What A Decade
Livejournal, though I have abandoned ye for the last year+, I would be remiss if I did not celebrate this journal's *10 year anniversary*, which is today.
One decade ago, a feisty 20 year old college coed sat down to a blank text box on her computer to spill her guts to the world (or at least a small corner of the internet). This journal has been many things to me: a diary, a fashion/food/friend photo blog, a political hitching post, and a place to explore my relationship to sex, love, friends, anger, joy, and life through words.
I've missed this thing as a place where I used to find such support and community, and I miss having so much of my dailies documented. But, I also don't miss the (self-created) pressure I used to feel to always have a story ready, and to let everyone in on my most intimate details.
They say that your 30s is all about coming into who you were meant to be. Last week, I rang in 30 in the Catskills with 10 cherished friends, old and not-so-old, and god was it wonderful. I felt so happy and truly at home with myself and the people I've chosen to have in my life.
I haven't written about it here, but this past year, and really, this whole Saturn Return has been so affirming for me. It started off with a nasty bang (remember The Lawyer?), but god have I changed (and for the better!) since that time. All is well and thriving in home, work, and love, and believe it or not, I feel that I owe a lot of that to this thing. And y'all, who have been there for me for the past 10 years if you can believe it!
In February, I read a piece at Queer Memoir about the worst of my worst date stories ( remember Spongebob?), which was first born here.
So many of my best and most important stories live here, and I really do hope that this isn't the end of the line for this thing, but rather a step into something new that feels just as good and right as it used to.
Livejournal, most everyone (including myself) may have abandoned you, but goddamn do I have so much to thank you for. So, thank you.
One decade ago, a feisty 20 year old college coed sat down to a blank text box on her computer to spill her guts to the world (or at least a small corner of the internet). This journal has been many things to me: a diary, a fashion/food/friend photo blog, a political hitching post, and a place to explore my relationship to sex, love, friends, anger, joy, and life through words.
I've missed this thing as a place where I used to find such support and community, and I miss having so much of my dailies documented. But, I also don't miss the (self-created) pressure I used to feel to always have a story ready, and to let everyone in on my most intimate details.
They say that your 30s is all about coming into who you were meant to be. Last week, I rang in 30 in the Catskills with 10 cherished friends, old and not-so-old, and god was it wonderful. I felt so happy and truly at home with myself and the people I've chosen to have in my life.
I haven't written about it here, but this past year, and really, this whole Saturn Return has been so affirming for me. It started off with a nasty bang (remember The Lawyer?), but god have I changed (and for the better!) since that time. All is well and thriving in home, work, and love, and believe it or not, I feel that I owe a lot of that to this thing. And y'all, who have been there for me for the past 10 years if you can believe it!
In February, I read a piece at Queer Memoir about the worst of my worst date stories ( remember Spongebob?), which was first born here.
So many of my best and most important stories live here, and I really do hope that this isn't the end of the line for this thing, but rather a step into something new that feels just as good and right as it used to.
Livejournal, most everyone (including myself) may have abandoned you, but goddamn do I have so much to thank you for. So, thank you.