Did that get your attention?  Probably not. I don’t know if I like this wordpress thing, though I can see that it has some advantages over manually blogging. I’m even thinking of buying a new domain and setting up my own wordpress blog there instead. But I still prefer LiveJournal.  The community aspect of LJ wins out over the anonymity of WP. At LJ it was just a short moment before I had built up a readership. My friendslist became full of people who were genuinely friends and who did a lot to pull me through a really bad time. But here, I feel like I’m standing on top of a mountain in company with thousands of others.  And we are all shouting into the wind, but not listening to anyone. How did you do it? If anyone is reading this of course.  I know, I know, I should blog or journal or whatever for myself, but being honest here, an audience is necessary if this is not to turn into a form of word-wanking.  (Am I allowed to say that?  Should a 40-something wife and mother say that? Probably not. But no one’s looking so I think I got away with it!)

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