jo
October 1, 2025 at 8:38:38 PM
Hi friend. I just stumbled across your page and WOW! i absolutely adore the work you have put into the layout and aesthetics here!
I also read thru your journal and was pleasantly surprised - it felt like reading my own thoughts. especially your entry about escapism in media. I find a lot of comfort in books, movies and TV shows, especially period pieces. for me, escapism comes in the form of immersing myself in the historically fictional goings-on of my favorite characters.
I'm on a huge Downton Abbey kick right now. It's a show about an extremely wealthy 20th century family and their household maids and footmen. It deals with lots of subjects like politics, girlhood, fashion, war, family, etc. I really like it because there is a lot of emphasis on telling the stories of the staff members rather than just focusing on all the rich people. Maggie Smith is one of my all-time favorite actresses and she is in it!
Anyways here I am rambling on. but you really should give it a watch if you haven't already. shows like this give me a much needed break from all of the insanity of the current time period/my life.
I hope you know you aren't alone in your feelings about being alive, and whatever it means to be alive. I have experienced those same sentiments you wrote about and it is just so hard to work through. just know it's not impossible. keep immersing yourself in your interests, dreams and fantasies.
this world is wide open for you.
Replied on: October 1, 2025 at 9:52:06 PM
You can't write something like that to me, I will cry and ruin my non-existent makeup! Thank you, really
You know, I tried I think three times to watch Downton Abbey and for some strange reason, I never got past the opening credits. I believe that fiction has to find you at the right time, so maybe it wasn't time for Downton Abbey and me yet. But I know that someday I will start this show and completely fall in love with it ! Maybe once I'm done with the Realm of the Elderlings (though I don't like to think about such terrible horrific dreadful times) and I've cried all my tears for Fitz, I'll give it a shot !
Thank you for your kind words, like I said to someone who messaged me previously I'm amazed by the kind of connections I've made with people here. I usually feel so alone and even though I know my experience is not unique, it's easy to forget when it's so difficult to connect with people in real life. So again thank you, for taking the time. I will keep diving deep into dreams and fantasies, and I hope you do to, maybe it will make the real world a little better.