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the internet is the expanding universe
Dec. 28th, 2011 10:05 amSo behind in writing lately.
I am seriously considering moving my primary blogging off LJ. I have very mixed feelings about this. Really I write here because it is a way to communicate. After all these years let's finally dispense with the pretense that I write here because I'm keeping a diary. I'm terrible at solitary communication or records. My words only thrive when they are going to someone else, whether that be my LJ friends or Yuletide. I've defended this platform and space for a long time, even after the terrible Fandom strikethrough of 2007, of the many chaotic ups and downs over the years. I still love what Livejournal is to me, what it has been to me over the course of eleven years. The only person I've ever dated and still remain friends with after the break up came into my life via LJ. The friend who came to my home at midnight and drove me to the emergency room and held me when my ex-husband was overdosing came into my life via LJ. It has put me in touch with my closest friends, the people who have stayed in my life longer than anyone else. The people who loved me even though I was an idiot, who forgave me my embarrassing moments and my lack of courtesy, people who came to my rescue in my darkest, most terrible hours, people who shared in my excitement and my joy, who kept me company in lonely places, people who supported me coming out about being transgender, people who gave me advice and friendship, people who sent me maple sugar candy and post cards from far away places, who brought me to new fandoms and places and shared their own lives with me.
People who tell you that internet friendships aren't real are liars. The friendships I have from the wired world are some of the best and most amazing things I have ever experienced.
I imagine I will keep writing here until the end of time. Or at least the end of the internet or something like that. This will always be my home, even though I have changed and I'm so far away from the person who signed up for this account when the internet was still full of blinking lights and bad web design. I just think I'm also going to have to build a second home, the ship that carries me to whatever strange planet is next.
I registered a wordpress account in 2007, when things looked so grim. I am thinking I will start cross posting some things. I'm still contemplating what I will do about less public thoughts. It will be an evolving process. I will still be here reading everything, always. I don't think I could stop my habit of logging into Livejournal every day unless the site disappeared entirely. For so many years, it was my atuomatic homepage. The only reason it is google now is because I find myself keeping up with a tumblr and a twitter and so many blogs scattered around the internet now.
We're expanding, like the universe. Little stars are born and explode and we all move out farther into the vast reaches, shining and bright. I can't wait for the future to arrive.
I am seriously considering moving my primary blogging off LJ. I have very mixed feelings about this. Really I write here because it is a way to communicate. After all these years let's finally dispense with the pretense that I write here because I'm keeping a diary. I'm terrible at solitary communication or records. My words only thrive when they are going to someone else, whether that be my LJ friends or Yuletide. I've defended this platform and space for a long time, even after the terrible Fandom strikethrough of 2007, of the many chaotic ups and downs over the years. I still love what Livejournal is to me, what it has been to me over the course of eleven years. The only person I've ever dated and still remain friends with after the break up came into my life via LJ. The friend who came to my home at midnight and drove me to the emergency room and held me when my ex-husband was overdosing came into my life via LJ. It has put me in touch with my closest friends, the people who have stayed in my life longer than anyone else. The people who loved me even though I was an idiot, who forgave me my embarrassing moments and my lack of courtesy, people who came to my rescue in my darkest, most terrible hours, people who shared in my excitement and my joy, who kept me company in lonely places, people who supported me coming out about being transgender, people who gave me advice and friendship, people who sent me maple sugar candy and post cards from far away places, who brought me to new fandoms and places and shared their own lives with me.
People who tell you that internet friendships aren't real are liars. The friendships I have from the wired world are some of the best and most amazing things I have ever experienced.
I imagine I will keep writing here until the end of time. Or at least the end of the internet or something like that. This will always be my home, even though I have changed and I'm so far away from the person who signed up for this account when the internet was still full of blinking lights and bad web design. I just think I'm also going to have to build a second home, the ship that carries me to whatever strange planet is next.
I registered a wordpress account in 2007, when things looked so grim. I am thinking I will start cross posting some things. I'm still contemplating what I will do about less public thoughts. It will be an evolving process. I will still be here reading everything, always. I don't think I could stop my habit of logging into Livejournal every day unless the site disappeared entirely. For so many years, it was my atuomatic homepage. The only reason it is google now is because I find myself keeping up with a tumblr and a twitter and so many blogs scattered around the internet now.
We're expanding, like the universe. Little stars are born and explode and we all move out farther into the vast reaches, shining and bright. I can't wait for the future to arrive.