This is my review of Cinch! Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds and Lose Inches for One2One Network, a product review program I am part of. I was sent a free review copy.
I was curious about what author Cynthia Sass, RD, MPH, would have to say... not because I'm a fan of diet books generally, but because I'd heard she placed an emphasis on whole foods, on emotional eating, and on metabolism. As a dietetics student myself, I'll admit I'm more likely to give consideration to a book written by a registered dietitian than by (for example) Suzanne Somers or a self-proclaimed nutritionist with no science background. So I checked it out, with a healthy dose of skepticism but also a desire to glean any wisdom I could.
The author claims you can "lose up to 7 pounds in the first 5 days and 15 pounds in 30 days". This raised a red flag for me from the bat, as most studies show that this quick a rate of weight loss is rarely sustainable and instead is a sign of what is likely to become an ongoing unhealthy pattern of yo-yo dieting.
I have to admit I did not read this book cover to cover. My eyes were already rolling back in my head a chapter or two in, so I couldn't bear it. However, I read through the first parts of the book and then skimmed the rest.
Sass lost me with the optional (but recommended) "Five Day Fast Forward Plan." The only foods you're allowed to eat? Eggs, raspberries, spinach, almonds and non-fat yogurt. Need I say more?
The idea that a dietitian would recommend such a limited diet, even for five days, is absurd. Am I surprised that you can lose weight during this protocol? Of course not... your nutrient and energy intake is severely limited, especially because you'll likely get so sick of those 5 foods that you won't be consuming enough calories. Now, these are five fantastic foods, nutritionally speaking. But they are not fantastic in isolation. For instance, the iron in spinach is better absorbed when combined with a vitamin C-rich food such as red peppers or citrus. It's the synergistic combination of a wide variety of foods that enables our nutritional needs to get met, not any one "superfood" in isolation. The only time a diet should be this limited, even for a short time, is during an "elimination diet" to diagnose food intolerances/allergies. Even during a "cleanse" (a controversial concept in nutrition to begin with) one's diet needn't be so severely limited. In addition, most existing cleanses I know of either call for no dairy or no animal products at all, so even alternative nutritionists who believe in the necessity of cleanses would likely question the adequacy of this particular "detox" diet.
After the optional 5-day fast forward plan, you embark upon the 23-day regular Cinch! program. This program is, in most ways, a healthy one that focuses on unprocessed foods and limits sugar, red meat, etc. She "requires" a daily dose of dark chocolate, which I would hate but most people would probably love. She encourages consumption of good fats (including controversial but potentially healthful coconut oil), doesn't require the elimination of carbs, and suggests focusing on organic and non-GMO food when possible. The recipes mostly look great. Her discussion of emotional eating makes this book much more useful than many diet books that avoid delving into the reasons why readers are overweight and/or not eating healthfully in the first place. Still, this diet is restrictive. No sugar, no artificial sweeteners, limited caffeine, no caffeine, no salt (yes, that's right... no added salt WHATSOEVER), no red meat... It just might be too much for most people to stick to. In addition, it makes it nearly impossible to eat at a restaurant, which is not realistic for most people. It is family-unfriendly to the max, as well, so any busy mom or dad doing this diet is going to need to plan to make two separate meals at each mealtime. There is also an obnoxious emphasis on following the author's recipes, which would quickly bore or frustrate me though it may be a godsend for people who aren't creative cooks.
This plan contains some very important concepts, but is basically setting users up for failure and frustration. It touts itself as a lifestyle change, but unlike something like the Glycemic Index or South Beach where your approach to food changes and you are ultimately able to adapt and respond to any of life's circumstances (such as holidays, parties, etc) and can always easily get "back on the wagon" if you stop following it... this is a plain old DIET. Pure and simple, it is everything I am learning in my dietetics program is not useful for the majority of people seeking to lose weight. The ideas may be useful if you're seeking a less processed diet and want a sort of "cleanse" to reset your relationship to food, or if you really don't know how to get yourself off a super-processed, unehalthy diet. Otherwise, stick to a more comprehensive and realistic plan.
