Carrie (a.k.a. Masked Maiden)
02 June 2020 @ 09:49 pm
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Carrie (a.k.a. Masked Maiden)
28 October 2011 @ 02:55 pm


I thought I'd go ahead and post this. Similiar to what I did last year during NaNoWriMo, I'm taking a break from LiveJournal (along with Twitter and Tumblr, to be honest). I'll be checking my friend's list every once in a while and I might post a couple of updates on how the story is coming along, but other than that, you won't hear from me. Unless, you know, something big happens.

See you in a month, guys! And good luck to everyone else who's participating this year! :)
 
 
Carrie (a.k.a. Masked Maiden)
16 September 2011 @ 12:52 am

If you could delete one thing in life from ever existing what would it be, and why? (e.g., paper not being invented or the color ‘blue’)

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I'm going to go with the first thing that popped into my head: Facebook.

Don't get me wrong, Facebook has its good qualities. It's a good way to keep in touch with friends, but you know what? So many of the people we "friend" are the ones we don't really care to talk to, write to, or ever see again. We friend them because ignoring them will only make them mad or offended. Also, I think Facebook has kind of spoiled us. We can know anything about anyone at the click of a mouse. Then we post pictures of ourselves and our loved ones for our friends to see, but anyone who's smart enough can find a way to look at them, too. And no one really thinks about the consequences to some of the information they decide to share. Employeers can look at your profile pages, and if your page is public and a major portion of your status updates are about partying and drinking, then that might cost you a job.

I do love LiveJournal, I'm starting to really love Tumblr, and I like Twitter, and I like Facebook enough to use it to keep in touch with some college friends. But at times, I do think the world might be a little better without Facebook. It's one of them double-edged swords. The world was fine before it was ever invented, but now it feels like the world can't live without it.
 
 
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Carrie (a.k.a. Masked Maiden)
11 September 2011 @ 04:47 pm

Where were you?

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I was a senior in high school and I was walking into my second period classroom. Second period was anatomy, and my teacher was this strict, kind of frigid woman who could only be described as old school. There were hardly ever any videos to watch in her class, yet she was watching television when me and the rest of my classmates all walked in. And that's how we find out. We sat down and watched the news coverage in silence, and at 9:03, we watched as Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower.

I can't begin to imagine what it was like for the people who were there, but I know I could live to be one hundred years old and I'll never forget the image of that plane crashing into that tower. And neither will my anatomy teacher. She told us her father was one of the many people who built those towers. A tangible piece of her family history, and she was watching that piece crumble to the ground.

I didn't lose any loved ones that day. I didn't lose much of anything. But what I gained was a better understanding and awareness of the world around me. Horrible things happen and they'll always happen... but in the days that followed, we all saw that the human spirit is a force that cannot and will not be crushed, so long as there are people who care.
 
 
mood: pensiveremembering those we've lost
noise: A Goofy Movie
 
 
Carrie (a.k.a. Masked Maiden)
05 August 2011 @ 12:00 pm
Originally posted by [info]deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

"LiveJournal isn’t just a social network. It’s also a platform for organizing civic action. Dozens of network projects and groups mobilize people to solve specific problems — from defending the rights of political prisoners to saving endangered historic architecture in Moscow."

So while I know many are considering the move over to Dreamwidth and other such sites, supporting LJ is a way we can help support those who use it for more than a writing/roleplaying/social venue.


Also, as a FYI, LJ is giving paid users effected by the outage two weeks of paid time as compensation.


 
 
Carrie (a.k.a. Masked Maiden)
15 July 2011 @ 02:27 pm
I can't explain it. I've gotten to the point where I check my LiveJournal only once a week, and that kind of persuaded me to do, if you will, a gleaning. I've gone through my friends list and my communities, and I did a massive cut. I was at the point where I was skimming through pages of entries, not giving them the attention they deserved. And some friends? I couldn't remember the reason why I added them to my friends list in the first place, nor could I recall anything that was going on in their lives. And when that happens, I think you realize you're not being a very good friend to them. I can't the whole "it's not you: it's me" line, but that's the truth in this case. If I wasn't being a very good friend, or if I hadn't heard from someone I wasn't all that close to for over a year, I de-friended them. And as for communities: if I wasn't all that interested in the subject anymore, I left.

This message will be public, because this friends cut was unplanned and I don't want anyone to think I was mad at them. I needed to do this for myself. Everyone I have ever friended has been nice and wonderful, but my friends list was becoming a burden instead of a warm spot in my life. I hope you all can understand that.

May God be With You:

Carrie
 
 
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