upheavals

[truepenny]

Back from Minicon, which was wonderful. The reading went well. Not a lot of people, but everyone seemed to enjoy what I read very much, and to be interested in the rest of the story and so on. The two panels I was on ("Language in Fantasy" and "Poetry of Tolkien") were both interesting and good conversations, although my personal impression is that pameladean did not say enough.

Bought many books (yay!) and a Soviet submarine officer's watch for which I now need to find a band. The watch is smarter than I am, which impresses me in an inanimate object.

And there was sushi, which makes anything better.

Met with my dissertation director the afternoon before I left. Have worked out actual plan of action which may result in my depositing when I've been saying for months I wanted to, i.e., by the end of the semester. A gal can hope, anyway.

Realized, with five days away from computer and web, that I'm getting snowed under by my reading list again. Apparently I cannot keep up with more than about thirty people, or the whole thing becomes too confusing and overwhelming and I simply don't read anyone at all. And feel guilty and oppressed about it, and then don't make any posts, and there's this whole negative feedback-loop thing that I really don't enjoy. So I'm going to be cutting back on my reading list, as the lesser of two evils, even though what I really want to do is add a bunch of people.

I blame you all for being too fascinating.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

You didn't say enough either. I'm just sayin'.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Apparently I cannot keep up with more than about thirty people, or the whole thing becomes too confusing and overwhelming and I simply don't read anyone at all. And feel guilty and oppressed about it, and then don't make any posts, and there's this whole negative feedback-loop thing that I really don't enjoy. So I'm going to be cutting back on my reading list, as the lesser of two evils, even though what I really want to do is add a bunch of people.

You and your freakish self-restraint. I resent it.

--Dude, now I'm off the list, aren't I? *sigh* I will continue to stalk you.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Also, will you post the books purchased list when you have time, pretty please?

[oracne.livejournal.com]

I want to see the books purchased list, too, so I can drool.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

You are not off the list, you freak.

You post about books. And you post things that make me think. Sometimes you post things that make me think about books. It is All Good.

And yes I will post the books purchased list here in a bit.

[pameladean]

I said plenty. Everybody has heard me a hundred times anyway. It was somebody else who didn't say enough, somebody of a delving persuasion. I kept trying to think of ways to change that, but you know, the only ways I could think of were all the ones people have used on me, and they only work on me about ten percent of the time and when they don't they are annoying, so I didn't.

Pamela

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Oh, you did not either say plenty. But I think sensible people are resigned to picking your brains in situations where you can feel less like you're holding forth, if your brains need picking at all. At least, I hope that works....

[srallen.livejournal.com]

How about if I promise to talk only about American Idol?

Not that you read me, but I figured I should help the cause ;)

[heresluck]

I should have mentioned this when we were talking earlier, but: if it would help to cut my LJ, you should. I can't imagine that the vid stuff is of particular interest for you, and the stuff that *is* of interest is what we talk about all the time anyway. *g*

[libskrat]

You are aware that you can filter your friendslist, right? And that your filters are completely and utterly private?

I have my own list filtered into "regular reads" and "others" -- and some of my LJ friends (I confess with some shamefacedness) are on neither list.

Cuts down on the unfriending drama as well as the reading load.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I feel dishonest if I do that.

I'd rather people just know that I'm not reading them, and say openly that it's because I'm swamped and sinking, rather than have them wondering why I never comment on anything or seem to notice what they post.

Personal flaw. YMMV.

In these many years

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

I do not believe I have ever heard Pamela Dean say enough -- not quite enough sometimes -- but surely never enough. I get the feeling that she is one of those writers who prefer, to the sound of their own voices, words stamped in ink upon a page.

[vass]

And feel guilty and oppressed about it, and then don't make any posts, and there's this whole negative feedback-loop thing that I really don't enjoy. So I'm going to be cutting back on my reading list, as the lesser of two evils, even though what I really want to do is add a bunch of people.

Good choice. I did the same thing a while ago, only I didn't prune quite as hard, which maybe I should have. I would so much rather someone take me off their reading list than keep me there and feel guilty about not having the time to read it.