I was curious about what author Cynthia Sass, RD, MPH, would have to say... not because I'm a fan of diet books generally, but because I'd heard she placed an emphasis on whole foods, on emotional eating, and on metabolism. As a dietetics student myself, I'll admit I'm more likely to give consideration to a book written by a registered dietitian than by (for example) Suzanne Somers or a self-proclaimed nutritionist with no science background. So I checked it out, with a healthy dose of skepticism but also a desire to glean any wisdom I could.
The author claims you can "lose up to 7 pounds in the first 5 days and 15 pounds in 30 days". This raised a red flag for me from the bat, as most studies show that this quick a rate of weight loss is rarely sustainable and instead is a sign of what is likely to become an ongoing unhealthy pattern of yo-yo dieting.
I have to admit I did not read this book cover to cover. My eyes were already rolling back in my head a chapter or two in, so I couldn't bear it. However, I read through the first parts of the book and then skimmed the rest.
Sass lost me with the optional (but recommended) "Five Day Fast Forward Plan." The only foods you're allowed to eat? Eggs, raspberries, spinach, almonds and non-fat yogurt. Need I say more?
The idea that a dietitian would recommend such a limited diet, even for five days, is absurd. Am I surprised that you can lose weight during this protocol? Of course not... your nutrient and energy intake is severely limited, especially because you'll likely get so sick of those 5 foods that you won't be consuming enough calories. Now, these are five fantastic foods, nutritionally speaking. But they are not fantastic in isolation. For instance, the iron in spinach is better absorbed when combined with a vitamin C-rich food such as red peppers or citrus. It's the synergistic combination of a wide variety of foods that enables our nutritional needs to get met, not any one "superfood" in isolation. The only time a diet should be this limited, even for a short time, is during an "elimination diet" to diagnose food intolerances/allergies. Even during a "cleanse" (a controversial concept in nutrition to begin with) one's diet needn't be so severely limited. In addition, most existing cleanses I know of either call for no dairy or no animal products at all, so even alternative nutritionists who believe in the necessity of cleanses would likely question the adequacy of this particular "detox" diet.
After the optional 5-day fast forward plan, you embark upon the 23-day regular Cinch! program. This program is, in most ways, a healthy one that focuses on unprocessed foods and limits sugar, red meat, etc. She "requires" a daily dose of dark chocolate, which I would hate but most people would probably love. She encourages consumption of good fats (including controversial but potentially healthful coconut oil), doesn't require the elimination of carbs, and suggests focusing on organic and non-GMO food when possible. The recipes mostly look great. Her discussion of emotional eating makes this book much more useful than many diet books that avoid delving into the reasons why readers are overweight and/or not eating healthfully in the first place. Still, this diet is restrictive. No sugar, no artificial sweeteners, limited caffeine, no caffeine, no salt (yes, that's right... no added salt WHATSOEVER), no red meat... It just might be too much for most people to stick to. In addition, it makes it nearly impossible to eat at a restaurant, which is not realistic for most people. It is family-unfriendly to the max, as well, so any busy mom or dad doing this diet is going to need to plan to make two separate meals at each mealtime. There is also an obnoxious emphasis on following the author's recipes, which would quickly bore or frustrate me though it may be a godsend for people who aren't creative cooks.
This plan contains some very important concepts, but is basically setting users up for failure and frustration. It touts itself as a lifestyle change, but unlike something like the Glycemic Index or South Beach where your approach to food changes and you are ultimately able to adapt and respond to any of life's circumstances (such as holidays, parties, etc) and can always easily get "back on the wagon" if you stop following it... this is a plain old DIET. Pure and simple, it is everything I am learning in my dietetics program is not useful for the majority of people seeking to lose weight. The ideas may be useful if you're seeking a less processed diet and want a sort of "cleanse" to reset your relationship to food, or if you really don't know how to get yourself off a super-processed, unehalthy diet. Otherwise, stick to a more comprehensive and realistic plan.
