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Nov. 9th, 2005 11:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wavyarmsThis is one of those public service announcements that chronically nonsensically-guilt-stricken people like myself feel obliged to post every once in a while.
I usually skim all LJ entries. But I don't read them all. I don't read most stuff behind cuts. I often simply miss entries, including ones where you answer questions I've specifically asked. This doesn't mean I don't love you, and it doesn't mean I'm not really interested in what you're saying. I'm just a graduate student with too much music to learn.
Likewise for e-mail. If you send me an article link, I don't always read it right away. I don't always respond to letters right away.
That said, things sit in my inbox until I deal with them. My oldest LJ comment waiting to be responded to is...let's see...oh, only a month and a half old, that's pretty good for me! The oldest e-mail is almost a year. So I will read that article, or go to that link, or respond to the comment you made that I feel requires a response...but, er, it might be next summer. That's all.
This is not meant to be self-important. I know no one loses sleep over whether or not I responded to their LJ entry. I know it's not a big thing. But the little things matter! And I do not make all the comments I wish I did, or provide the support, or give the advice, or give-a-Hallelujah-to-the-Can-I-Get-A-Hallelujah!'s. So I just want you all to know that if I had more time, I'd spend it on you. Is all.
I usually skim all LJ entries. But I don't read them all. I don't read most stuff behind cuts. I often simply miss entries, including ones where you answer questions I've specifically asked. This doesn't mean I don't love you, and it doesn't mean I'm not really interested in what you're saying. I'm just a graduate student with too much music to learn.
Likewise for e-mail. If you send me an article link, I don't always read it right away. I don't always respond to letters right away.
That said, things sit in my inbox until I deal with them. My oldest LJ comment waiting to be responded to is...let's see...oh, only a month and a half old, that's pretty good for me! The oldest e-mail is almost a year. So I will read that article, or go to that link, or respond to the comment you made that I feel requires a response...but, er, it might be next summer. That's all.
This is not meant to be self-important. I know no one loses sleep over whether or not I responded to their LJ entry. I know it's not a big thing. But the little things matter! And I do not make all the comments I wish I did, or provide the support, or give the advice, or give-a-Hallelujah-to-the-Can-I-Get-A-Hallelujah!'s. So I just want you all to know that if I had more time, I'd spend it on you. Is all.
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Date: 2005-11-10 05:16 pm (UTC)I do!
I just want you all to know that if I had more time, I'd spend it on you. Is all.
Aww, how sweet!
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Date: 2005-11-10 06:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-10 06:42 pm (UTC)Y'know, you could always come visit your parents...:)
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Date: 2005-11-11 02:49 am (UTC)That, my friend, is a high collective compliment! Hey, who has free time in grad school in November?
Fact is, it's really possible to say 'I'm always glad to hear from you' and not mean 'Olympus will fall if you don't answer my hand-embossed letter by Tueday' or 'Haven't heard from you in two days; are you dead yet?':-) I'm always glad to hear from you. And I'd rather think of you singing tonight than staring at your computer screen. You know, just saying.