Rambling about LJ, what's the deal with me and comments anyway, and a meme

I couldn't sleep on the Saturday night, so ended up writing some TWELVE THOUSAND WORDS for upcoming entries! O_o Apparently I had a lot to say. The first bit was all about how I love LJ and frankly rambly and kind of boring, so I'm putting most of that behind a cut so as to spare all but the most die-hard of you.

( LJ and my life and you lot and how they seem to fit together. )

But the tail end was actually useful information about how I comment that might interest those who wonder why there's that crazy lag between them commenting and me responding:

The other thing you should know, if you comment in my LJ or reply to some comment of mine, is that I hoard comments. They sit in my inbox, treasured in their shiny unread potential like little presents, until I need a pick-me-up or just can't stand waiting anymore. So if you have commented and haven't heard back from me, it's not that I don't care and haven't read them, it's that I DO care and can't bring myself to open and engage with them until I'm in a position to respond and/or generate more.

Of course, this makes actual thread-conversations difficult, which sucks because I love them. :P And sometimes I just can't control my desire to read what you have to say and I gorge myself on a whole bunch at once.

If you care enough to comment in my LJ, you're pretty much guaranteed to hear back from me. It's not necessary to comment, of course, but I appreciate that you've taken the time to engage with me and am always happy to hear from you and respond in kind. And thanks for your patience in how long it can take for me to get back to you!

Aaanyway. In other news, I'm taking the meme plunge, which seems only fair after having subjected lemmealone and nixwilliams to nosy questions. *g* So you all have your chance now:

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. Repost in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other!

( So far I've been given: )

I'll probably give answers this weekend since I should have a bit of time then. Nosy sex-related questions are welcome ;P but be aware I'll be posting any responses to those under the opt-in TMI gutter!filter, so if you aren't already on it and want to read the answers to those questions, you'll have to opt in.

P.S. Speaking of the filter, for those of you waiting on Those Workshop Notes (a good third of those twelve thousand words I wrote), I'm just waiting for approval from Sexgeek that it's okay for me to basically transcribe her workshop. *g*

P.P.S. I am extremely amused that "Facebook" comes up as a spelling error in LiveJournal. *g*

P.P.P.S. Can you tell I really love PSes and using small fonts? :D Okay, going to bed now...