I like Norah Jones, don't get me wrong. But to me she is that music in the background at Starbucks, not someone who I feel moved to put on my CD player or MP3 player. When One2One Network sent me a copy of her CD to review on my blog I figured it would be sooothing, make me want a cup of coffee, and maybe bore me a bit. It might end up on my shelf after listening to it once or twice, and who knows if I'd ever dust it off again. Well, I'm pleased to say that ...Featuring Norah Jones is a pleasant change of pace. How can you not want to at least give this album a chance when you read the insert and see that Norah Jones is playing here with the Foo Fighters, Dolly Parton and Talib Kweli? Tell me that doesn't make you want to at least take a peek!
Believe it or not, even with the diverse genres the other artists come from, the album does flow nicely together. Some songs have a folky sound, some sound more like R&B, others are typical jazzy Norah fare. But they have just enough edge and funkiness to be worth a second listen, maybe even a third.
I haven't decided which tracks are my favorite yet, I'll have to get back to you. In the meantime, check out some of the tracks online and see what you think
[Disclosure: I was required to write this review in exchange for receiving a review copy of this CD from One2One Network]
Believe it or not, even with the diverse genres the other artists come from, the album does flow nicely together. Some songs have a folky sound, some sound more like R&B, others are typical jazzy Norah fare. But they have just enough edge and funkiness to be worth a second listen, maybe even a third.
I haven't decided which tracks are my favorite yet, I'll have to get back to you. In the meantime, check out some of the tracks online and see what you think
[Disclosure: I was required to write this review in exchange for receiving a review copy of this CD from One2One Network]
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you about shipping - I couldn't find my scale. I just found it but have to leave the house for a bit - I'm hoping I'll have time tonight to get back to each of you with shipping prices & totals. Thanks for your patience!
You all were so helpful last time I posted books for sale in an attempt to help pay off some of my medical bills. So it's time to do it again...
Instead of posting prices for everything, I'm just going to say that you can make me an offer but I'd love to get at least $2 per book. There are a few that I'd sell for a buck and a few I'd like to ask for $5 for. Can give you a break if you're ordering a bunch of books. Shipping can be done by media mail so it's really inexpensive. PayPal is preferred but I'm flexible, and orders of multiple books are easiest for me. Thanks!
NON-FICTION: JUDAISM, SPIRITUALITY, PHILOSOPHY
-I and Thou: A new translation, with a prologue & notes by Martin Buber
-2 print issues of Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought & Culture (Spring and Fall 2007) - Will send you both for a buck or two.
-Jews, God & History by Max I. Dimont
-The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism by Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
-Small Miracles for Women: Extraordinary Coincidences of the Heart & Spirit by Yitta Halberstam & Judith Leventhal - Some very heartwarming stories about joyous coincidences. Good for times of crisis or discouragement, whether or not you're Jewish.
OTHER NON-FICTION
-The Anti-Bride Wedding Planner: Hip Tools & Tips for Getting Hitched by Gerin, Hughes & Hornick
-The Essential Gluten-Free Restaurant Guide: 2008-2009: How & Where to Eat Gluten-Free - Has listings for many restaurants all over the country and what is safe to eat at chain restaurants. Brand new. (Link is to the newer edition)
-Who Moved My Cheese? An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work & in Your LIfe by Spencer Johnson, MD - R is a big fan of this one
-Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning
-Butch As A Noun by S. Bear Bergman (out of print and hard to find right now!)
-Dagger: On Butch Women, edited by Lily Burana, Roxie & Linnea Due
-The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle (a classic!)
NOVELS
-Old Men at Midnight by Chaim Potok
-Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (hardcover)
-Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros (hardcover)
-The Birth House by Ami McKay (I loved this book! it's about midwives and the clash of tradition with modernity in Nova Scotia in the early 1900s)
-The Hours by Michael Cunningham (yes, the one the movie was based on)
-Asylum by Patrick McGrath - Never read this but the description says "nerve-wracking yet eerily beautiful work of erotic obsession and madness. " Hm...
-Petropolis by Anya Ulinich - I loved this book! Hardcover.
-The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant - I loved this book, and it's great to read right before or after the one listed under this, as they both have to do with the time of the Plague
-Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks - This is by the author of "People of the Book" which is one of my favorite novels read this year
-The Human Stain by Philip Roth
-Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
-Brick Lane by Monica Ali (made into a movie, apparently - it's a good read about a Bangladeshi woman in the UK)
-The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff - A good (and long) novel for people like me who are obsessed with cults and with Fundamentalist Mormons. It weaves the life of a young gay man who escaped from the fundamentalist Mormon community with the history of the development of the Mormon church.
-Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
-A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan (About the self-discovery process of a young Black gay man in the south, if I remember right - Fabulist fiction)
SHORT STORIES, MEMOIRS, TRUE CRIME
Instead of posting prices for everything, I'm just going to say that you can make me an offer but I'd love to get at least $2 per book. There are a few that I'd sell for a buck and a few I'd like to ask for $5 for. Can give you a break if you're ordering a bunch of books. Shipping can be done by media mail so it's really inexpensive. PayPal is preferred but I'm flexible, and orders of multiple books are easiest for me. Thanks!
I'm selling some books I really love, because I need the money and the room on my shelves. There are some real treasures here!
NON-FICTION: JUDAISM, SPIRITUALITY, PHILOSOPHY
-I and Thou: A new translation, with a prologue & notes by Martin Buber
-2 print issues of Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought & Culture (Spring and Fall 2007) - Will send you both for a buck or two.
-Jews, God & History by Max I. Dimont
-The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism by Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
-Small Miracles for Women: Extraordinary Coincidences of the Heart & Spirit by Yitta Halberstam & Judith Leventhal - Some very heartwarming stories about joyous coincidences. Good for times of crisis or discouragement, whether or not you're Jewish.
OTHER NON-FICTION
-The Anti-Bride Wedding Planner: Hip Tools & Tips for Getting Hitched by Gerin, Hughes & Hornick
-The Essential Gluten-Free Restaurant Guide: 2008-2009: How & Where to Eat Gluten-Free - Has listings for many restaurants all over the country and what is safe to eat at chain restaurants. Brand new. (Link is to the newer edition)
-Who Moved My Cheese? An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work & in Your LIfe by Spencer Johnson, MD - R is a big fan of this one
-Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning
-Butch As A Noun by S. Bear Bergman (out of print and hard to find right now!)
-Dagger: On Butch Women, edited by Lily Burana, Roxie & Linnea Due
-The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle (a classic!)
NOVELS
-Old Men at Midnight by Chaim Potok
-Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (hardcover)
-Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros (hardcover)
-The Hours by Michael Cunningham (yes, the one the movie was based on)
-Asylum by Patrick McGrath - Never read this but the description says "nerve-wracking yet eerily beautiful work of erotic obsession and madness. " Hm...
-Petropolis by Anya Ulinich - I loved this book! Hardcover.
-The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant - I loved this book, and it's great to read right before or after the one listed under this, as they both have to do with the time of the Plague
-The Human Stain by Philip Roth
-Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
-Brick Lane by Monica Ali (made into a movie, apparently - it's a good read about a Bangladeshi woman in the UK)
-The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff - A good (and long) novel for people like me who are obsessed with cults and with Fundamentalist Mormons. It weaves the life of a young gay man who escaped from the fundamentalist Mormon community with the history of the development of the Mormon church.
-Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
-A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan (About the self-discovery process of a young Black gay man in the south, if I remember right - Fabulist fiction)
SHORT STORIES, MEMOIRS, TRUE CRIME
-Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson
-Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (author of the Namesake)
-In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (what a great book! Never thought I'd like true crime writing - the book the movie "Capote" is based on)
-Driving with Dead People by Monica Holloway - I have mixed feelings about getting rid of this one, it's fantastic and disturbing. If you liked "The Glass Castle" or "Running with Scissors" (i.e. memoirs about incredibly dysfunctional and bizarre families) then you'll love this. Hardcover.
