The Complete Guide to My LiveJournal Tags, Part 4: Travel & Stories From My Life
If you're interested, you can also read part 1, part 2 and part 3. I killed one more tag writing this, bringing the number down to 162, which is the number of games in a baseball season so that's perfect. One more post after this.
Notable Personal Life Events - 8 Tags
life changing events - The big earth shaking events.
engagement - My ex, mostly.
wedding - My ex, again.
dating - Some before my ex, but mostly after my ex and leading up to M.
wedding2 - And one hopes, final. M.
death - Just as it says, unfortunately.
moving - Moving is nearly as stressful as death, or at least so state some studies.
birdies baby book - Let me tell you, moving isn't nearly as stressful as having a baby.
Matters Canine - 3 Tags
I've had three dogs, more or less.
tulip - The best dog in the world.
chucha - M's Guatemalan street dog.
hamlet - My second dog, taken by my ex in the divorce.
Episodes From My Life - 8 Tags
I tell stories about my life in many different of ways.
coronavirus pandemic - We've been living through a pandemic. So far, so good.
boy scouts - I was a Boy Scout for years and earned the Eagle Scout rank. I've written about that relatively little, thus far.
football - I played football from junior high through my freshman year of college. No other single activity made me more who I am today.
fraternity - Although the fraternity probably comes close.
my life thus far - This tag is reserved for stories about my life that don't quite fit anywhere else. This tag is one of my favorites and also one of the more frustrating.
north dakota - My home state.
family - Family themed stories.
party - Toga! Toga! Toga! Ok, so not that kind of party, usually.
And basically every other tag, amirite?
Major Travel Episodes in my Life - 7 Tags
I write travel diaries pretty frequently.
travel - Assorted mini-travel diaries that didn't merit their own tag.
vacation - A not terribly well defined tag that seems to be mostly but not entirely time off that doesn't include travel. I probably need to clean this up.
outdoors - Some of my national parks and other outdoor adventures ended up here instead of under travel or vacation. This also needs to be cleaned up.
iceland 2012 - My sister, my fraternity brother Eric and I went to Iceland.
california 2017 - A diary of my 2017 California trip where I drove from San Diego to San Francisco, mostly via the Pacific Coast Highway, and saw six baseball games in five different parks.
pei 2019 - A diary of the trip M and I took to Prince Edward Island and nearby points.
bwca - I've been to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area more than twenty times.
See also the following tags from my first summary: states, galapagos 2013, baseball stadium tour, european sabbatical 2015.
And from my second summary: travel eats, chicago eats.
Home & Garden & Auto - 4 Tags
Of course, you can adventures without leaving home sometimes.
house - All about my house. Usually just my current house.
yard - Outside my house. Or more precisely, my property outside my house, but no farther. I need to shift some house tags over to this tag.
car - Stories about my car. Often car problems.
cleveland rocks - Wherein I talk about stuff around Cleveland, the closest metro area to my house.
In this post, 30 tags.
Overall, 132 tags down, 30 tags to go.
Notable Personal Life Events - 8 Tags
life changing events - The big earth shaking events.
engagement - My ex, mostly.
wedding - My ex, again.
dating - Some before my ex, but mostly after my ex and leading up to M.
wedding2 - And one hopes, final. M.
death - Just as it says, unfortunately.
moving - Moving is nearly as stressful as death, or at least so state some studies.
birdies baby book - Let me tell you, moving isn't nearly as stressful as having a baby.
Matters Canine - 3 Tags
I've had three dogs, more or less.
tulip - The best dog in the world.
chucha - M's Guatemalan street dog.
hamlet - My second dog, taken by my ex in the divorce.
Episodes From My Life - 8 Tags
I tell stories about my life in many different of ways.
coronavirus pandemic - We've been living through a pandemic. So far, so good.
boy scouts - I was a Boy Scout for years and earned the Eagle Scout rank. I've written about that relatively little, thus far.
football - I played football from junior high through my freshman year of college. No other single activity made me more who I am today.
fraternity - Although the fraternity probably comes close.
my life thus far - This tag is reserved for stories about my life that don't quite fit anywhere else. This tag is one of my favorites and also one of the more frustrating.
north dakota - My home state.
family - Family themed stories.
party - Toga! Toga! Toga! Ok, so not that kind of party, usually.
And basically every other tag, amirite?
Major Travel Episodes in my Life - 7 Tags
I write travel diaries pretty frequently.
travel - Assorted mini-travel diaries that didn't merit their own tag.
vacation - A not terribly well defined tag that seems to be mostly but not entirely time off that doesn't include travel. I probably need to clean this up.
outdoors - Some of my national parks and other outdoor adventures ended up here instead of under travel or vacation. This also needs to be cleaned up.
iceland 2012 - My sister, my fraternity brother Eric and I went to Iceland.
california 2017 - A diary of my 2017 California trip where I drove from San Diego to San Francisco, mostly via the Pacific Coast Highway, and saw six baseball games in five different parks.
pei 2019 - A diary of the trip M and I took to Prince Edward Island and nearby points.
bwca - I've been to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area more than twenty times.
See also the following tags from my first summary: states, galapagos 2013, baseball stadium tour, european sabbatical 2015.
And from my second summary: travel eats, chicago eats.
Home & Garden & Auto - 4 Tags
Of course, you can adventures without leaving home sometimes.
house - All about my house. Usually just my current house.
yard - Outside my house. Or more precisely, my property outside my house, but no farther. I need to shift some house tags over to this tag.
car - Stories about my car. Often car problems.
cleveland rocks - Wherein I talk about stuff around Cleveland, the closest metro area to my house.
In this post, 30 tags.
Overall, 132 tags down, 30 tags to go.