dreamingpixels | Just writing, I guess

I miss LiveJournal.

Or, more specifically, I think I miss the social aspect of semi-public journaling on the internet, and the catharsis I'd feel after writing out my feelings and releasing them into the world, knowing others might see them, and feeling a little less alone in the world for that fact.

I thought about resurrecting my old Dreamwidth journal to post in. I may still do that, I dunno. Currently writing this up on an Alphasmart Neo that I bought on eBay the other day, and it has zero internet capabilities, and I haven't decided yet where this'll ultimately end up. My old Dreamwidth journal certainly has a lot of history attached to it - I managed to get almost all of my LiveJournal accounts backed up to it before I jumped ship there - but... ugh. Some of that history is embarrassing. Some of it is rough to remember. Still, I kept more regular entries in those journals than I did in a paper journal for quite some time, so maybe I should just keep on writing in the Dreamwidth journal. I don't know.

I do know I need to get back into journaling again. Whether that's in my paper journal, or in some strange combination of typing entries on the Neo and feeding them into an online journaling service, I dunno yet, but I'll figure it out.

I'm not even sure what the point of this entry is. It's mostly just tired ADHD-brained rambling nonsense, I guess. Still, it felt good to write, and it's nice to be able to write on something that's not constantly pinging me with notifications. (And the keyboard on the Neo is oddly satisfying to type on - much nicer than the Alphasmart 3000 I bought late last year. It's okay, but I like this better, so the 3000 is going up on eBay shortly.) I'll figure out where this is ultimately going to go at some point tomorrow.

Edit: well, clearly this ended up on Dreamwidth, since it's here and all. And for those curious, behind the cut there's a picture of my trusty little Alphasmart Neo, with this entry all typed up on it:

(also, don't panic, this is the writer formerly known as purpleparadox - haven't actually used that username for anything regularly in a damn long time, so I changed my username to dreamingpixels.)