The Victory of Nostalgia
It seems I have a cycle of urges for journal updating. Although I've been keeping a physical journal, most of my internet updates have either been in August or thereabouts (at the very least it seems that nostalgia tends to come upon me quite heavily at that time of year). Sometimes there are attempts on different servers in between, which usually
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It's funny that you posted an entry about the many lovely aspects of LJ, specifically the community. In a way, LJ has become this empty ruin, like the foundations of long-ago churches in the wilds of Scotland or Rome, where people walk around, wondering if there are treasure buried underneath. The structure is there, or the ghost of it, anyway. And that "ghost" is what brought me back. For a while, to force myself into writing in a paper journal, I banned myself from writing in LJ. Didn't work (surprise, surprise), but it made me rethink about the connections and conversations I used to have with complete strangers on LJ, strangers who were really kindred spirits, even if I don't know what they look like. (Isn't that the ideal, anyway? Being able to look past circumstances and physicality, straight into someone's... soul? That was a *very* LJ-dramatic thing to say, but you know what I mean.)
Anyways. A rambling welcome back. May your nostalgia reveal itself as an overgrown path to somewhere you've always loved, only temporarily forgotten while you were looked away.
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I've also been thinking a lot about the anonymous connections and conversations with people that were lost with Facebook. I felt closer to some of you guys than I did to most of the people I knew in my real life. It just felt so nice to have people to talk to and specific communities to join.
I'm thinking about opening a brand new account for a reading venture and letting this one lay like a sleeping dog, I'm sure I will return, though.
I hope you are well and that your holiday is very happy!
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