Shhh, it's a Seeecrit

[rejectomorph]

The rain has ceased, and now a splendid fog has descended, filled with gray morning light. The trees continue to drip, and small puddles glisten here and there as the light grows. Vagrant breezes flutter the few leaves which have lately appeared on the oaks, while the first birds of the day stir and emerge from their shelters to chirp or trill or squawk their greetings to the fog-shrouded dawn. The town yet sleeps, its damp streets empty, its chimneys unwreathed by smoke. It would be a nice time for a walk, while the stillness reigns.


There's no reason why LJ friends shouldn't know about my other LJ identity .... (Nostalgia Warning!) Almost all the posts there are locked, but this one isn't (though it might be in parts a bit puzzling to anyone not familiar with its real-world context.) It's the potential readers for whom I may make additional public posts in that journal who I would rather not have coming to this journal at random. I'm secreting this journal from them, not that one from anyone here. Funny how I've grown to trust the LJ readers I've never met (and even random strangers who might fetch up here while surfing the web) with knowledge I'm reluctant to reveal to some of the people I know IRL. Of course, I don't know if this on-line self-bifurcation will prove to be effective or not, but I'm trying it this way anyway. If I make any more public posts to that journal which I think might be of any interest to my LJ readers (also, I have a nice user icon to look at there), I'll link to them in posts here. I don't currently intend to be making links going the other way.


Saturday, so hardly anybody will be reading this anyway, I guess.

Comments

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I've tried splitting off sub-journals before, usually for writing assignments... but in my case, all roads eventually lead back to the main journal.

It's a nice entry, and as always, you have superb taste in icon-making.

[rejectomorph]

Thanks. The icon is another stolen thumbnail of an Edward Hopper painting. It's called "New York Movie" and was painted in 1939. I think it's in the Museum of Modern Art. I find it very evocative. I'd like to go see it someday. (Big version on-line at Mark Harden's Artchive.)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

very keen, indeed! Got to love mr. Hopper's style.

No, you've got to. It's a rule.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

i like it when you write nostalgic posts. don't have the time right this minute to read that, but i'm marking it and will.

like you and scottobear, i've split into various journals. daisy's my main one, though, where i feel most at home. some kinds of writing just don't fit well here, is the problem.

[myasma.livejournal.com]

At the beginning of the year I started using one of my old lj's, lowflyingsquab, for a photo project--a "picture a day for a year" thing, which was supposed to simply be a place to put pics for a calendar I was making. The unexpected result is that it has taken on a life of its own, and I almost completely neglect this one.

You're right--that is a great user icon. And the anecdote was interesting to read. I hope you continue to make more public posts there.

[rejectomorph]

I wondered where your pictures had gone. I'll take a look at it.

I'll probably make an occasional post in my alter ego's journal- well, not alter ego so much as same ego for a slightly different audience that includes a few people from outside LJ who wouldn't fit well with this journal. It's probably going to be mostly nostalgia-related stuff, and webloggy posts with links to sites about movie theatres (which is one of the reasons I started it to begin with.)

I never get tired of looking at Hopper's paintings. New York Movie is one of my favorites.

[flyswatter.livejournal.com]

I have never split off to a secret identity. Heck, I don't even have a MySpace!

[rejectomorph]

In my case, it's more like I'm splitting off to my real identity, since I've never stuck my full name onto this journal (as I didn't want to be inhibited here as a result of the ease of being hunted down on the Internet.) f_b will continue to be my main journal, though, and I'd like to keep virtually all the posts public, as they always have been.

I've remained MySpace-less, too. There's something about that place that I find just a bit creepy-- not to mention all the blinking stuff that threatens to give the viewer seizures.

[marseille.livejournal.com]

Anything by you under any name should be interesting!