Journal Rambling
Every so often I click to check my LiveJournal UserInfo page. At the top is a list of Friends. Mostly it is full of relatives and close friends, but a few are people that I first met here and with whom I have had the opportunity to have a second point of contact.
Also on the page is my Friend Of list. I sometimes look at that ever-growing list and wonder who are these people who have decided that my journal is worth reading regularly. On days when I’m feeling bored or clicky I sometimes browse through their journals to try to find out. I did that just this past week. I found that I’m not the only one with DVD player woes. I found a fascinating discussion on the need for community in religion. Perhaps the most surprising thing was the discovery that there are people who have me listed as a friend and don’t also have Howard listed. This means that there are people here reading this entry who didn’t come via Schlock. I’ve had people tell me that my rambles were enjoyable, but somehow I still felt that whatever small fame I attained here was still mostly reflected glory. Now I have proof that at least some of it was my very own little light.
One of the things I found in my journal rambles was a Writer’s Challenge. This person challenged: “Describe a room so that the person who owns it is described without actually being present.” That interested me so much that I decided to take up the challenge.
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