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Apr. 24th, 2003 01:27 pmI had a live journal dream last night--the first one. I was sitting at a big round table, and all sorts of lj people I know were sitting around the table talking. But they (you) weren't actually three-dimensional people--they (you) were kind of half-people, half icon. It was strange.
It was something I was thinking about the other day after reading a couple of posts. Someone whose journal I read regularly posted some sort of self revealing survey thing. As I read the responses, I came across one that really surprised me, and it caused me to reconsider the picture I had formed in my mind of them. Not in a bad way, just different.
I have never met any LJ person in person. Pretty much everything I know is taken from what you've written. There are a few people who I have chatted with, and a few with whom I have swapped emails, but that's about it. So what I know about you is what you want me to know. Mostly.
There are impressions I've made that go beyond what you've written--my attempt to "fill in the blanks". Some of it develops over time. Read enough and the person begins to take shape. Certain attitudes, beliefs, even ways of expressing emotions all add to the picture. I might even know things about you that you yourself don't realize.
Other parts are pure imagination. Hair color, body shape, voice. Unless you post a lot of pictures, but even then, there's still things to imagine. It's kind of like reading a book. You develop a mental picture of that character. I like doing that. It is why I always read the book before I see the movie.
Some of what I write about in here would surprise the people who know me in real-life. The have formed a picture of me that is made of the bits and pieces of my life that they know. Occasionally I'll drop other pieces on the table, pieces that don't quite match the rest. They seem to have a hard time fitting them into the picture they've made. I suppose it is the same here.
So sometimes I wonder about you--who you really are. I enjoy reading about your life though, and thank you for choosing to share it.
It was something I was thinking about the other day after reading a couple of posts. Someone whose journal I read regularly posted some sort of self revealing survey thing. As I read the responses, I came across one that really surprised me, and it caused me to reconsider the picture I had formed in my mind of them. Not in a bad way, just different.
I have never met any LJ person in person. Pretty much everything I know is taken from what you've written. There are a few people who I have chatted with, and a few with whom I have swapped emails, but that's about it. So what I know about you is what you want me to know. Mostly.
There are impressions I've made that go beyond what you've written--my attempt to "fill in the blanks". Some of it develops over time. Read enough and the person begins to take shape. Certain attitudes, beliefs, even ways of expressing emotions all add to the picture. I might even know things about you that you yourself don't realize.
Other parts are pure imagination. Hair color, body shape, voice. Unless you post a lot of pictures, but even then, there's still things to imagine. It's kind of like reading a book. You develop a mental picture of that character. I like doing that. It is why I always read the book before I see the movie.
Some of what I write about in here would surprise the people who know me in real-life. The have formed a picture of me that is made of the bits and pieces of my life that they know. Occasionally I'll drop other pieces on the table, pieces that don't quite match the rest. They seem to have a hard time fitting them into the picture they've made. I suppose it is the same here.
So sometimes I wonder about you--who you really are. I enjoy reading about your life though, and thank you for choosing to share it.
