It's not fair

[cyrano]

You know, I've been looking over my journal entries for the past few days.
I... I'm a whiny son of a bitch. I mean, I really complain a lot. I think I may stop reading my journal if I don't get a new angle.

Comments

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

For the record, I didn't read anything you posted as being whiny. My interpretation is that life has handed you lemons, and you're looking around for the rest of the lemonade fixins.

It's one thing to say "Wow something crappy happened today" and it's another thing entirely to say "Why does this keep happening to me! please ghod! I don't deserve it! rescue me from crappy happenings!" I see the first and haven't seen the second. Your writing is too matter-of-fact to come across as whining.

I would much rather read stuff that is honest about what's going on and what you're feeling, than to read something abridged but upbeat.