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First post -- better make it a good one, eh?
Wed, Dec. 9th, 2037 10:54 amWelcome to my spiffy new journal; something I never thought I'd return to after my LiveJournal era lo' those many years ago. Dreamwidth was my LJ backup and it was forgotten when the FB was born. I admit, searching through all the journal design pages on this site flooded me with memories.
"This design still exists? Oh, I remember loving that one. Oooo, this one is new."
I had a plethora of user pics, customized mood themes, and enough HTML coding practice to make my LJ or DW my own.
This time around I'm keeping it simple and chose "timeofgrey".
It's a play on the saying "Time of Day" because I am in the Time of Grey in my life. Not necessarily because of age, but because of experience.
Grey is liminal. Grey is strength. Grey is mystery. Grey is where I thrive.
It's the fog on a winter morning or the color of the stormy ocean waves. It's the color of my eyes, my hair, and my queerness.
Grey is also Silver: inspiring, reflective, enlightening.
This journal will be hybrid in that it'll be public and Friends Only posts. If it's the latter, I will mark it as such at the beginning of the post and request that it not be shared. Period.
The reason for me moving back to my old school journaling grounds is it was time. With FB implementing AI into their ToS effective January 1st (one cannot opt-out) and the incoming administration, I felt that was my cue to exit stage left. Fifteen plus years of social media shares of memories, pics, and memes will dissolve into the ether and I'm okay with that. I was able to make new friends and connect with others long before that Twinkie of social media came into existence.
I say "Twinkie" because I realized lately how unfulfilling it is. Doomscrolling at its finest. Whereas with BlueSky, I get a heartier meal thanks to my customized feeds, ban hammers, and up to date current events. I am in control of how I experience BlueSky, not some billionaire with algorithms.
What will be a change is the lack of smartphone use. FB was easy in where I could open the app and post whatever the hell was on my mind. I can do that with bsky, but for here, I will need to make a productive effort to use my desktop computer and write. As weird as it sounds, I enjoy that idea. Very back-to-basics, less instant gratification.
Welcome to my haunted place.
"This design still exists? Oh, I remember loving that one. Oooo, this one is new."
I had a plethora of user pics, customized mood themes, and enough HTML coding practice to make my LJ or DW my own.
This time around I'm keeping it simple and chose "timeofgrey".
It's a play on the saying "Time of Day" because I am in the Time of Grey in my life. Not necessarily because of age, but because of experience.
Grey is liminal. Grey is strength. Grey is mystery. Grey is where I thrive.
It's the fog on a winter morning or the color of the stormy ocean waves. It's the color of my eyes, my hair, and my queerness.
Grey is also Silver: inspiring, reflective, enlightening.
This journal will be hybrid in that it'll be public and Friends Only posts. If it's the latter, I will mark it as such at the beginning of the post and request that it not be shared. Period.
The reason for me moving back to my old school journaling grounds is it was time. With FB implementing AI into their ToS effective January 1st (one cannot opt-out) and the incoming administration, I felt that was my cue to exit stage left. Fifteen plus years of social media shares of memories, pics, and memes will dissolve into the ether and I'm okay with that. I was able to make new friends and connect with others long before that Twinkie of social media came into existence.
I say "Twinkie" because I realized lately how unfulfilling it is. Doomscrolling at its finest. Whereas with BlueSky, I get a heartier meal thanks to my customized feeds, ban hammers, and up to date current events. I am in control of how I experience BlueSky, not some billionaire with algorithms.
What will be a change is the lack of smartphone use. FB was easy in where I could open the app and post whatever the hell was on my mind. I can do that with bsky, but for here, I will need to make a productive effort to use my desktop computer and write. As weird as it sounds, I enjoy that idea. Very back-to-basics, less instant gratification.
Welcome to my haunted place.
