Lords of Kobol, hear my prayer...

Well, I did it. I finally deleted my LJ account.

It's bittersweet, to say the least, but I cannot lie to say that there's a bit of a relief to it. I think I was holding on as I was because LJ was the first online website I ever joined. I created it in 2003 when I was still in high school, so it was a huge part of my life. But of course it's less about the place in particular and more of the people and community that it had, and once that started dwindling away I was deluding myself that somehow people would find their way back, and some did trickle in here and there but mostly the sense of community that I loved was no longer active. And, well, with everything going on there is a sense of unease of staying, something I've been contemplating for a while, too, just in a general sense.

So it is sad in a way, like an end of an era, but I don't regret it.

I guess I mourn what could eventually be lost in the process, should anything happen, because there's so much fandom history stored on LJ that the possibility of those things not being preserved and archived would be a shame. I know some are trying to find ways of archiving certain communities, but there's so much and so little time to do so. Even I tried to save some of the things I had in my memories, but there was so much content that it was impossible to do so.

But I have my entries/comments imported, I have followed my fellow ljfriends who have also migrated to DW, and I'm finding newer friends along the way. So that's good. It's just a continuation of what I was already doing, but like a fresh start in a sense.

(On a random note: I'm still amazed that for all the years I was on LJ I was able to maintain the "Dystopia" skin for entirety of the site, even when they tried to get me to the newest site updates I never did. So I had the "old LJ" layout despite them attempting to look and have additions similar to other social media platforms. I guess that was by pure luck. Heh.)

++ ✧･ﾟ:* Merry Christmas! *:･ﾟ✧ I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, if you celebrated. Mine was relatively lowkey, we didn't really get as festive as we usually do due to the fact that we sort of started getting ready for the season later than normal. But overall, it was pretty okay.

++ Apparently Writer's Block is back. I never thought I would see the day.

++ Orphan Black Season 3 teaser, and in case anyone else who doesn't know already Ksenia Solo from Lost Girl will be guest-starring in the new season!

++ Okay, so I'm not part of the Legend of Korra fandom, but hearing about what happened in the series finale it makes me incredibly happy to see a F/F relationship featured in a children's program, and yes, it has been officially confirmed canon and fully acknowledged as a bisexual relationship by the creators. While there was no actual on-screen kiss, it definitely was a big step in the right direction of having some representation. Also, I've been watching reaction videos and I love seeing all the excited, flaily responses, this one being my favorite because I can totally relate being an utter fangirling mess when it comes to my ships. Like, I feel you girl, I feel you. And to have your particular ship be shown and confirmed as canon when you never thought it would be, especially in acknowledgment about the development of their relationship and sexuality? That is an awesome and amazing thing. I just feel so happy for all you Korrasami fans out there. (✿◠‿◠)

Huge welcome to all new friends: pocochina, malicat, green_wing, and zombie_boogie.

I haven't done one of these things in a long time, so I'm not particularly sure what to say. So I figured that a meme would suffice in the whole "getting to know me" thing (at least for now). Needless to say, I'm happy that there's more friending memes being circulated about now.

( That little LJ meme thing )

In light of recent events, by that I mean the abrupt changes this site has made and causing much kerfuffle by the majority of its users despite them not really giving a damn about our concerns, there's been a massive amount of non-activity, at least from my observation via my own friendslist. Everyone seems to have migrated elsewhere, be it Tumblr or Dreamwidth, or just aren't online anymore these days or just up and deleted their journal for good. Of course it's not all due to the stupidity of these changes, some people have just moved on and that's fine, but having been on LJ since 2003 I've come to know many amazing people and seeing them not online anymore, no word on where they went, just makes me kinda sad.

If you're still here give a shout-out. Also, if you're located elsewhere, let me know those as well.

I'm mostly on Tumblr these days: cylon-angel

I'll still be posting here, obviously. I still hate what this site has done (and continues to do) and part of me wants to just switch over to Style 2 so I can get a customized layout so I don't have to deal with the stupidity of the comments section or how the entries look in my journal. Of course, I don't know what that would cost me (if I change it will I get the original back if I don't like S2?) Or should I switch everything over to DreamWidth instead? Just, gah. Idk. :/

Petition Against New Recent Changes On LiveJournal

Because this is some fucked up bullshit right here.

I didn't become a paid member so the most simplistic features would become complicated and that the entire LJ staff would ignore everyone's concerns and input, or even allow our input or consulting with us before making these ridiculous changes. Sign the petition and also let them know in this post here.