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If you're willing to put the time into the relatively short learning curve WordPress is a much better blogging platform. I seriously can't go back to using livejournal as my primary blog. WordPress is the only blog that gives you full control over your blog (without starting your own website). you can use a pre-existing template and edit it to your hearts content or if you're really good you can just html your way to your own. I think learning how to manipulate the FTP browser like Cyberduck was the hardest part. I seriously love it.

Sadly, most of my readers (I think I'm up to 12 haha) know my live journal, and another 3 or 4 are livejournal users themselves so checking a "friends page" is easier than navigating to a new site. in addition to the rather disheartening fact that those other LJ users would actually have to have the conviction and memory to navigate to my word press blog. I guess i'll just keep using both if I remember. At least i keep a dedicated few LJ users. Thank you dj_jonny_flash, nigelb, and sarah_chantal

I heard from a friend the day before yesterday. not really my friend per say. She's someone who is more involved with sarah_chantal's life than mine. nevertheless she sent me a text message 2 days ago. i wasn't expecting it. we hadn't spoken since just before Sarah and I broke up. We were more friends through Sarah really. regardless it was rather refreshing hearing from her. I have a great deal of respect and personal liking for her (and had for as long as i've known her until now). her text said, "Hi Jordan. I just wanted you to know that I think I understand why you & Sarah broke up, & I respect it.". She's the only one of my friends (save the Niff's) or family (save my grandfather) who has told me that. most of my friends and family fall into one of two categories; either they couldn't care less (can't blame them) or they resent me for that decision. pain, blah blah blah, emotions, blah blah blah, it blessed my socks off to get that. it was a delightful refresher to, as dj_jonny_flash suggests, not think about things backwards.

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