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First of all, Happy St.Patrick's Day to whoever celebrates it.

Second of all, a belated Happy Birthday to ana_lib_elf, who probably won't see this, but whom I miss and wish all the best anyway.<3

Third of all, LJ these days feels like a sinking ship. So many people are leaving, for various reasons. And even though I understand those reasons, I'm far from happy about it. Because I'm just not ready to leave myself at this point. Even if I think it might be the 'politically correct' thing to do. I'm not enthusiastic about the way LJ treats its customers - eliminating basic free accounts etc. - but I would be even less enthusiastic about closing up shop and starting from scratch somewhere else, with no guarantees that it would actually be any better in the first place. Besides, I had decided to switch to a paid account long ago, so the changes concerning free accounts don't really affect me in any way. And as for fandom and its issues... I started this LJ BEFORE I actually discovered the LOTR fandom. In fact, at the beginning it wasn't a fandom or community thing for me at all. It was very personal, and no one was reading it besides myself, because I didn't know anyone and had no 'flist' whatsoever. So even if everyone I care about leaves now, and all fandom-related activities come to a standstill, it will be merely a deja-vu kind of situation. Not pleasant, perhaps, but tolerable. I am a classic self-sufficient hermit type, after all. *nods grimly*

( And that is all for tonight. )