celestialdescent

Well, now's as good a time as any to update this journal. Man, I've been awful at keeping this thing up.

Actually, I found that I haven't really been going to LJ... at all, really. If I'm not on Tumblr, I'm either at Pottermore or Rune's for HP stuff and good conversation. To get in touch with real life, I've got Facebook. I even find myself logging into Dreamwidth more because I put all my RSS feeds on there. That, and I chose to subscribe to china_shop's White Collar liveblogs on here. Most of the fandoms I followed on LJ have died off or have a decent enough community on DW. dangermousie has finally made the move to Tumblr, so there's not much keeping me on LJ anymore.

That's not necessarily a bad thing; after all, I did decide to start posting on DW more than a year ago because of issues with LJ. Incidentally, that came around the time I decided to really get involved with Tumblr, and now that has become my new "hangout" spot, so to speak. This also has a lot to do with the way the Internet fandom has evolved, and it makes sense to go where the people are.

In some ways, that's be unfortunate. Don't get me wrong, I love the GIFs and the pictures and the occasional meta people post on Tumblr. I love the tag system they have in place and how this means I can follow my interests without seeing stuff people post that I don't care about. I like being passively involved in fandoms and how the "like" button allows me to say "I like this post" without having to say it. However, I'm really attached to the comment system in LJ/DW. Reblogs can get cumbersome after awhile, and asks/replies are limited. I miss reading honest-to-God conversations people can get into. And while I can work around the longer text posts on Tumblr ("Read more" cuts can be useful, and I link to my other DW account for really long posts), I miss not having to do that.

I dunno, I guess I'm feeling nostalgic right now. I know I was never really involved in fandom while I was on LJ, but I do miss it.

So, I've been spending a majority of my time on Tumblr. Right now, I think I've made more posts (both my own and reblogs) on there in the past ten months than I have the first few years on LJ. Sure, compared to some Tumblrs I follow, that's just a drop in the bucket, but that's a huge thing for me.

Despite how relatively active I am on Tumblr now, there are still a few things I'm not completely comfortable putting on there because they delve more into my personal life than I'd like to share. It's weird, but it's because I've mainly designated Tumblr as my fandom squeeing/random stuff area. LJ (and now DW) has been mainly about my personal life, especially this particular journal. (I'd like to think that rfmadison will be my line between LJ/DW and Tumblr when I finally get around to updating that journal)

Anyway, the point of this public post. Here's a few thoughts accompanied by things that I found on the Internet. I'll put them behind cuts.

( Sexuality, or lack thereof. )

( Religion. Specifically, how deep my faith goes. )

So there you are. A few more things about me. Do I think anyone else will read it? Nope. But it's out there.

I've been pretty bored for the past couple of days. That plus insomnia means lots of time on the computer. So, while checking out reviews on That Guy with the Glasses, I watched JesuOtaku's Top 20 Anime Theme Songs of 2011. That turned out to be a good decision for one reason: an idea of new anime to watch. The one I wanted to watch most? Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw), or AnoHana for short.



The summary, pulled from Anime News Network, is as follows:

Five childhood friends grow apart after the death of Meiko Honma, close playmate of them all. Jinta Yadomi, leader of the group when they were kids, neglects high school and lives as a shut-in when he unexpectedly starts seeing the ghost of Meiko, who can only interact with him and no one else. She has returned to ask Jinta to fulfill the forgotten wish she made as a kid.

I started the show this morning since I had given up all notions of sleep and finished it about an hour ago. I couldn't stop watching! It was relatable to me on more than one level. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting when I watched the above clip, but I thought it was a solid story.

That's all I really have to say. I might put together some more coherent thoughts later.

So, on the front page of LiveJournal, the staff posted this article from Fast Company about the changes LJ is making to draw in more users. This quote is a real gem:

LiveJournal's leadership has made it clear that their future American business strategy lies in generating new traffic rather than catering to the service's current small-but-loyal membership. The challenge for Petrochenko and other executives at LiveJournal will be redefining the brand's identity in a crowded media marketplace.

Charming. I'd say don't change, but LJ needs it. Badly.

Crossposting this over to Tumblr, where I've been spending a lot of time the past few months enjoying fandoms.

( Videos behind cut )

In case it isn't clear, I'm mainly interested in OUaT's version of Snow White and Prince Charming, so these promos fill me with so much glee! Is next Sunday here already?

Oooooooooooooooh. *_*