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Riona ([personal profile] rionaleonhart) wrote2023-08-03 09:16 am

I Don't Think We'll Have Enough Place Settings.

On 3 August 2003, at the age of fifteen, I created a Livejournal under the name [livejournal.com profile] rionaleonhart.

I moved to Dreamwidth along the way, but I imported all my entries, so this Dreamwidth is functionally the same journal, and I still keep the lights on at Livejournal in case any old friends come by. So I've been keeping the same blog for two decades, from my teenage years well into adulthood.

It's hard to know what to say for this anniversary, really! This journal's been an important part of my life for so long, and I'm so glad that there's still a place for long-form blogging in a forgotten corner of the changing Internet. I've had a blast rambling about anything and everything over the years, and it's been great to share it with you guys.

I'm glad to know the people who've been here from the beginning; I'm glad to know my new friends; I'm glad to know everyone I've met along the way. I don't know if I have any lurkers, but, if I do, I'm glad you're here as well.

Thank you all for being here. I hope I'll still be here and writing in another twenty years.

(My AO3 account also had its tenth anniversary in January. Something about years ending in 3 makes me want to establish long-lasting fandom presences, apparently.)

If there's anything you've ever wanted to know about my presence on Livejournal or Dreamwidth, or about my fandom life in general, or about my ficwriting, feel free to ask in the comments!
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[personal profile] sushiflop 2023-08-03 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on your (blog's) 20th birthday!

I honestly love being able to look back at my journal's history and realize how much I've changed and grown since (whenever).

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[personal profile] wolfy_writing 2023-08-03 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
Twenty years! Congratulations! I hoep we're still online talking to each other in another twenty!

What's something fun you'd like to see more of when it comes to fandom?

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[personal profile] fishguts 2023-08-03 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on the milestone and happy twentieth anniversary to your journal across both websites! (Also, happy tenth anniversary to your AO3 account!)

Your posts are always a blast to read; I'm delighted and excited every time I see you on my Reading list. I too hope you'll still be here and writing in another twenty years yet to come!

After wracking my grey cells for an interesting question to ask, I landed on this: I think you mentioned in a few posts past that you tend to keep a (traditional?) journal for fic ideas - I'm curious to know, roughly how many journals for fic ideas have you filled up over the years?

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[personal profile] necrophilia 2023-08-03 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
Happy 20! Your journaling life is at the emerald anniversary.

I’ve two questions, and they’re each as subtle and dignified as the last:
1. What, if anything, would be the final straw that would make you shut the lights on LJ?
2. Three reasons why I’m your fave, go.
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[personal profile] thawrecka 2023-08-03 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
That's awesome! I created my LJ some time in 2002, so it's about 21 years for me now.

What I want to know is what was the best surprise about Person of Interest?
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[personal profile] facethestrange 2023-08-03 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yay, congrats on your very impressive anniversary! :D

I joined lj in 2005, at 21, and used it in a very 'on and off' way - there were years when I posted literally every day, and years when I didn't even open the site at all, and it flipped between these states a lot, both on lj and on dw. But in the end here I am. :D (And my ao3 account is from 2011, so no neat anniversaries for me, lol.)

And since you have flawless taste in fandoms, I'm going to ask if you have any recs for media (especially tv shows and/or anime) that you liked in the past and maybe still like but you don't post about them anymore?
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[personal profile] tinkaton 2023-08-03 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
oh wow, happy bloggiversary! now I'm curious when I made my first LJ journal so I went and looked, apparently it was April of 2005. (Also 14 going on 15 years old at the time, 15 must be a good age for blogging haha.) I think I did possibly have a Xanga started before that but I long ago deleted my Xanga (like a fool) so I don't exactly remember. It's super cool you've kept this blog going the whole time, I've jumped blogs multiple times so my stuff is more spread out.

Fandom question...what was your first big fandom? Like that you were actively involved in!

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[personal profile] ryulynn 2023-08-03 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the anniversary! Let's hope for at least another 20 years :D

I'm someone who has changed online names a bunch so I'm curious if you ever thought about changing it? (Not that I think you ever should - you have a solid name)

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[personal profile] nomelon 2023-08-03 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy journaling anniversary! I just got a message today that I've been on tumblr for ten years and I stopped dead and went WHAT? But but wasn't that just last year? I mean... How the fannish time flies.
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[personal profile] sholio 2023-08-03 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy blogiversary! :D
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[personal profile] sonofgodzilla 2023-08-03 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!
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[personal profile] pauraque 2023-08-03 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy fanniversary!
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[personal profile] vriddy 2023-08-03 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a really cool milestone!! Congratulations :D Too sleepy for questions right now, but always happy to see you on my reading page <3
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[personal profile] newbie1990 2023-08-03 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy blogiversary! V glad you're still around making blogposts, they're always v interesting to read. My Livejournal is apparently around 16 and a half years old, which is about as old as I was when I made it.

What do you think you'll be writing about in twenty years? (I realise this is... not easy to guess at, but!)

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[personal profile] rainbowsandrum 2023-08-03 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad to have been able to know you for these million years or so. ♥

I might not actually participate on DW like, ever? But I lurk like nobody's business on your account almost exclusively. It's why I stick around here, really. Life would be terribly dull without your updates.
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[personal profile] apiphile 2023-08-03 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Your journal is certainly one of the most consistently entertaining and interesting ones out there! Here's to another 20 years :)
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[personal profile] feast_of_regrets 2023-08-03 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy blogiversary!
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[personal profile] marginaliana 2023-08-04 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Happy blogiversary! I've really enjoyed following you all these years.

If you could come up with an ideal fandom, what would it be? Not necessarily what you would write yourself, but what would the canon be like?
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[personal profile] ruuger 2023-08-04 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats! You're slightly earlier adopter than I was - I created my LJ in late 2003, though I had been eyeing it for a while already (I think they only did away with the invite codes in late 2003).
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[personal profile] sewn 2023-08-04 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the blogiversary!
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[personal profile] dracothelizard 2023-08-04 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Huzzah :D My first entry is February 2003 so I guess I've also been posting on LJ and here for 20 years!
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[personal profile] wyomingsmustache 2023-08-07 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
I am trying to remember when we met, and I feel like it would have had to have been in the summer of 2oo8, which means we have known each other for fifteen years now :O. This gives you and Wolfy (who I met around the same time) the dubious honor of being my oldest friends, as that was right after high school, and I am no longer in contact with any of my high school friends.

Anyway, I'm glad you made that Livejournal account all those years ago. I'm glad I got to meet you :)

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