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[bluegreen17]

the people i meet on livejournal are more interesting,in general,than the people i meet in everyday life...and it's not like i dont have access to potentially interesting people...i work in a huge bookstore,and have tons of coworkers,not to mention all the customers around me (the majority of whom,sadly,seem to be inconsiderate and think that bookstore clerks are there to clean up after them...i always put anything i looked at but did not purchase away...common courtesy...clerks have much more work to do in addition to cleaning up after unthoughtful people who think we are their personal maids...we don't even get tips!)

anyway,what do you do when your cyberlife is more interesting than your 'real' life?

oh,well...

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What I do...

[gev.livejournal.com]

I stay in cyberspace, and pretend to be Buddha.

[hellokittyfreak.livejournal.com]

I think people online, or just on livejournal, are a little more interesting because of the anonymity factor. I mean, even if it meant someone thought I was a dull person for not talking to them in "real life"; I'd still rather be considered dull then tell them personal things about me... the things I tell people I meet online. It's just easier to type feelings and experiences out somewhere on the net, then to tell them to someone in a face to face situation. And sharing thoughts is what makes us interesting. Therefore, people we meet online are a little more interesting. Heh, good theory right. LOL.
I totally hate inconsiderate people/customers. I used to work at Macy's in a kind of upscale part of town here, and the rich snobs who came in there were horrible. It's not just rich people either; almost any class of person will not even consider putting something back in it’s place after they have it picked up. After having seen what it's like to work retail and be a personal slave to so many different people everyday, day after day... I totally make an effort to be super nice and considerate to all retail workers. Sometimes you just have to "walk a mile in their shoes".

[laverick.livejournal.com]

I find this also, often because I probably am more aloof and reserved in person until I discover the interesting people. :) So I am trying to at least use this method of getting to know people to lead to real-life encounters.

The best thing I can think of is to join (or form) clubs or organized activities in interests that you already have, but I know that's easier said than done many times. Working in a bookstore actually sounds like you'd meet some interesting people, but I know working in a bookstore is different than visiting one. :)

enchantment

[seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com]

Hi! Well I just posted something on the experience now
of going away from the computer and finding a sudden
sense of enchantment to the ordinary woods at the
end of a parking lot...and I was feeling pretty drab
and it helped somehow, renewed something....

perhaps that is parallel in a way? with people of course
the enchantment often seems to be one of drabness...
a word, a glance, a way of seeing can perhaps release
us and them... whichever was enchanted.
just this thought to that,
+Seraphi

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

I don't suffer from this affliction, which I guess makes me lucky. :)

But then again, I live in New Orleans, where if you're feeling bored, all you have to do is go outside, and something will happen to cure you of it.

[danielgreyman.livejournal.com]

We mustn't forget that while our computer screens and firewalls allow we, the writers, a certain anononymity, it also does the same for the readers. Imagine, if you would, that we all felt free to wonder about the world unleashing our deepest thoughts, opinions, and desires on anyone who happens to cross our paths.
While some may consider this freedom a taste of nirvana, there are those with whom such freedoms are a daunting concept. I like to think that livejournal and all such chat groups are places where everyone who couldn't meet through fear or distance can create their own nirvana.