Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The Blogiversary

As of this Thursday, I’ve been doing this blog for six years. It’s weird because it really doesn’t feel that long. Two or three years, tops. But time seems to be going by a lot faster these days, so maybe that’s the reason why.

When I look back on my first posts, I totally cringe. I had no idea what I was doing, I swear! Back then, I posted every day, usually about whatever was on my mind at that particular time. Which means a lot of in depth posts on the minutia of writing and other really stupid things. No etymology! No stick figures! Just blathering. Lots and lots of blathering.

If I could go back in time…well, I’d totally warn myself about the total sh!tstorm the world was going to turn into in 2016. But if I could go back in time an only warn myself about blogging related stuff, I’d tell myself “Seriously, maybe don’t write down every thought that’s in your head. You know what people like? Cat pictures. Also stick figure comics for some reason.” Hindsight, amiright? I suppose the blog wouldn’t be what it was if it hadn’t gone through that awkward growth, but man. Embarrassing.

Six years. If this blog were a kid, it would be in school by now. It would also be that weird kid that no one can figure out what the hell they’re talking about. And the name! I’m going to be honest: I went with Still Writing… because I am really, really bad with names. It was literally all I could come up with after several hours of mulling it over. Now I’m kind of stuck with it. Why do names have to be so hard???

So I guess that’s all for this year’s reflections. I think I’ll take my own advice and shut up and leave you with a cat picture.


Yes, her mouth is open in that pic. She’s so classy.

12 comments:

  1. Congratulations on six years!
    My blog name is my name. Original, huh?
    Yeah, we're sad. Keep doing the stick figures.

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  2. Happy six year anniversary. Love the cat picture but next year I want cat stick figures.

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  3. LOL! Cat pictures... Well, they're definitely popular. Happy blogoversary! Have some cheese, eh?

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  4. Such a sweetie!

    Happy blogoversary. My start date for the writing blog's a bit fuzzy. Started at Myspace, transferred a bunch of posts all over at once, and then burned the Myspace bridge.

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  5. Happy blog birthday! You can never go wrong with cat pictures.

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  6. Happy blogiversary. Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with blathering on. Sometimes it's great to put those sorts of things out there.

    Still Writing... is a great name. But you're right, good names are hard to come up with. I stole my blog name from a movie. I probably should have gone with my name, but it's too late to change it now.

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  7. Happy 6 years!

    My blog started our for my book series, so I really wish I could change the address now.

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  8. Ha, ha, ha. I'm not a fan of stick figures anywhere else but here. You've got the market cornered. :)

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  9. Congrats. I also cringe at my earlier posts. My blogging seems so much more natural now.

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  10. In January I'll be starting my 6th year of blogging. :) I like the point that if our blogs were kids they'd be in school by now. That made me chuckle.

    Congratulations!!!

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  11. Congratulations! 6 years is a long time. I look back at my earlier blog posts and cringe a little too. But then, I also sometimes stumble across something I'm weirded out that I wrote because I have no memory of doing or thinking the stuff in it.

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