fine, dammit, I'll give in

now I can answer differently when people ask me, "so, do you have a livejournal?"

No promises about posting-frequency, though. I already spend enough time stroking my ego in front of the computer. But at least this way I can read y'all all in one place.

start as I intend to continue

Every time I start writing on another internet forum I ask myself the same questions about privacy. And I've never really come up with answers that have really satisfied me.

( my history on the 'net, and other stuff about my life 1992 - 2001 )

Of the people I consider my closest friends, most of 'em don't have livejournal accounts. I'm not willing to push them to try using lj, especially since I don't know how reliable I'll be about updating this. In the last year or so, I've given up trying specifically to keep my friendships alive electronically; if that happens, it's good, but I've mostly stopped being disappointed when it doesn't. Nowadays my strategy is to actually try to spend one-on-one time with people. Not everybody's willing to do that for me, but my friendships have really been thriving with the ones who have. And I'm slowly evolving different strategies for people who're too busy or otherwise disinclined to spend time just sitting and talking with me.

I created this account because people keep having livejournals I want to read, and it's more convenient for me if I can read 'em all in the same place. And maybe I'll manage to end up closer to those of you that are here. In the end, that's what this thing is for, right?

remembering to put subjects on my posts: good

dressing up and going to a club on a weeknight to avoid crowds: good

drinking a caffienated beverage at 11pm on a weeknight: bad

advil: good

headache that outlasts the advil: bad

food: boring

sevoo: hungry

damn.

sushi good

It's good to be the sysad. Periodically a user will treat me to sushi as a thank-you. This never happened when I was doing system administration for a living rather than for love. :)

Mashiko's got some yummy sushi, though they're a little hit-or-miss. The negitoro was nothing to write home about, and the "temptation island" roll (onion tempura, with hamachi on top) was surprisingly bland, though interesting nonetheless. And they had no snapper! Hmph. But one of the rolls someone else at the table ordered, called something vaguely like 'the cheezy crocodile' (not kidding. unagi, cream cheese, some vegetable stuff) was surprisingly yummy. The hamachi and albacore were acceptable, the appetizers were creative, the ambiance was fun. the sign just inside the door said "please wait to be seated (unless you're illiterate)".

Anyway. Yum.

My headache isn't all gone, but it's subsided some (it had better, after three advil this morning and two allieve this evening!) and the same person who bought me sushi gave me a nice long backrub, along with a nice long rambling conversation about nothing and everything with me and two of my housemates.

I've got good housemates. And my server has good users. And my cat is warm and soft, if a bit poky on the underside. And I've a good book and a new issue of F&SF to keep me company 'till I'm ready to sleep. And I know my boy will crawl into bed with me sometime late tonight. Life is good.