Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
In the spring of 2002, I started this blog. I was in my first senior year of college, and wanted a way to record my thoughts and feelings. To be completely honest, I had truly been inspired to start by the 9/11 attacks. While reading other people's blog entries from that day, I found myself wishing I had had an outlet like that. So, in late April, I finally signed up with LiveJournal and started this blog.
There were times when I wrote almost obsessively on here, and times when I went quiet for several days. There were days when I wrote serious, profound entries that I'm still proud of, and days when I did nothing but whine and complain, which I cringe at. Some stuff I was eager to write about, while other stuff I was sure to censor, since I didn't want my life to be a completely open book.
For whatever reason, this year, I truly became uninspired to write. Posting became more of a chore than something I was eager to do. After July, I just stopped posting completely.
During the fall, I thought several times about starting it back up, but never felt motivated. Even writing this, I still don't feel motivated to start blogging again. So, I think the final minutes of 2010 is an appropriate time to officially announce the official conclusion of this LiveJournal. This will be my final entry. I'll leave it up, of course, and at some point in the future I might return. But for now, after 8 1/2 years, I'm closing the curtain on this part of my life.
I'll still check my friends list from time to time, and might even leave the occasional comment. But I think I'll be concentrating most of my social network action on Facebook.
Have a wonderful New Year's, and I'll see you again someplace else.
There were times when I wrote almost obsessively on here, and times when I went quiet for several days. There were days when I wrote serious, profound entries that I'm still proud of, and days when I did nothing but whine and complain, which I cringe at. Some stuff I was eager to write about, while other stuff I was sure to censor, since I didn't want my life to be a completely open book.
For whatever reason, this year, I truly became uninspired to write. Posting became more of a chore than something I was eager to do. After July, I just stopped posting completely.
During the fall, I thought several times about starting it back up, but never felt motivated. Even writing this, I still don't feel motivated to start blogging again. So, I think the final minutes of 2010 is an appropriate time to officially announce the official conclusion of this LiveJournal. This will be my final entry. I'll leave it up, of course, and at some point in the future I might return. But for now, after 8 1/2 years, I'm closing the curtain on this part of my life.
I'll still check my friends list from time to time, and might even leave the occasional comment. But I think I'll be concentrating most of my social network action on Facebook.
Have a wonderful New Year's, and I'll see you again someplace else.