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I really don't know where to start today. I meant to make a post last night, but I spent all afternoon & evening hanging out with a friend, and when I finally checked my flist sometime after midnight, I found some very upsetting stuff on it. So now I'm kinda torn as to what I should - or want to - talk about. Do I make the lighthearted post I had planned to make first, and then a sad, depressed one later, or do I just shut up and pretend there's nothing worth saying at all - because maybe there isn't. Maybe it just doesn't matter anymore.

To make things worse, I had finally managed to finish a ficlet yesterday morning - one that I had started back in 2007, or maybe even 2006, I'm not sure anymore. And I had every intention of posting it here today... except there just doesn't seem to be a point to it right now. Especially that the 'usual suspects', who would be most likely to want to read and/or comment on it, simply aren't around anymore. Or not in the mood for browsing LJ, as it were (the ficlet isn't A/L, strictly speaking, so I don't think it qualifies for posting at any of my usual 'haunts', btw). Besides, I just don't feel like bouncing with joy right now about having written something, since apparently writing fanfiction can only lead to major trouble and/or heartache in the end. Without any evil intentions on anyone's part, I might add. So... I'm kinda lost here at the moment.

my two cents - for what it's worth

Okay... let me just try to get some things off my chest. First of all, I really don't want to 'take sides' or judge anyone. I've seen enough of that on LJ in the past few years. I wasn't eager to judge or condemn even when the controversy revolved around people I didn't really care about - I'm just not comfortable passing judgement on someone because they're human and may have made a mistake. Period. And when it comes to those I call friends, it's even more difficult. To put it as simply as possible: I don't judge my friends. I support them. Regardless of whether I agree with what they do, or whether I would have done the same. Does that mean I have double standards?... Maybe. I don't know. All I know is that I always try to understand everyone's viewpoint in any situation, and sometimes I agree with two opposing sides, in a way - or at least see what put them in the place they're in, so to speak. I guess that might be synonymous with a lack of moral spine in the eyes of some people... but that's how I feel, and there's not much I can do about it. ( So shoot me. )