-Trash by Dorothy Allison
-Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Barn by Catherine Friend (a lesbian writer moves to the country with her partner to start a farm, putting strain on her relationship & challenging her goals for her life)
-Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World by Leah Hager Cohen
-Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
NOTE: If you're into novels about Jewish women, I also have a big pile of what I call "frum chick lit" (novels by or about Orthodox Jewish women)... Some of them are really well-written. Also another pile of books by diverse (ethnically and religiously) Jewish women authors but not necessarily with frum themes. I am planning to list these two piles as two different "lots"on EBay, but if you're interested please let me know. The books include:"Diverse Jewish Women" batch:
-The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer (takes place in Iran)
-The Wholeness of a Broken Heart by Katie Singer (about multiple generations of Jewish women in one family)
-The World to Come by Dara Horn (creatively written book about a heist, Marc Chagall, and so much more)
-Dropped from Heaven by Sophie Judah (short stories by an Indian Jewish author)
"Frum Chick Lit" batch:
-Seven Blessings by Ruchama King (the world of shidduchim in Jerusalem)
-The Ghost of Hannah Mendes by Naomi Ragen
-The Romance Reader aby Pearl Abraham
-The Outside World by Tova Mirvis
-The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
-Who By Fire by Diana Spechler
-Jephte's Daughter by Naomi Ragen
I miss my partner. Seriously. Being a new parent to a kid with behavioral and emotional issues is at times like not having a partner at all, but instead a very lovely person you live with and who you work with to manage your child's behaviors and prevent tantrums. Don't get me wrong... there are moments where the three of us have sweet, together, calm, affectionate time together as a family. And there is no lack of love and commitment and all kinds of warm fuzzies between us. But right now I sometimes feel like the two of us are coworkers... co-therapists, even. I wonder how long it will take until we have some energy and mental space for each other. We went out to a coffee shop last night because my mom was here and offered to put Big Guy to bed. All we could talk about was the boy. I think we're missing each other a lot right now, even as we are doing a great job of raising this boy together and delighting in watching each other be a parent.
P.P.S. My mom says this is normal and happens to all new parents. What would I do without my mom right now? Seriously.
P.P.S. My mom says this is normal and happens to all new parents. What would I do without my mom right now? Seriously.
I am so freakin' exhausted.
I thought, mistakenly, that parenting just a 9 year old instead of both a 9 year old and a 1 year old baby, would be so much easier. In fact it is not. Partly because having his brother taken away by the Evil Court System has Big Guy, and us, terribly sad and confused. And partly because now he gets to fully express his limitless needs for attention and has no little brother to distract himself with. I am tired emotionally, mentally, physically, and in every other way. I am utterly worn out. I haven't been feeding myself enough, sleeping enough, socializing at all, paying bills and doing paperwork enough, working enough. Right now it feels like the only thing I've been doing (more than) enough is playing catch, spending inordinate amount of time at playgrounds, and fighting tooth and nail to get Big Guy to take his meds in the morning.
I thought, mistakenly, that parenting just a 9 year old instead of both a 9 year old and a 1 year old baby, would be so much easier. In fact it is not. Partly because having his brother taken away by the Evil Court System has Big Guy, and us, terribly sad and confused. And partly because now he gets to fully express his limitless needs for attention and has no little brother to distract himself with. I am tired emotionally, mentally, physically, and in every other way. I am utterly worn out. I haven't been feeding myself enough, sleeping enough, socializing at all, paying bills and doing paperwork enough, working enough. Right now it feels like the only thing I've been doing (more than) enough is playing catch, spending inordinate amount of time at playgrounds, and fighting tooth and nail to get Big Guy to take his meds in the morning.
[Walking by some beautiful flowers with my partner and our 9 year old foster son]
R: Don't you think those would make nice flowers for our wedding?
Big Guy: Who are you marrying?
R: I'm marrying
twostepsfwd, silly!
Big Guy: That's so gay! (Said without a trace of irony).
He's right, I suppose.
R: Don't you think those would make nice flowers for our wedding?
Big Guy: Who are you marrying?
R: I'm marrying
twostepsfwd, silly!Big Guy: That's so gay! (Said without a trace of irony).
He's right, I suppose.
I really don't know what would possess a couple of white British guys to call their band OneEskimo. It's considered an offensive term to use for the Inuit people, and of course totally irrelevant to this group of musicians. Majorly annoying. But I gave them a chance anyhow. I kept hearing the very catchy "Kandi" on independent radio station WFUV, so when I had the opportunity to get a free copy of their album One Eskimo
to review here on LJ for One2One, I jumped on it.
