Happy LJ anniversary to me!

[angledge]

WOW. Seven years ago, I posted my first blog post. It was about the beginning of the Iraq war.

That same week, I went on my first date with Stacy.

I was unemployed & biding my time until grad school started at the University of Edinburgh.

I was 29.

I am so glad I found this website (through a bunch of Sluggites, I believe). Even though it's not as popular now as it used to be, I still find the interaction here to be so much better than anything else (Facebook, I'm frowning at you). I love going back through my LJ & seeing what I was thinking 3, 5, or now even 7 years ago. Having comments & conversation from all my people adds immeasurably to the richness of the memories. I think there are things that I would not be able to remember any more, if it weren't for this record.

So anyway, thanks bradfitz for LJ. And thanks to anyone who's reading for being part of my community here.

Comments

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

All hail LJ! Down with Farcebook and Shitter!

I like LJ too because it keeps my memories. My brain no longer works the way it used to, and I like seeing and reading about what I've done. It's a surprise to me too! Also, I have better privacy options than Farcebook, which just goes off and blatantly steals crap and shows you all sorts of useless garbage.

I wish the Hive still used MyFamily; it really was the best way to keep a photorecord of all our adventures, and it was private and exclusive to us, so no random fools could wander by and see all our gruesome pics and insane comment threads.

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you found this site, as well.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Yeah I bet you are!

[azure-dragon.livejournal.com]

I think we joined about the same time, probably in the same wave of Sluggy-related people coming over from the forums. I seem to remember Jade Phoenix being the major source of invitation codes, as were required back in the day. It seems funny that about half of my f-list is still made up of people I knew through Sluggy.net, yet it's something we don't seem to all have in common any more. Rather we've all found new, different, exciting things in common with each other. That's a nice thought!

I actually missed my 7-year anniversary. I joined April 6th 2003. I was a student at the time... what a long time ago that was!

[angledge.livejournal.com]

You haven't missed the anniversary yet... it's just a couple weeks away.

[azure-dragon.livejournal.com]

Haha... just goes to show what pregnancy hormones do to your brain! :P

[thepikey.livejournal.com]

September 23rd, '02. Invite from Chica.

Wow.

[trishalynn.livejournal.com]

If it weren't for LJ, I'm not sure if we'd have ever met! And I'm so very glad to have met you and made your acquaintance. :)

[marasca.livejournal.com]

The level of contact in Facebook satisfies my desire for contact with about 300 of my 321 friends. But somehow it seems like many of those 21 or so others are now harder to keep in touch with.