Almost caught up! Here, randomsauce.

[valis2]

I can't believe that I have almost read the whole flist! I'm at skip?=120!

Have you ever wanted to write your LJ entries in the style of another LJer? I find that 90% of the time I have to stop myself from trying to write my journal as if I was jekesta. Sadly, I could not manage it, I think. She is brilliant.

I'm going to try to work tomorrow. I hope that is not a decision I will regret.

Apparently a huge snowstorm is heading this way. It's supposed to really hit us on Tuesday. Schools might close. Oh dear.

I have grown far too fond of my phone. I love watching Twitter on it. I am actually using it to keep track of my Yahoo accounts completely because it's a pain to do it on my laptop. I knew that a smartphone would be an awesome toy for me.

I scraped the bumper of my friend's SUV. grrr.

Comments

[jekesta]

Oh, how lovely are you? I only just saw this and it's made me quite happy. I've never been very good at ending sentences, so they tend to go on and on, but the capitalisation thing I caught from a friend, and I don't recommend it as a writing style. The moment you start trying to write fic, or god help you anything even more serious than that, capitalisation of HALF YOUR WORDS is a terrible pain.

Good luck with work tomorrow, and snow too.

[idleleaves.livejournal.com]

Have you ever wanted to write your LJ entries in the style of another LJer?

I find the style of my private journalling at 750words.com varies depending on who and what I've been reading. On the days that it isn't a hopeless mismash of unrelated thoughts, at least. I've not really noticed a whole lot of difference in my LJ, but I rewrite those entries, even the piddling ones, so many times that any influence is likely stripped away.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

You have such a brilliant, amazing style. For years I've wanted to just write how things appear in my head, and make things amazing and wondrous, but when I try, it just seems like nonsense, and I can't imagine that people can follow it so I just give up.

But you have this gift, and it isn't nonsense, it's brilliant and so full of effervescent realness that I just gape like a fish each and every time. I <3 your writing so much. *hugs*

Work was fine. I only worked two hours, so that was actually kind of nice. The snow has only just begun, though. By this time tomorrow we will be held captive by it!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I often end up incorporating styles into my own. Every time I reread Babbitt, I end up with my brain sounding like Sinclair Lewis for days.

You rewrite your LJ entries? Really? I always reread them to make sure they make sense, and I usually have to add a word or two because I've left something out, but I usually don't rewrite them. Interesting!

[ashkevran.livejournal.com]

Just stopping in to say I hope you are feeling better. Stay safe in the storm!

-Angel

[idleleaves.livejournal.com]

I rewrite and/or rephrase pretty much everything, honestly. By nature my syntax is rather eccentric; if I didn't rephrase it would be like what happens when I speak. I often have to explain things twice--it always comes out jumbled the first time, then I have to think about how to make it more logical the second time around. Gah. It's a nightmare, really. I understand things very keenly, but I don't think in words, at all. I think in abstracts and in images, to the point where I often literally cannot explain myself, or even a procedure, in words.

... And yes, I did it to this comment, too.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I have unusual speech patterns, too. One of my betas once asked if I was ESL because of the way I group words together. I really commiserate. And I sometimes put things together in really abstract ways, like you're saying, and I absolutely cannot communicate it to anyone for love or money, seriously. *giant hugs*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks so much! The snow is totally piling up, and the wind is beginning to howl. I'm so glad we can stay home where it's warm! *giant hugs*