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

[rionaleonhart]

On 3 August 2003, at the age of fifteen, I created a Livejournal under the name 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!

Comments

[ryulynn]

It's really cool to read this history!

I feel you re Tumblr. I think when I was on there (6 years-ish? 2012-2018?) I didn't even realize what kind of culture was there until the very end, since I was mostly in this small group of Suikoden fans. I'm glad I guess that I mostly used it to talk about games I was playing in a more neutral, not really shippy way so I missed a lot of the drama. Although it was strange to read about the culture on tumblr and be like...I was there but not there apparently lol