Neighbours, comments, rain and bursary

[rdfreak]

so I just got up and hadn't planned on posting this early but since I fired miranda up as I finally made contact on yahoo with the wonderful eloquentsilence I thought I may as well get on jabber (which I found out was its true name - yeah for reviewing spelling), and talk to Frank. wow, what a long sentence again! I know how to write, really! and I love it. I need to get on to my Bursary application today due Monday. haven't done a thing yet except have that adaptive assessment in which I had made plans to upgrade my braillenote to M-power. I decided I had heard too many negative comments about the pacmate, and though it still sounds extremely appealing, I had decided, well if I want a windows environment, I have my puter and I only need something to take notes on in class. plus FS don't have that stupid cruel open plan project outside U.S and Canada, so stuff that! .. anyway I really need to exchange my current braillenote so I need to win said bursary this time! I also am thinking I'd like to try and also purchase a GPS through the option of a maestro or even to go with my m-power but, whether I'll have to save for that myself, I am yet to determine.
OK, there's been a lot of comments on the neighbours communities lately about "bad actors" coming on to the set. I am obviously only going by audio so am not sure about the visuals, but I think they've all been OK. maybe some are better than others. but I am more disappointed about all my characters I have grown to love are leaving the show soon! there's a whole lot of the old familiar ones leaving and I don't want that to happen. I think some bring the show to life more than others. Obviously they're only actors persuing their interests at the end of the day but it becomes a lot more than that to me. They're like my family Lol
OK, a few days ago eloquentsilence was talking about comments and it made me think what I'd been indeed pondering a lot myself lately.
I've never had my journal for others, just myself but I've definitely benefitted from others reading about my life. and comments were never necessary but just a bonus that was there if people wanted them. I never use to comment a lot on friends journals even though I read everything. Now I comment a little more on people's LJ than I use too. about half of these people acknowlege the comments by replying back. Though I never use to mind as much if they do so, I do mind more now. It let's me know they know I do care. I've noticed more and more lately that more of my LJ friends won't reply to my comments. OK I certainly understand sometimes if they don't but I'm starting to wonder why I bother if I don't get a reply. I am left wondering, did they get my comment? is what I had to say meaning anything to them? am I even wrong for commenting on their journal? I guess more and more I view the commenting feature is like a conversation and I get to thinking if I don't get replies to comments why should i bother? And, too, there a few people who I only really interact with on LJ for the most part. fortunately not many now but still a few who's journals I love to read and I know they like to read mine equally. so, yeh!
OK it is meant to be showers today and there was a bit this morning, but there needs to be more! Bring on the rain! I woke to Neil talking to John Waiths (excuse spelling) about the scarey lack of water in Ballarat and Bendigo. and, I've always had the qquestion on my lips lately and he asked it, what would we do if a town totally ran out of water? It's a scarey thought! .. As I illuded to in here yesterday, surely nature would fix the problem before it got to that. I mean, it would just have to come to our rescue, right? .. well I don't know for sure, honestly but I'd hope so.
OK so now I think I will go and look at the application. oh and probably will go eat breakfast at some point.
thanks Frank! Lol
til next time, RdFreak
P.S. I keep making new lines by the HTML but I could indeed be pressing control enter in Miranda. *grrr
P.P.S I just got this upon trying to send. 10:29:05 AM: Error talking to goat. He must've fallen asleep. Say it again?
10:36:21 AM: Error talking to goat. He must've fallen asleep. Say it again?
P.P.P.S it said that again so had to paste it to web page. I thought I'd lost that big long post. wouldn't have been happy Lol

Comments

[orionflight.livejournal.com]

yay! yahoo chat coming soon:)

I totally know what you mean about commenting on someone's post and not being acknowledged... after awhile I don't bother to comment anymore on their entries. I think if it were in real life situation, and i'm talking with someone.. wouldn't they answer me back? or would they just stare at the wall and ignore me.

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

yeah for yahoo! :)
yep totally. I interact on the net exactly how I would in person, so I guess i expect others should as well, Lol I'm beginning to do the same as you, as in, not bothering to comment on those who are never acknowleging. I admit, I've been guilty of sometimes not acknowleging comments. I mean I've been back through my old entries (as I've said) and there were a few times when I hadn't acknowleged but they made me cringe!
Cheers for now! :)

[catdraco.livejournal.com]

I don't respond to every comment I get, but I do try to make an effort to respond to anyone who comments who doesn't comment often - if it's someone who comments back and forth regularly with me on their journal or mine, I don't worry so much.

But yeah. There comes a point where you think, why do I even bother?

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

hmm incidently I'm not getting these comments emailed to me at the moment; I've been just getting them when I've checked my LJ page, but yep I know what ya mean. sometimes people do over comment and you don't need to bother so much. :)

see? I love you too lol

[chocolab.livejournal.com]

Just thought I'd make sure you knew I was around lol always am. doign ok, not fantastic, but ok. talk soon it's midnight here to off to bed, pat your cute pup for me.

Re: see? I love you too lol

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

ah it's OK. knew you're around. we'll definitely have to chat again soon! I'm sorry you're still not the best. it happens to all of us. I'm not exactly on top of the world at all times myself, but .. yeh .. it's just life I guess. But, I am always here if ya wanna chat about anything ya know that.
Cheers *hugs*
P.S. As I write they've got a christmas carrol in a radio add already!

Hey

[silly-singer.livejournal.com]

As you may have already seen, I broke down and downloaded Miranda, but for the life of me don't know what I'm doing with it!
And, I so miss yahoo!
Hence one of my reasons for getting it.
BTW I feel the same way aabout comments as you do, and yet I too am quite guilty of forgetting to reply to many of the ones I get! LOL
Til later,

silly_singer

Re: Hey

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

ah I actually got your comment emailed to me - totally different from yesterday. Well I am not totally happy and comfortable using miranda myself. For the life of me I can't get it to read out someone's entire name on my contact list, and the main window always minimizes to system tray when I don't want it too. but I use it for those ones who refuse to get msn Lol! any questions though, try me and I'll see if I can answer them.
Cheers! :)

[internet-king.livejournal.com]

I don't always respond to comments. I don't see a point of replying if I got nothing to say. I'll reply if I got something interesting, informative, educational or entertaining to say. If someone just says something like: "glad you had a good time", or "sounds like it was a busy weekend", or "that was an interesting entry", then there's not much to say to that really don't you think/? Well, I do, so like I say, if I think there's something worth while to say in my reply, I'll do it, but just because I don't reply it doesn't mean I don't like a person who commented or that I didn't pay attention to the comment, I just don't see the point of replying to evry single comment especially if there's not much to say.

I don't particularly like maranda, I see you tried that gizmo project piece of crap thing, as I already sort of indirectly told you in that mailing list, I didn't like it at all. I se pandiom for my jabber needs. I don't like maranda, although might start using t if tis MSN contacts shit doesn't get sorted out by microsoft.

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[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

hey yeh I do know what you mean about the comments thing. I guess it's more when people constantly don't acknowlege them as you do wonder if they read them or care - or as I say, I do anyway.:)

i'm always here

[carebear75.livejournal.com]

well i try topost as much asi can to comments but life gets in the way sometimes!

Re: i'm always here

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

Lol I know you're always there. Hope you're doing OK. :)