Somewhere Out There
I was looking at my user profile, and noticed that I started Livejournal on May 10, 2002. That's almost TWELVE YEARS AGO.
TWELVE YEARS.
My world has completely changed in ways that I couldn't even begin to explain to you. I don't even remotely resemble the person I was twelve years ago.
Twelve years ago when I started this Livejournal, I was invincible. Or, I felt like I was invincible. I thought I knew EVERYTHING. The world was full of possibilities.
I'm sitting here, more than a decade later, and I'm definitely not invincible. I definitely don't know ANYTHING. The older I get, the less I know, that's for sure.
I must have done an entire lifetime's worth of living in these twelve years. I'm not one to shy away from adventure, and I'm definitely not one to dedicate my life to work (screw that, I've only worked more than 40 hours a week ONCE in my entire life).
Back in 2002 I was still living with my parents and going to college. Since then, I've graduated from college, gotten a job, climbed up the corporate ladder, and bought a house. And, after dating many, many, many...many...men, I've finally settled down with someone.
In the course of all of this, I've made a lot of Livejournal friends, especially in my early years at Livejournal. This may seem strange to say, but at one point it seemed like I became good friends with some of my Livejournal friends, even though we've never met in real life? I remember staying up late into the night talking to some of them on IM. I was born and raised in Seattle, and to make Livejournal friends who were from places like Australia, London, New York...that was pretty cool, since they lived so far away yet they still had so much in common with me.
Looking at my friends list, I am saddened that I've lost touch with a lot of my old Livejournal friends. I've never de-friended them or anything like that...it just seemed like...over the years, they've stopped updating, and then I would not update for a span of months...then years will have passed, and before you know it, twelve years have passed and I'm sitting here wondering...what ever happened to these friends of mine who I've been chatting with for all these years?
So, I'm hoping that by some miracle, some of my old livejournal friends might be reading this, and get in touch with me. I know they're out there in the world somewhere, and I'd love, love to catch up with them. If you're one of my old Livejournal friends who I haven't talked to in AGES...you know who you are, send me a message!
TWELVE YEARS.
My world has completely changed in ways that I couldn't even begin to explain to you. I don't even remotely resemble the person I was twelve years ago.
Twelve years ago when I started this Livejournal, I was invincible. Or, I felt like I was invincible. I thought I knew EVERYTHING. The world was full of possibilities.
I'm sitting here, more than a decade later, and I'm definitely not invincible. I definitely don't know ANYTHING. The older I get, the less I know, that's for sure.
I must have done an entire lifetime's worth of living in these twelve years. I'm not one to shy away from adventure, and I'm definitely not one to dedicate my life to work (screw that, I've only worked more than 40 hours a week ONCE in my entire life).
Back in 2002 I was still living with my parents and going to college. Since then, I've graduated from college, gotten a job, climbed up the corporate ladder, and bought a house. And, after dating many, many, many...many...men, I've finally settled down with someone.
In the course of all of this, I've made a lot of Livejournal friends, especially in my early years at Livejournal. This may seem strange to say, but at one point it seemed like I became good friends with some of my Livejournal friends, even though we've never met in real life? I remember staying up late into the night talking to some of them on IM. I was born and raised in Seattle, and to make Livejournal friends who were from places like Australia, London, New York...that was pretty cool, since they lived so far away yet they still had so much in common with me.
Looking at my friends list, I am saddened that I've lost touch with a lot of my old Livejournal friends. I've never de-friended them or anything like that...it just seemed like...over the years, they've stopped updating, and then I would not update for a span of months...then years will have passed, and before you know it, twelve years have passed and I'm sitting here wondering...what ever happened to these friends of mine who I've been chatting with for all these years?
So, I'm hoping that by some miracle, some of my old livejournal friends might be reading this, and get in touch with me. I know they're out there in the world somewhere, and I'd love, love to catch up with them. If you're one of my old Livejournal friends who I haven't talked to in AGES...you know who you are, send me a message!