Soon my journal will be old enough to drink

[thistlechaser]

While I missed the exact day, my LJ turned 16 last week.

First post ever: August 15th, 2002 at 5:35 PM

Isn't that kind of scary? My blog here is old enough to almost be considered an adult.

While I don't post much non-book review stuff anymore (my life is so boring!), I do read my entire friends list. For a while I was doing it only once a week, but I've gotten better about that and now read it a few times a week. I feel a lot more connected with people that way.

Happily the LJ Archive tool still works for me (not everyone is that lucky), so I have an offline backup, as well as an out-of-date online backup at thistlechaser.dreamwidth.org.

Elsewhere you can find me very active on Tumblr (mikhasunthistle.tumblr.com), but that's 100% gaming stuff, nothing RL at all.

Comments

[hawk-soaring.livejournal.com]

Wow! Happy anniversary... or birthday. ;)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

At 16 it can start driving, so hold off on the drinking!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Haha good point. No drinking and driving, journal!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

oh shit, I got mine LJ in 2001 Whoa.

....I need to go lie down.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Crazy, isn't it? And makes me even more worried that LJ will just vanish one day.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I downloaded my archive awhile ago and also backed it all up on Dreamwidth and now I post everything in both places LOL. Though I'm sure my entries would be painfully dull to re-read...I suppose I could go check and see what I was doing this time 10 years ago!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Yup, I was in search of Star Wars toys LOL my how times have changed!

https://orangerful.livejournal.com/582147.html

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Now and then I use the search function when I'm looking for info ("When did I get surgery again..?"), but I've never gone back and just reread my posts. I sometimes think it would be interesting to do that, but just no time (and like you said, would likely be boring. My life just doesn't change that much!).

[hamsterwoman]

Happy LJ-versary! :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yay thank you! :)

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I started mine in April of 2002. So, similar. And yiiikes.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

We're really close, yeah!

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

wow, sixteen years is a long time! and here I thought my blog was old, haha. Here's to many more good years to come (full of, hopefully, very good books) Cheers!!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I only thought to check the age of mine because of your post, so thanks! :)

And agreed! Here's to many, many more good books!

[resonant.livejournal.com]

Happy Burpday!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D