When my dragons are grown, I will take back what is stolen from me.

[gentlehag]

I've decided to try something new. I'm making my default new entries public instead of friends-only. We will shortly see how much I regret this. Probably a lot.

Is there actually any benefit to this? I know many of you keep your journals public.

I did eat an ant.
It was a little black one who bit my ankle. It didn't taste like anything. I did squash her first because I didn't want her biting my esophagus on the way down. Maybe it's the larger, plumper ones that have a lemony flavor. Nate says he's eaten ants before and they were spicy. This one wasn't spicy.

TODAY, a dragon.
We were going to go to the Georgetown Flea Market to look for planters for my industrious little tomatoes, but there was a shit ton of traffic on Piney Branch so we went to the National Zoo instead. I'm not actually big on zoos; most that I've seen have been horrifically underfunded, and it's the animals who suffer for it. The Atlanta Zoo is particularly painful to visit. This one is funded by donations and the federal government, so it's doing okay for now. The elephants especially had a nice area, as did the lions. The lady lions didn't even have to share with the one male lion, and I know they were happy with that arrangement. There are wires strung across part of the zoo for the orangutans to go from one area to another; there aren't any cages around the wires. I think that's neat.

It turns out I didn't take any pictures except for one of HCGS next to a Komodo Dragon, and it's on Instagram if you want to see my Khaleesi and a dragon.

Comments

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

chocolate should remain pure and delicious :P

[playing-perfect.livejournal.com]

Good to know I don't have to bother eating an ant now to know the taste! I'm no fan of zoos for the reasons you mention, but that one sounds better than most.

I'm happy you've made your journal public, I'm useless at posting or commenting much but I love your writing so reading the entries you're comfortable sharing is a bonus.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Happy to be of service. :)

I didn't know anyone was interested in seeing public entries. Interesting!

[playing-perfect.livejournal.com]

Yes, I don't want to bother people with asking them to friend me if there's no reason they should beyond my 'Wow I love your writing!' and I don't assume people will want me to friend them and read my entries on that principle either. Maybe I'm in the minority on that. But I do love following the posts of people I enjoy reading. And occasionally even commenting! It's a little hypocritical considering I rarely do public posts myself - though posts from me are hardly frequent anyway.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

I can indeed tell you love your zoo!

You will hopefully be pleased to learn that I have reconsidered this plan!

[sestra.livejournal.com]

Oh good for you!! I could never make my entries public :(

I saw the photo on your instagram. Love it :D

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Yeah, I really don't know what I was thinking. Sometimes I'm like, "this is no big deal, nothing private really" and other times I'm like "I don't want random people seeing into my psyche"

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

LOL!! OK, mayyyyyyybe I would eat an ant if it bit me.

I guess the main benefit of unlocking is potentially attracting new readers or making new friends. I surf friends' flists sometimes if mine is slow, and I've connected with new people that way. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to my own flocking, though.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Sometimes you have to take revenge.

I like new friends, but hmm. I think I'm going to base each entry's status on what I say in it.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

oh GROSS. that is a good thing to consider .I would hate that. Thank you!

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

*mourns the ant*

:D

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

*mourns pre-bitten leg*

:D

[awakenyourfaith.livejournal.com]

I think I ate a black ant once, and I remember not tasting anything either.

I haven't been to a zoo in years; I'm glad that you had a nice time at the National Zoo.

I've had my journal friends-locked for a while - except for a fairly new 'friends-only' post - and I just feel better with it staying as such.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

I really do too. It wasn't always friends only for me either. Maybe not until LJ strikethrough actually?

[koyaaniisqatsi.livejournal.com]

I keep mine f-locked because my school (back when I was 16/17) went through my entries, printed some off and gave them to the shitty school counselor. :| It's been locked ever since.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

WHAT. the. FUCK.

[vivaciousmuse.livejournal.com]

I've been giving a "public blog" a lot of thought lately. I think it's a great idea, so long as you're comfortable with it. :)

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

I don't want to have to do a whole separate blog, so I guess the thought behind it is that some things are not really that big of a deal and I wouldn't mind them being public, but I could still keep most stuff FO...

[lupinlover.livejournal.com]

My journal is most definitely locked and will be, but that's because I post personal stuff and don't want to share most of that with most people.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Yeah I share a lot of stuff I wouldn't want exposed, either. I was thinking that I could choose carefully what to say, but that seems like a lot of work.