Have you considered Skype (or some other flavour of video chat)? I appreciate it's still not the same but being able to chat 'face to face' is a lot closer than email & LJ.
Even Skype's basic (free) VoIP service is worth having. Add on SkypeOut and/or SkypeIn and it'll let you call ordinary phones in far distant lands for small amounts or even - as I do - maintain a phone number in a far off land for friends there to call.
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Date: 2007-06-14 08:47 pm (UTC)Even Skype's basic (free) VoIP service is worth having. Add on SkypeOut and/or SkypeIn and it'll let you call ordinary phones in far distant lands for small amounts or even - as I do - maintain a phone number in a far off land for friends there to call.