I am far from a music reviewer. I am not good at putting music into words. But here is what I can tell you. I love the song "Kandi"... It's a really sweet track. It has a vaguely soul-ish sound to it, a bit of a Dave Matthews feel, and is much more poppy than the rest of the album which is mostly more ambient. It's catchy, singable, and though the words aren't terribly deep or creative, the music itself is creative and has depth to it. It's also one of the few tracks with women's voices on it, which might be part of why it sounds better to me than their other tracks. I recommend downloading it. It has pretty universal appeal.
The rest... Well, the rest of the album is really just not that exciting. A little boring, really. There's no consistency to the album, nor does it "read" as an album versus just a collection of tracks. Unless British accents and slight falsettos are enough to make you crazy about an album, it just doesn't have much to offer. They don't seem to know what kind of music they make, and the songs are just utterly un-catchy. They're not songs you want to sing along with the way that "Kandi" is.
Billboard Magazine calls One eskimO's self-titled debut album "...catchy, ambient pop." and Los Angeles Times Magazine hails the song "Kandi" “a beautiful, aspirational track.” I agree with about all of that except the idea that their album is "catchy".
By the way, the band is on tour May/June/July supporting Michael Franti in addition to festivals and headlining shows. I can totally see their collaborations with Michael Franti being great - tracks like Kandi fit in with his groove. But I wouldn't pay to see them perform by themselves. Oh, and guys? Stupid, stupid band name.
I am far from a music reviewer. I am not good at putting music into words. But here is what I can tell you. I love the song "Kandi"... It's a really sweet track. It has a vaguely soul-ish sound to it, a bit of a Dave Matthews feel, and is much more poppy than the rest of the album which is mostly more ambient. It's catchy, singable, and though the words aren't terribly deep or creative, the music itself is creative and has depth to it. It's also one of the few tracks with women's voices on it, which might be part of why it sounds better to me than their other tracks. I recommend downloading it. It has pretty universal appeal.
The rest... Well, the rest of the album is really just not that exciting. A little boring, really. There's no consistency to the album, nor does it "read" as an album versus just a collection of tracks. Unless British accents and slight falsettos are enough to make you crazy about an album, it just doesn't have much to offer. They don't seem to know what kind of music they make, and the songs are just utterly un-catchy. They're not songs you want to sing along with the way that "Kandi" is.
Billboard Magazine calls One eskimO's self-titled debut album "...catchy, ambient pop." and Los Angeles Times Magazine hails the song "Kandi" “a beautiful, aspirational track.” I agree with about all of that except the idea that their album is "catchy".
By the way, the band is on tour May/June/July supporting Michael Franti in addition to festivals and headlining shows. I can totally see their collaborations with Michael Franti being great - tracks like Kandi fit in with his groove. But I wouldn't pay to see them perform by themselves. Oh, and guys? Stupid, stupid band name.
I have decided to cut a bunch of people off my friends list. If you never comment on my posts or otherwise interact directly with me, I have removed you or will probably do so soon.
To me, Livejournal isn't a blog platform. It's a communication/social networking platform.
How do you feel about lurkers? They kind of creep me out... even when they're people I know and love. I never know if they read what I write and just don't say anything (because they're judgmental of it, perhaps?) or if they never log onto LJ (usually not the case, as most of them write lots of long entries themselves). I'm not sure why people friend other people who they have no intent of actually interacting with. I've done it myself, but it still confuses me. So I'm going to stop feeling weird because I don't know who is actually reading my posts, and just restrict my friends list to people who have made it clear they care to be in communication.
Hope there's no hard feelings.
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To me, Livejournal isn't a blog platform. It's a communication/social networking platform.
How do you feel about lurkers? They kind of creep me out... even when they're people I know and love. I never know if they read what I write and just don't say anything (because they're judgmental of it, perhaps?) or if they never log onto LJ (usually not the case, as most of them write lots of long entries themselves). I'm not sure why people friend other people who they have no intent of actually interacting with. I've done it myself, but it still confuses me. So I'm going to stop feeling weird because I don't know who is actually reading my posts, and just restrict my friends list to people who have made it clear they care to be in communication.
Hope there's no hard feelings.
[Edited]
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