My first entry on this site months ago was an attempt at feeling inspired again. I wanted to want to write. It didnt happen. Today, I found out through a mutual friend, that OD was shutting down forever. Not temporarily offline. Not unavailable for updates. Gone for good. For 14 years that place was my home. It housed the thoughts and feelings and experiences I had gone through and felt over those past 14 years. And next week when I log on to check in on my friends, there will be nothing there but a vast hole and an error message. It is enough to make me tear up. Its like losing a friend.
I made the smart move of downloading my diary--all 2500 pages of it. I about fell over. Doesnt seem like I could have written that much. I went in and posted a quick good bye entry, found a lot of my favs here on this site and somehow I still feel incomplete. It almost feels like I am the new kid in an unfamiliar school. I am still trying to get my bearings, not used to the unfamiliar surroundings. I hope I am able to find myself on here. I have been missing for some time now and even just these few keystrokes have made me feel better.
I am going to poke around a bit--read some entries and see how I am supposed to know who is a friend and who has updated and so on.
Hopefully, I will see you around..
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