Oopsie

[scripsi]

I’ve been out with a migraine for two days (as if it wasn’t enough with bronchitis) and I haven’t been around LJ at all. And my f-list, well, it has grown with some 60 new friends and it’s enormous!. Much as it pain me I realise I won’t be able to keep the pace, but if I try to go back to everything I will get perpetually behind. I don’t want to cut my f-list, but I need to manage this somehow- I could spend all my computer time reading interesting posts, but I want to have time write fics too. So I will set a certain time period aside for reading f-list and I will start with the newest and work backwards. I know I will miss out on posts if I don’t have time to read all the way back to the previous last read, but I think this will be the best solution for me. I know this means I will miss interesting posts, and I’m sorry over that, but I don’t want to feel hounded by having to keep up to date either. LJ is for fun, after all. I may have to make a cut later, but I’d like to get to know my new friends first. I’m sure it will be clear eventually which people I won’t interact with and vice versa. I’m sure I will be cut too here and there.

Comments

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Hah! Wait till you go on holiday - I used to come back to "skip 500"!
Things will settle down a bit soon, I'm sure. I can see the posts thinning out already. A bit ...

[manoah.livejournal.com]

Headaches are no fun at all. Feel better!

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

A very belated thank you!

[feliciacraft.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan. I think of all updates as a river. You can sample from it, drink from it, but you're not going to get ALL of it. That's my view, anyway. :)

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

That's a very good analogy! :D

[zhelana.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've already started getting cuts from that meme. People who were mostly here for fandom and not interested in personal journals, I think, mostly.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I pretty much always tag, so if you want to filter me down to view only tags that interest you, do feel free!

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Thank you, even if I think I prefer to just read along as I go. :)

[thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com]

Makes sense. I'm playing favorites without unfriending anyone yet, but that's... not fair, by definition.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Well, here as elsewhere there are always who people who you will get along with a bit better. Nothing strange with that. :)

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I just had the same dilemma so don't get stressed. Everyone will understand. I am just glad you made it through the migraine. Those are so debilitating.


Gabrielle

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I have a very low-level migraine with rare attacks, but they are still no fun.

[double_dutchess]

I'm sure everybody will understand that you cannot read everything, because they must all be experiencing the same problem. I know I am!

Sorry to hear about your migraine. Do you have any medicine you can take? I have these little pills that narrow your blood vessels or something, and they work miracles for me.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I have a very low-level migraine, it makes rare appearnces and usually passes within a day, so I make do with over the counter medication. :)

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hear you! I felt horrible for doing it, but I had to do a friends cut, since it effected my life a bit to much. :-P

[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

I send get well vibes your way!

You don't have to worry about keeping up with my posts. I'm the last person on earth that should get on anyone on my flist for being behind when I'm behind once again and it's not becasue I'm sick this time. It's because I don't have the energy to go online after taking care of two small children all day.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

No wonder- I got exhausted by just having one small child! :) It's much more relaxing now he is a teenager.

[zimon66]

Nobody on my FL is obligated to read and or comment to my LJ. I'm fine with interacting with you in your LJ :) If I do an entry of interest, I'll just post a link to it here in the comments.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good deal. :)

[liadt]

Quite understandable. I'm sure everyone will understand:) I did think when I saw that meme if loads of people comment and you have to friend them all it's going to make the f-list unmanageable very soon.

[the-moonmoth.livejournal.com]

Sounds sensible - LJ is not worth getting stressed over.

*hugs* for your migraine, hope you're feeling better by now.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Thank you- the migraine is blessedly all gone now. :)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

You will figure out what works best for you.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I will. :)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Ye gods!! And man do I understand (I am so behind!! Ack!)

Hope things settle for you. And no worries about reading posts, yeah? My life is always same old, same old, anyway, lol!!

*HUGS*

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

It's one of those things that happens- I'll just have to learn not to be stressed over it. :) *hugs*