Personal Resistance

[robinsnest]

So in reading everyone's posts about people switching to Facebook it raises my hackles. I use facebook to keep up with people not on LJ but I've had this journal for almost 10 years and I check it daily. The thought of losing my connections to my costuming friends, and my online connections with them creates a deep deep saddness in my heart. I would hate to see everyone I follow move elsewhere. I have a blogger account, I never use it. I have google reader but it's nowhere as nice to read as a Friend's page. I cannot stand Twitter. I think twitter represents all that is wrong and insensitive with our country. One line entries do not give you depth, and I'm sorry I don't care thatyou're standing in line for a coffee. I know I know it's dumb but it reeeeeally gets under my skin!

SO I shall try to be much better about posting. The problem is I haven't done any costuming to post about, so you'll all just get stuck with my other life ramblings. Which mostly involve, work, wedding stuff and Victoria and I are preparing for a Craft show in October.

Wedding wise we've booked a veunue! and therefore a date! August 6, 2011 at the Joseph Ambler Inn  It's a lovely historic venue that will suit us just perfectly. The next big decision is can I make my Grandmother's not-super-attractive wedding dress work. It's VERY VERY shiney nylon satin. So Shiney it hurts. I know I could put an overlay on the skirt but the bodice would just have to stay super shiney. And it doesn't fit. So I'd have to put a piece in the sides. V thinks I should just make my own dress from scratch. That sounds like a whooole lotta stress. I'm never happy with my finished work, would I just look at it and see all the flaw?...
 

Comments

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on picking the venue, its lovely. I agree, I wouldn't want the stress of making my own wedding dress. I'm sure what every you decided, you will look lovely. BTW, are you going to Victorina days next weekend?

[dragoneyes19.livejournal.com]

I could go on Saturday if everyone was going then. I haven't a new thing to wear. I suppose I could actually finish the dress I made last year but where's the fun in that?

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

I think we are planning on going Saturday. That dress was beautiful. And I'm planning on wearing the same dress I wore last year, so we can repeat together.

[tempestbreaker.livejournal.com]

Ninja congrats on the venue pick!
;) I won't be going anywhere. I'll still be here on LJ. :P You should come up to Monroe County some time. It's spiffy here.

[wataya]

In defense of Twitter : honestly I gave it a try, and I didn't like it either. But it's because our language are too long. 140 signs are, like you said, not enough. Twitter is better with shorter languages, especially, Chinese and Japanese : with ideogrammes, you can write more.
It is also is a great non-emotionnal media : to have brut information. I remember last year, I follow a political trial in France through the Twitter of a journalist, and it was 10 000 time better than reading an incomplete resume after it. It worked that way during revolutions in arab countries.
Also, and this is my main defense for Twitter, during the earthquake/tsunami in Japan of the 03/11, it was the only internet media that was working during the fisrt days ! I mean, all the social network were down because of electricity troubles, trafic, etc., Google was down, information media, were down every so often, but it took 5 days, if I remember well, for Twitter to fail completly. For some time, it was the only way to get information about family, friends, or what was actually happening. It's solid. It has a lot problems, but in crisis situation, this is the only internet media I would trust entirely.

Gah.... I wanted to write 2 lines in defense of twitter, and I write a book : so yeah, Twitter is no made for me (obviously), or people like us which have blogs, and want to elaborate on things, but I really think it is an important media nonetheless.

[wataya]

Oh and congrats for your wedding plans :) (you even learn me a new english word : venue. I'm being less stupid today !)

[koshka_the_cat]

This was the first entry, six years later.

I have to say, your Twitter comment is kind of prophetic...

[robinsnest]

I thought I backed it up? it says in line or something so I figured maybe it took a little while.....and yeah if only I knew Twitter would give us an asshole president..