(Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch) Changes

For the past 12 years, I have been documenting memories on websites like OpenDiary, Xanga, LiveJournal, and here, of course. For better or worse, I deleted a few accounts/entries here and there (namely the ones written as a melodramatic teenager) and began to master the art of creating personal accounts of my life without getting too personal. My main criterion was this: document nothing that others would want to use as fodder for gossip. Could I write an entry about Pluto losing its planetary status? Sure. Should I write about my relationship follies? Privately, maybe. After awhile, I relegated online publishing to crafty pursuits and themes of that nature. You can see how frequently that allowed me to express myself. :)

I began to miss my blogging therapy. Ever since I learned to write, I have been working steadily on various stories, songs, or random musings in a journal of some sort...until recently. I briefly thought about keeping this blog as it is -- a place to post pictures a few times a year -- and then I decided to let loose (or be lazy and keep up with only one blog). The crafts have their place, and I will post them before pawning them off on my family and friends, but these things aren't created in a vacuum. I'll write just for the sake of writing here every now and then, too. Why not? So, hello again, old friend. It's nice to be back. :)