BEHOLD, my magnificent megalomania! IT WILL CRUSH YOU!

steffan distills the Livejournal process for you:

step one: you write some entry: "this is what happened to me today. i am so important, it is the end of the world, it is the best thing ever, see how clever i am."

step two: you check your mail to see if anyone commented on your brilliance -- every two minutes for the rest of the work day (let's face it -- you ARE at work, or should be doing something else at the very least.)

step three: post lots of replies so that it looks like more people have responded, enticing "click through" for the casual journal browser. "WOW! NINE comments! there must be an earth shattering debate going on in the comments section! I better go voice MY OPINION!"

step four: eventually you are reduced to browsing other livejournals via the random button. Maybe if you comment on their site, they will come and reciprocate. "Who is THIS nerd anyhow? "Saint WHoAnd why is he advising me on hair coloring anyway? I've GOT to make this journal "friends only.""

step five: Alt-tab back to Word/Excel/etc when the boss walks by

step six: realize that you've actually "Alt-Tab-bed" over to the Dilbert strip loaded on your other browser..