I decided to get one of these so that I can start writing again. As usual, who knows if that will actually happen...! I would like to be able to think about things and write them down, though. I guess it's just a matter of finding eloquence that has been lost. I used to write in livejournal all the time, then I just started writing posts for myself. It was good but not fun - where's the fun in not getting feedback or comments? Granted, sometimes feedback and comments are not wanted and not what you want to hear.
It's actually funny when I think of my blogging/journaling/diary-writing history. Long ago, I started using deadjournal. It was a rebellious, "cool" thing to do I guess. Even though the homepage was dark and dreary, my journal was still always pink or purple. Then, and this may have been at the same time - I can't precisely recall - I had an Open Diary. At the time, it was actually Free Open Diary (FOD) and you could do pretty much anything without having to pay money to make your spot look neat. Of course, over time, those became paid sites and I found my way to livejournal. I used lj for quite a while and had several different journals when I felt ready to ditch thoughts of the past in the dark, abyss of web deletes, which are probably still accessible to someone, somewhere. Let's hope not, though!
I had several different spots within those sites, too. Ones were secret and anonymous just for me to get comments and feedback, others were for friends to see, others were just for me. It was actually pretty tricky to keep track of, to be honest. I even had an advice-like spot on FOD where I would write about things from a psychological point of view, dishing my opinion and advice for...who knows who! I actually got pretty positive feedback, though. It was a pretty cool thing. But when things began to happen that I could no longer rationally decipher, it became a bit of a challenge to keep up with that diary. Eventually, I only had a lj. I still have one to this day but I never go write in it. I have things saved just for me to see and anyone who is left on my friends list either does not log on anymore themselves or has deleted their lj entirely. I feel like it's more of a juvenile thing now anyway, even though it's really not and many people of all ages have them...I guess I think that way because I had one when I was more juvenile and would write about silly little things, so I associate it with that personal bias.
Anyway, this has been a rather boring post, I must say! That's ok, you have to start somewhere...or re-start somewhere, in my case. At any rate, I hope this can be a spot where I write things down that come to mind or that I feel are worth writing.
