One week shy of a year...
...and I finally updated this journal again.
To those of you who still check LiveJournal and found this entry, how are you doing?!
I've wanted to post an entry for a long time, but the fact that the LJ community is barely alive nowadays didn't inspire as much. And I don't like posting rants or lots of text at Tumblr. I don't know, it still feels odd to me.
But hey, what the heck, even if I end up writing this to myself and only myself, that's fine!
It's been almost 15 years since I discovered Fandom. First, it was Fanfiction.net back in 2000. Later, I had a very cheesy Blog that I am thankful is not around anymore. Around 2004-ish my Fandom friends adopted Livejournal, and I followed along. I kept that journal for almost four years, until I discovered the Sims and created this account in 2007. As I am writing this entry, I searched that old account and it is still around (and in Spanish). LOL, one of the final public entries there is about my Bachelors thesis :3.
However, I barely participate in Fandom anymore. I no longer read or write Fanfiction and Sim Stories. I still create custom content, but not with the same intensity as before. What I do nowadays is visit Tumblr late at night and reblog all the cute stuff that is posted there in my "Miscellaneous Account", but that is mainly lurking.
Of course, this is explained by being much older (and hopefully wiser) and thus much busier with work, family and all the things you have to take care of as an Official Adult (TM). It also has to do with the way Fandom has changed. I guess I am out of the loop, but it seems there aren't as many forums (like GOS, which isn't as active anymore) or active LJ communities anymore, which were perfect ways to interact and chat with other fans. Unless there are other platforms for Fandom besides Tumblr that I haven't discovered yet.
It is a pity, because as I write this entry, I am noticing all the improvements to LJ's writing tools and the interface and it is much better now. If only this were available seven years ago!
I miss my Fandom friends from the early 2000's. I found and friended two of them in Facebook a while ago, so at least I know they are safe and happy. As for the rest of them, I hope they are also OK and that the dreams and plans they used to talk about when we chatted in LJ, Yahoo Groups and Messenger are coming true.
I also miss my friends from when I was active in the Sims Fandom. I know some of them are active in Tumblr and I am following them over there, but as I said, things aren't the same. I am not "active" and it is awkward interacting in Tumblr. We keep liking each others' posts, but it's like sending smoke signals and nothing else.
Wow, this entry is a mess.
Anyway, all this crazy talk was to announce that I am going to start writing here again. Mostly Fandom non-sense. Even if barely anyone reads it. I miss writing this stuff and I need to practice my English writing skills. I am going to take the CAE in the Summer, so I need to keep writing to remember Grammar, spelling and, considering this entry, Logic. I swear I am much more articulate in Spanish!
So, expect more of this in the following days. Heck, this is a permanent account so I am going to make good use of it, dammit!
To those of you who still check LiveJournal and found this entry, how are you doing?!
I've wanted to post an entry for a long time, but the fact that the LJ community is barely alive nowadays didn't inspire as much. And I don't like posting rants or lots of text at Tumblr. I don't know, it still feels odd to me.
But hey, what the heck, even if I end up writing this to myself and only myself, that's fine!
It's been almost 15 years since I discovered Fandom. First, it was Fanfiction.net back in 2000. Later, I had a very cheesy Blog that I am thankful is not around anymore. Around 2004-ish my Fandom friends adopted Livejournal, and I followed along. I kept that journal for almost four years, until I discovered the Sims and created this account in 2007. As I am writing this entry, I searched that old account and it is still around (and in Spanish). LOL, one of the final public entries there is about my Bachelors thesis :3.
However, I barely participate in Fandom anymore. I no longer read or write Fanfiction and Sim Stories. I still create custom content, but not with the same intensity as before. What I do nowadays is visit Tumblr late at night and reblog all the cute stuff that is posted there in my "Miscellaneous Account", but that is mainly lurking.
Of course, this is explained by being much older (and hopefully wiser) and thus much busier with work, family and all the things you have to take care of as an Official Adult (TM). It also has to do with the way Fandom has changed. I guess I am out of the loop, but it seems there aren't as many forums (like GOS, which isn't as active anymore) or active LJ communities anymore, which were perfect ways to interact and chat with other fans. Unless there are other platforms for Fandom besides Tumblr that I haven't discovered yet.
It is a pity, because as I write this entry, I am noticing all the improvements to LJ's writing tools and the interface and it is much better now. If only this were available seven years ago!
I miss my Fandom friends from the early 2000's. I found and friended two of them in Facebook a while ago, so at least I know they are safe and happy. As for the rest of them, I hope they are also OK and that the dreams and plans they used to talk about when we chatted in LJ, Yahoo Groups and Messenger are coming true.
I also miss my friends from when I was active in the Sims Fandom. I know some of them are active in Tumblr and I am following them over there, but as I said, things aren't the same. I am not "active" and it is awkward interacting in Tumblr. We keep liking each others' posts, but it's like sending smoke signals and nothing else.
Wow, this entry is a mess.
Anyway, all this crazy talk was to announce that I am going to start writing here again. Mostly Fandom non-sense. Even if barely anyone reads it. I miss writing this stuff and I need to practice my English writing skills. I am going to take the CAE in the Summer, so I need to keep writing to remember Grammar, spelling and, considering this entry, Logic. I swear I am much more articulate in Spanish!
So, expect more of this in the following days. Heck, this is a permanent account so I am going to make good use of it, dammit!