stage zero: moving journals
I'm moving journals!
I've been giving this some thought since a few months ago. I don't know if any of you caught on, but sometimes in my entries I pondered about moving journals, and then discarded the idea because this one holds so many memories for me. In a list, here are the reasons for which I'm moving:
1) I don't want any lj friendships to be forced between you and me! I honestly could not bring myself to do a flist cut, so it's an option for you guys to keep in touch with me (or not if you don't want to, but kdlasaj; I'll be sad)
2) I think this new lj is going to be much more about my personal life than fandom. I'm falling out of fandom; if anything, all I follow nowadays is Asian music and long-running manga that I'm attached to (ex: Naruto, Bleach, One Piece). I want to write fic, but I don't know when I will or if I'll ever get around to it. Plus, college is coming up in a month. I really might have to cut my time back here and elsewhere online so I can concentrate on my studies. Sounds corny and nerdy, yes, but I can't afford to mess up--I won't allow myself to do that.
The point is, the new journal will contain a lot of personal entries. As I go through college, this may mean: ranting about professors and classes (and stupid people in the dorms? I hope not), more stressing, being inactive for days at a time if needed be. When the time is pinched, I might just update once a week or something like that (during finals and stuff, of course. Otherwise, I think I'll update as much as I used to here--every few days). It's more me, and it's a brand new start of sorts. I've had this journal since second semester of my freshman year in high school, so come college, I'm starting on a clean slate.
To those of you who've been lj friends with me for years and have stuck with me through thick and thin: you know who you are. I hope you all add me back.
To the deathonly & tacosex crews: though I've known and talked to the former much more than the latter, I really love all of you guys. I'm sorry for being so inactive and lazy lately. Any of you can make me laugh and cheer me up when I'm down.
To others who share many interests with me, including but not limited to music, religion, personal views on anything around the world, really: I'm incredibly thankful to you guys for being there when I needed you most--be it fangirling, those "OMG WORD!" posts, etc.
In short: flist, you are a group of incredible people who've given me nothing but positive experiences out of lj. None of you are drama queens or attention seeking people or any of that. I really appreciate how honest you guys are and how kindly you treated me ever since 2005 (or later) 'til now. In the end, I can't force anyone to add me on the new journal, but damn it, you have no idea how happy I'll be to see you guys on the new name.
So after reading all that, you'd still like to keep in touch with me on livejournal, please add me over at explicate. I sincerely hope to see you all there. Thank you so much for everything. ♥
Edit: I'll be keeping this journal as an archive, entries and everything. It has too many great memories to get rid of.
I've been giving this some thought since a few months ago. I don't know if any of you caught on, but sometimes in my entries I pondered about moving journals, and then discarded the idea because this one holds so many memories for me. In a list, here are the reasons for which I'm moving:
1) I don't want any lj friendships to be forced between you and me! I honestly could not bring myself to do a flist cut, so it's an option for you guys to keep in touch with me (or not if you don't want to, but kdlasaj; I'll be sad)
2) I think this new lj is going to be much more about my personal life than fandom. I'm falling out of fandom; if anything, all I follow nowadays is Asian music and long-running manga that I'm attached to (ex: Naruto, Bleach, One Piece). I want to write fic, but I don't know when I will or if I'll ever get around to it. Plus, college is coming up in a month. I really might have to cut my time back here and elsewhere online so I can concentrate on my studies. Sounds corny and nerdy, yes, but I can't afford to mess up--I won't allow myself to do that.
The point is, the new journal will contain a lot of personal entries. As I go through college, this may mean: ranting about professors and classes (and stupid people in the dorms? I hope not), more stressing, being inactive for days at a time if needed be. When the time is pinched, I might just update once a week or something like that (during finals and stuff, of course. Otherwise, I think I'll update as much as I used to here--every few days). It's more me, and it's a brand new start of sorts. I've had this journal since second semester of my freshman year in high school, so come college, I'm starting on a clean slate.
To those of you who've been lj friends with me for years and have stuck with me through thick and thin: you know who you are. I hope you all add me back.
To the deathonly & tacosex crews: though I've known and talked to the former much more than the latter, I really love all of you guys. I'm sorry for being so inactive and lazy lately. Any of you can make me laugh and cheer me up when I'm down.
To others who share many interests with me, including but not limited to music, religion, personal views on anything around the world, really: I'm incredibly thankful to you guys for being there when I needed you most--be it fangirling, those "OMG WORD!" posts, etc.
In short: flist, you are a group of incredible people who've given me nothing but positive experiences out of lj. None of you are drama queens or attention seeking people or any of that. I really appreciate how honest you guys are and how kindly you treated me ever since 2005 (or later) 'til now. In the end, I can't force anyone to add me on the new journal, but damn it, you have no idea how happy I'll be to see you guys on the new name.
So after reading all that, you'd still like to keep in touch with me on livejournal, please add me over at explicate. I sincerely hope to see you all there. Thank you so much for everything. ♥
Edit: I'll be keeping this journal as an archive, entries and everything. It has too many great memories to get rid of.