You can find my current writing at octolilly.com. This is my old blog for nostalgia’s sake.
Archive for the ‘The Blog’ Category
out with the old and in with the new.
Friday, August 31st, 2012the nooks and crannies.
Monday, November 7th, 2011I took Octolilly off of private-view only because I think I’m finally done dusting out the archives, messing with the CSS, and trying my best to correct some serious errors with this theme.
You may need to re-subscribe to my RSS feed (I had deleted my feed while importing past entries so you wouldn’t get a ton of 2003 college drama flooding into your Reader) or perhaps everything will update better than I expect.
If you have suggestions or find an error, let me know.
A few things:
– You can’t comment on any posts older than 30 days so if you start reading in the Archives and want to add something, you can email me your thoughts or talk to me on Formspring.
– It’s pretty obvious that I don’t have ALL my posts that I’ve ever written. But I’ve spent a lot of time searching on archive.org and pouring through my old laptops and I’ve found the bulk of everything.
Happy November, and here we go!
we’re still here.
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
I’m sorting through archives, dusting off Octolilly, and hoping to write regularly again. You know what this is, right? The Creativity of Autumn has hit me. I must indulge.
fickle on the glorious internet.
Friday, August 5th, 2011Can we just ignore the fact that I took my site down again?
I had a wonderfully long phone call with Sarah last night and although we’ve never met in person, we’ve been reading each other’s blogs for almost ten years. TEN YEARS. Our conversation brought up so much nostalgia for the early blogging days.
She asked what was going on with my blog-hopping and I honestly have trouble explaining it. On one hand, I love having a blog. It’s one of my only creative outlets and it’s fun to chronicle life happening around me. But on the other hand, I’m constantly worrying about do I write about that? can I be THAT real on my blog? I believe in authenticity but goodness, I can’t say THAT.
I also don’t think very many people even read my blog anymore so the community aspect (which was my favorite part long ago) has dwindled away. It’s not about I wish a lot of people read my blog as much as I really do miss the friendships and community that happened back in 2001.
I sound like an old grandma, don’t I? BACK IN MY DAY THE INTERNET WAS COOL AND BLOGGING WAS AWESOME. GET OFF MY LAWN.
Yes, I get that the “blogging is new” era is long gone and that’s perfectly fine. I’m glad so many people feel they have a voice and can write online. More information, more stories, more sharing – it’s all good. We all benefit.
If I could just stay in one place, accept that the community aspect may be incredibly different now, and write!
It’s possible that my fickleness stems from the drama over the past few years. When I finally made it through my depression, I wasn’t the same person. I’m so incredibly different than the girl who blogged in 2001 and maybe I’m afraid to write because I know the few people who do read my blog now will see such a difference.
I’ve accepted myself. I guess I’m just afraid other people won’t.
internet hugs.
Monday, November 1st, 2010In honor of NaBloPoMo, I decided to start blogging again. I miss chronicling life this way. It seems as though time passes just as quickly but I have trouble recalling the mundane as well as the adventures when I’m not writing.
Also, I miss the blogging community.
Is this where I hug the Internet or something?