Happy 10th Birthday to My Journal!
I would like to wish my LiveJournal a happy tenth birthday! Interestingly enough, I started my journal just two days after Facebook went online. If you check the profile of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder, you might see that he joined Facebook on February 6th, 2004. I remember when I first started this journal; it was on a Sunday afternoon and it was to get back in touch with a friend with whom I had not the chance to speak with in almost two years. Unfortunately, this friend was not interested in reconnecting with me and it was basically the last I ever spoke to him. He told me "goodbye" and that was it.
However, not long after that happened, I met a friend through here. A few months later, I was at this friend's doorstep and I have never visited an online friend before (or since). I must admit, the idea of visiting online friends is not as far-fetched of an idea as it used to be. In fact, it is estimated at least 10% of marriages are between people who first meet online. With a statistics like that, meeting (and perhaps marrying) a person from online are becoming usual.
I remember when I first had online friends. I used to feel emotional attachments with them but I used to often question my own feelings. How can I feel an attachment towards a person whom I have never met and have never even seen? The feelings for these people, who were little more than texts on a computer screen, were real. Whenever a friend cut himself off from me, I would feel genuine pain. There were times when I even felt jealousy. Not just jealousy but strong jealousy. Now, I know that even though my meetings with these people were never physical, the effects were quite physical and psychological. And they were real feelings and attachments.
To say in short, this journal has led me to many friends. I am glad to be friends with all of you. My emotional attachments to you guys are not fake; they are real. While the activity on this journal is not as active as it used to be, there is always the hope that someday things will pick up again.
Happy 10th Birthday, Journal.
However, not long after that happened, I met a friend through here. A few months later, I was at this friend's doorstep and I have never visited an online friend before (or since). I must admit, the idea of visiting online friends is not as far-fetched of an idea as it used to be. In fact, it is estimated at least 10% of marriages are between people who first meet online. With a statistics like that, meeting (and perhaps marrying) a person from online are becoming usual.
I remember when I first had online friends. I used to feel emotional attachments with them but I used to often question my own feelings. How can I feel an attachment towards a person whom I have never met and have never even seen? The feelings for these people, who were little more than texts on a computer screen, were real. Whenever a friend cut himself off from me, I would feel genuine pain. There were times when I even felt jealousy. Not just jealousy but strong jealousy. Now, I know that even though my meetings with these people were never physical, the effects were quite physical and psychological. And they were real feelings and attachments.
To say in short, this journal has led me to many friends. I am glad to be friends with all of you. My emotional attachments to you guys are not fake; they are real. While the activity on this journal is not as active as it used to be, there is always the hope that someday things will pick up again.
Happy 10th Birthday, Journal.