No one's ever understood me like you, Tom

[pegkerr]

Was watching the second disk to the DVD Chamber of Secrets yesterday, and saw the interview with J. K. Rowling for the first time. Was very struck by her discussion about Tom Riddle's diary, and how when she wrote it it seemed very dangerous to her. Only afterwards did she realize how much it's like an Internet chat room.

Or LiveJournal, isn't it? As she puts it, "You put words down, and words magically appear in response. And it drives you to put down more and more of yourself--but you don't really know who is out there responding to you."

Hmm. I have been pretty open about my life in this LiveJournal. Yes, I do put down more and more about it. I look at my User Profile page, and damn, a lot of people have linked to me.

Er, there aren't there any Tom Marvolo Riddles out there, responding to me, are there?

Hmm. *Shivers a little and goes off to ponder this*

Peg

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[megd.livejournal.com]

I haven't said hi before, so I guess I better. I'm Meg. I don't think I'm a psychopath, but my perception of myself is skewed. But I promise that I'm not half as weird as I think.

But I have often wondered the same thing. I tend to use my journal as a sounding board for my own thoughts. It has kept me sane over the last year while I pursued something that I thought I wanted for all the wrong reasons. And occasionally I get comments. Not too many, but am not a well known person. Of course, I love getting commentary, but that's only because I am a comment whore. But even when I don't the things I put into my journal are my own way of letting things go. I try real hard to abide by the once it's in the journal it can't be complained about, but even that's difficult.

Anyway am rambling because of the storm outside. (Go away Bill, we tire of your rain)

-Meg (who really is more coherent than this most days)