https://free-reverie.dreamwidth.org/ a pop culture addled mind - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:06:06 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios free_reverie personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/443608/490437 https://free-reverie.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://free-reverie.dreamwidth.org/442904.html Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:06:06 GMT https://free-reverie.dreamwidth.org/442904.html With the current upheaval in Russian backed media lately (I wonder why, I jest to myself), I was reminded of the fact that I still technically have a Livejournal, and by extension, my backup Dreamwidth journal. It's crazy to think about the time when LJ had such an impact on my life, how many people I met through there, and how long ago that actually was. <br /><br />My niece and nephew are very close to the age in which I started my LJ. Which I mean, how? I know I'm now in my mid-30s, but it's still absolute bananas to put that in the context of my online lives throughout the years. <br /><br />Next year will be the 20th anniversary of when I started my original LJ. I mean. How. HOW. <br /><br />I am now old. <br /><br />And by writing this here, I am doing a tiny drop in the bucket to remind myself of that long ago time, and that long ago self that I have traveled so very far from. <br /><br />Memories indeed.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=free_reverie&ditemid=442904" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://free-reverie.dreamwidth.org/442904.html me myself and i contemplative public 0