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Wow. I just typed a whole long post from my phone and accidentally deleted it. And I'm trying again!
* I'm at Fest, and it's weird. It's always weird when it falls right after Institute. I anticipated that this year, but it's no less weird. I don't want to be here now. And not just because of all the mud. It will get better. There are 4 other Institute people camping here this year, and I can't wait until they get here.
* Institute was amazing, as usual. Or maybe a bit better than usual. Partly because![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jox was there, but that's not the only reason why. Re-entry is always hard. I spent the past 3 days constantly on Facebook posting and tagging pics, and I was far from the only one.
* Relatedly, I've become aware recently of how good Facebook is at reaching many of my friends, and how I don't have a long-form way to do that. Only a smaller group of my friends read LJ, and no one anywhere reads Facebook notes. Maybe I should publicize my LJ more? Dunno.
* Oh, by the way, still not really reading the friends page while on vacation. Will start again Monday, probably.
* Oh, yeah, and my mom is in the hospital. Admitted Monday with back pain from a bulging disc. This is the 3rd time since 2003. Each time sucks, and this may be the worst, or at least equal to the first. I hate being not-there, and yet I can't do much there. This just better get better soon.
Think I'm going to bed now. Most of my friends aren't here yet, the ones who are are out wandering, and I have a 7am volunteer shift. And this is tiring to type on my regular, non-qwerty keypad. G'night, LJ.
* I'm at Fest, and it's weird. It's always weird when it falls right after Institute. I anticipated that this year, but it's no less weird. I don't want to be here now. And not just because of all the mud. It will get better. There are 4 other Institute people camping here this year, and I can't wait until they get here.
* Institute was amazing, as usual. Or maybe a bit better than usual. Partly because
jox was there, but that's not the only reason why. Re-entry is always hard. I spent the past 3 days constantly on Facebook posting and tagging pics, and I was far from the only one.* Relatedly, I've become aware recently of how good Facebook is at reaching many of my friends, and how I don't have a long-form way to do that. Only a smaller group of my friends read LJ, and no one anywhere reads Facebook notes. Maybe I should publicize my LJ more? Dunno.
* Oh, by the way, still not really reading the friends page while on vacation. Will start again Monday, probably.
* Oh, yeah, and my mom is in the hospital. Admitted Monday with back pain from a bulging disc. This is the 3rd time since 2003. Each time sucks, and this may be the worst, or at least equal to the first. I hate being not-there, and yet I can't do much there. This just better get better soon.
Think I'm going to bed now. Most of my friends aren't here yet, the ones who are are out wandering, and I have a 7am volunteer shift. And this is tiring to type on my regular, non-qwerty keypad. G'night, LJ.
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I had to create a Facebook page simply because I have been asked so many times by people in my field whether or not I have one. My experience with Facebook has been really, really creepy. By entering a few bits of information and seeding things with one our two friends, it mapped out my personal networks all the way back to high school. And was really accurate too. The programmers there definitely read Granovetter and his disciples' works.
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For what it's worth, I'm a lot more likely to notice updates from you & other friends on lj than on facebook because there's so much less traffic here, and the posts are generally a lot more worth reading. But I guess most people are constantly logged into facebook and never miss a status update? Or is that what twitter's for? I dunno. I fail to keep up with the times.
I hope your mom gets better!
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