First Contact

Landed 11/13/2009.

My first entry on this site. Followed a link from an old favorite of mine from journal space. A Rarity of Extremes is the title of her musings here on Blogger. Blogged regularly at JournalSpace for a few years starting in 2002.

Things went sideways personally in 2005 and lost the urge to blog. Ironically it wasn't because I had nothing to write about, in fact it was quite the opposite. Too much to get down, and so much of it stuff I didn't want to write about because of the places it would take me. A lot of darkness frankly, being the adult child of an accomplished alcoholic.

Reading Leigh's journal here reminded me of the community I once was a part of at JS. I went to JS to look up some old friends who I followed for those years. All gone, as Leigh says in her blog the owner "lost everything". So did I for now as I surface from the despair I have dealt with and conquered, I wanted to start sharing again with those favorites on JS, and see how they all were doing. They're gone, all my old favorites. Pork Fried Rice, Class Factotum, The Meanest Girl on Earth, Silent Whisper, Internet Person, and others who's blog titles I don't remember, but I remember the authors and the thoughts they shared with the world through JS. We are all poorer for our loss of their wackiness, wisdom, travails, and laughter typed on a web page for all the world to read. If any of you on JS are here now and remember me, as my handle is the same, I missed you all during my hiatus from blogging, and hope you drop by my space and say hello. During the darkest times, your journals and thoughts helped me more than you know.