejournal.com]

Whose?! I am intrigued as to what you would think of mine from the beginning....

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll read you after lunch! :)

[chelona.livejournal.com]

And I think one post, a while back, is a link to my pregnancy journal. Not a HUGE read, but somewhat interesting.

[mfree.livejournal.com]

hehehe... certainly wasn't my LJ, with it's 2 year, 4,885 entry maniacal splendor...

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Ah, you're just a closet stalker. :)

Although I dealt with a devoted cyberstalker when I was in first year in college, and a guy who basically copied almost every part of my life he could for a year and a half around the same time. This would have been really easy, had we not shared a room (room, not house or apartment), been on the same course, and hung out in the same places.

I can deal with any scrutiny you can throw at me (at least from over there!). ;)

[Actually, I have a sudden vision of going to open the bedroom window tonight, and seeing 'song crouched on the wall across the way with a pair of binoculars... :) ]

[snowelf.livejournal.com]

Heh. I sometimes read people's journals from beginning to end too...

[azurelunatic]

Depends on the length of the journal.

Mine is a little unweildy. It usually takes me a few days to get through it, when I do the re-reads. Which I do, of course, as I need to reboot periodically. There's only so much that I can hold in memory, and some of it does get lost in the shuffle. Re-reading allows me to classify and catagorize the things that I wasn't able to process at the time. That allows me so very much more control over my mental environment... I love it!

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[snowelf.livejournal.com]

Mine would probably take days to re-read too...I don't re-read my own, actually. Perhaps I should...but I like to type out an entry, and dump the ideas in here, so I don't have to have them buzzing around my brain any more.

[azurelunatic]

I've found that after I've done the ideadump, and the ideas are no longer buzzing and bothering me, coming back sometime later will yield astonishing results, idea-wise. It's amazing what the brain comes up with after it's rested from a concept for a while. In my case, just leaving the ideas to grow mold is wasteful; I have to come back, else the rough ideas will just sit in my brain; if I can convert old idea fragments into working concepts, or discard them for once and all after later review, my mind works so much more smoothly.

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[snowelf.livejournal.com]

Very good point, I'll try revisiting the ideas sometime.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

And y'know, I went to the start of your LJ to read through it, and discovered I'd already read all of it... :)

[dreamcowgirl.livejournal.com]

I try to read all of my friends journals from the start ~~I think you can learn so much depending on what you missed~~ plus it freaks them out when you comment on an old entry ~~~

Have Fun

[elorie.livejournal.com]

I do that, too. Read people's journals from beginning to end. And unnerve people with my attention.

I have a lot of attention to devote, as well. As someone put it, I have a lot of RAM. This observation has been borne out by some of my cognitive psych friends. That ability, quality, what have you, seems to be associated with a specific type of intelligence, creativity, and (on occasion) psychic ability.

I seem to have a reciprocal ability to hold people's attention...at least, some people's. I sent a friend of mine the link to my journal and she said she spent the better part of three days reading it all...and getting annoyed when sleep or work interfered. 'Course, part of that is just her and her love of getting inside other people's heads...:)

[elorie.livejournal.com]

...and I've occasionally been describe by others as "too intense." Which puzzled me. OK, get annoyed with me for my annoying little habits, get mad at what I DO...but dislike me for who I am? That's dreadful. And, an alien concept for me...I pretty much like everyone until they DO something that pisses me off. Which isn't difficult for some people, but still...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I pretty much like everyone until they DO something that pisses me off.

Me too. :)

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

That's about exactly how I feel when someone decides they don't like me because I'm brutally honest. Umm?

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[elorie.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Depends. What do you mean by "brutal"?...a lot of people use "but I'm just being honest" as an excuse...not saying that you are, as many people balk at the truth no matter how you put it or how necessary it is. But for me, honesty is a function of intimacy...if I don't know someone that well, I'm not that interested in what they think about some things. Personal boundaries are a big deal to me. I'm never dishonest in the sense of lying or not telling someone something they need to know...but I leave a lot unsaid. By necessity, as more goes through my head than is possible to convey anyway...

[fiddledragon]

hee - based on what I just read from your last 20 public entries, I could see where someone might want to read from beginning to end. You invite people in to read in a very engaging way. :)

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[elorie.livejournal.com]

It's the front porch thing. Come on up and set a spell. Have some sweet tea or a cold beer. Put your feet up, or sit on the porch swing. I come from a long line of inveterate storytellers and general talkers, and a venue where I can pontificate at length about whatever flits through my head could have been made just for me...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Hmm. That's me. :) Lots of RAM.... and yes, it can be unnerving when focused. :)

[elynne.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to say "Read me! Read me!" but I'm not sure why. Maybe just because I'm sick. Or something. Meh!

For extra bonus fun, I could proactively add you to all my various filters... ;)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Add me! Add me! And I'll read you. Tomorrow, mayhap.

[morenasangre.livejournal.com]

"Because no one person can bear the intensity of my scrutiny for long"

Or what? We'd all get songburned and end up with some weird sort of skin disease??

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Hee! Songburned. I love it. And I'm going to use it. :)

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

I just read someone's entire LJ, from beginning to today.

Pleasedon'tletithavebeenmine pleasedon'tletithavebeenmine... hehehe... Though you probably would still be reading. Or you would have quit a few entries in. ;}

I do that, too, by the way; the intense scrutiny.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Wasn't yours... I ended up telling the person. They were flattered. :)

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, now I am dejected! JUST KIDDING! ;}