So...this is interesting.
I will be honest in saying I have occasionally dabbled in other "writing" sites but they all never compared to my OD. I mean, I have been there since the very beginning practically...when OD was a very small community and you almost knew everyone. I made so many friends, fell in lust and love more than a few times, mostly with just the writing of some very talented folks. I mourned at the passing of old friends and celebrated new faces arriving. I followed the lives of some people like a ridiculously obsessed stalker..even so far as thinking about whatever life situation they were dealing during my own life.
It is difficult to say goodbye...and I'm not saying goodbye completely yet. I remember losing SO MUCH of my writing during the big black out...I remember accidentally deleting a whole year of writing after saving it incorrectly....i remember when I had too many notes to follow..and I remember when no one followed me at all. I remember every single diary I created, and the one that stayed with me the longest, yesican.
But the site is not as it once was, is it? Ignoring the bad job of keeping the site functioning and thriving, a lot of people have left...outgrowing it...moving on. And I miss them. A few left such a hole in me that I didn't write very much after they parted the site. I don't write much in it now. It just doesn't hold the same magic it once did...and that is sad.
So while mourning my loyalty to a site that helped me through so many difficult times, I am celebrating this place. I kinda like it here so far...much better than the other places I have looked out.
I will give it a try. Here it goes. :)
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