But because I feel like it and I paid for my LJ so I can do what I want (within legal limits).
You know, honestly, it's never been something that's annoyed me about your LJ. I think there is an importance in the tone of it, too. Because I've never noted any whiff of "look, doesn't my grocery list make me cooler than you".
There are some authors who I suspect pick out details from their lives to share not because they just feel an intense desire to, but because they think those details will make them look more sophisticated, more cultured. I remember seeing an author (white author, for the record) who listed all the ethnic restaurants close to her house and talking about how much she frequented them. As though somehow eating Thai food makes you this multicultural savant or something.
Dude, I can stuff khao pad down my gullet all day long as still be as unsophisticated and "Joe Sixpack"-esque as the next guy.
And that sort of tone is what I object to sometimes as well. And again, not something I've noted with your LJ, which I do thoroughly enough.
Maybe they just want to.
True, and like I said, there's an issue of tone and motivation. I even occasionally do post something here that might not be completely relevant to writing (maybe political things or links or random speculation), and I don't think you have to be strict about your compartmentalization, but when the ratio of "My super awesome local restaurants that make me cooler than you" to "posts about writing" gets screwy, I get gone as a reader.
I am often inspired to play Devil's Advocate. I think it's a character flaw.
I seem to attract many Devil's Advocates in my life. I do not know if this says something good or bad about me, but I do know it keeps me on my toes, because I can't get away with nothin' around you guys. :)
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Re: Friendly Counterpoints.
Date: 2009-03-12 09:10 pm (UTC)You know, honestly, it's never been something that's annoyed me about your LJ. I think there is an importance in the tone of it, too. Because I've never noted any whiff of "look, doesn't my grocery list make me cooler than you".
There are some authors who I suspect pick out details from their lives to share not because they just feel an intense desire to, but because they think those details will make them look more sophisticated, more cultured. I remember seeing an author (white author, for the record) who listed all the ethnic restaurants close to her house and talking about how much she frequented them. As though somehow eating Thai food makes you this multicultural savant or something.
Dude, I can stuff khao pad down my gullet all day long as still be as unsophisticated and "Joe Sixpack"-esque as the next guy.
And that sort of tone is what I object to sometimes as well. And again, not something I've noted with your LJ, which I do thoroughly enough.
Maybe they just want to.
True, and like I said, there's an issue of tone and motivation. I even occasionally do post something here that might not be completely relevant to writing (maybe political things or links or random speculation), and I don't think you have to be strict about your compartmentalization, but when the ratio of "My super awesome local restaurants that make me cooler than you" to "posts about writing" gets screwy, I get gone as a reader.
I am often inspired to play Devil's Advocate. I think it's a character flaw.
I seem to attract many Devil's Advocates in my life. I do not know if this says something good or bad about me, but I do know it keeps me on my toes, because I can't get away with nothin' around you guys. :)