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kat_lair ([personal profile] kat_lair) wrote2013-06-09 05:06 pm

*taps LJ* - is this thing on?

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It’s been very quiet around LJ for a while (at least on my flist, where are all you people?) but, for me, the other social networking platforms just don’t fill the hole of blogging and interacting and talking with people and writing about things at length, like LJ does. So, in a concentrated effort to be a part of the solution, not the problem, I’m doing something inspired by the 100 Things Challenge (sadly, it doesn’t seem to be updating any more so I haven’t officially signed up).

*pause for collective snort of disbelief.

Yes, it’s true. No, I don’t know if I’ll ever finish it but that’s not really the point for me. The point is to have a reason for creating LJ content and to do the things that I have signed up to do. I’ve divided the 100 things into two groups, so I’m doing 50 books I've read with short reviews (including work-related academic books) and 50 recipes I’ve tried/created with comments. Doing both with only a few months' 'backlog' so everything is recent stuff, not something I read/cooked years ago.

I’ll be posting both in the groups of 5 as I finish the books/recipes so watch out for those under the relevant tags.


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Speaking of quiet LJ and creating content, I have two other ideas but I would like to know if anyone (read: YOU) would be interested in joining in and pimping them. Because otherwise I’ll be all sad and pathetic :(

Idea 1. Fandom-friendly friending meme, tentatively titled ‘Still LJ’ing!’ – I’ve seen a couple single-fandom ones going on and then I’ve seen some general ones, but a) I’m chronically multifandom and b) the latter sometimes appears to attract people who are vehemently anti-fandom, which makes me sad.

Idea 2. Anonymous porn meme – For people to talk about porn/erotica (fanfic, commercial fic, pics, art, clips, films etc.), e.g. likes, dislikes, turn-ons, turn-offs, recs, opinions, dirty jokes, serious commentary, requests, fills, random porny ficlets…

So… thoughts, comments, suggestions?

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[identity profile] pushkin666.livejournal.com 2013-06-09 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
See I kept meaning to do that 100 Things Challenge and then couldn't decide what the hell to do it on :) And we know that although I try regularly to post poems, and also graphics that's about it.

I like idea 2 - anonymous porn meme. I'm wary of idea 1, because as I've mentioned above I don't post much other than poems/graphics. I tend not to talk about my life as you know on LJ, unless it's something that really is bothering me. I'm not a chatter :D But then I was complaining that LJ was too quiet, and there are maybe only a handful of people on my flist posting so maybe it is worth doing. Is indecisive :)

[identity profile] kat-lair.livejournal.com 2013-06-09 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You could still do 100 things of poems/quotes or something. Or, another thing I've seen, is the 'blog every day for a month' thing - doesn't matter what you post, just post something.

Anonymous porn meme appeals to me for selfish reason, maybe someone will rec some actually good porn? There's plenty of good fanfic out there but why is no one making the type of films that I'd actually find hot to watch? 99% of porn clips I've seen only manages to opposite of what they're supposed to do.

You could still pimp the friending meme? And you could join in, just don't make false promises to post a lot of every day ramblings - maybe someone out there really likes to have regular poems and graphics and less regular fic on their flist? :)

[identity profile] pushkin666.livejournal.com 2013-06-09 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I could blog every day for a month. That actually isn't that difficult if I can add in photos and poems and things of that ilk. And it might actually get me to pull my finger out of my ass and write those drabbles you gave me prompts for. And there's a lovely image :D

So yes, I could pimp both meme's and join in ...
Edited 2013-06-09 16:47 (UTC)

[identity profile] kat-lair.livejournal.com 2013-06-09 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent, you should do that for July or something :D And drabbles would be a definite plus \o/ I'm making no comment about your ass...

Yay, pimping! Hopefully these things will happen!

[identity profile] pushkin666.livejournal.com 2013-06-09 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
July yeah that would work. Way too many things going on in June :D

And no, you shouldn't be making any comment on my ass in polite company ... oh hang on it's LJ!!! :)

[identity profile] kat-lair.livejournal.com 2013-06-09 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you implying my LJ isn't polite?! ...okay, fair point :D

[identity profile] pushkin666.livejournal.com 2013-06-09 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The implication was most certainly there :D