November 17, 2007
Seven Years
Me, c. 2000 (I think). *
Blogversary musings.
I'm trying to remember what was going on in November of 2000. I suppose there was nothing else but the election. Have I been blogging under only one administration? That seems so unlikely. I'm sure many of you are all, "But it feels like Bush has been president FOREVER!!!" but I must say it feels like I have been blogging longer. It's true I was boring and clueless about writing and other things up until about, gosh, what had to be at least 2004, but I could swear I had it together during the Clinton years! (And I know, technically, he was still president at the time.)
Look how far we've come.
I'm always confusing timelines in my head. Such as, the friendships I had in graduate school happened before I ever moved to DC and was in a relationship with that one guy, who yet never even knew me as Missy-who-is-also-blogger, and how I was in that other relationship while I was just a baby blogger (and with whom I experienced 9/11) even though it feels like that relationship happened years earlier. How did anybody meet anybody and how did we learn things? (Actually, I'd been online in some capacity since 1994.) Somewhere in there I did some theater work, and some dance performances; I took up running and then promptly abandoned it for yoga, then abandoned that; and what's the point of all this trying-to-remember-timelines anyway?
Every now and then I spend a half hour or so reading through a piece of my life--a few months as documented here and, sadly, nowhere else. I often find myself laughing, either because I was so stupid, or because I made a clever observation, or because a post brought something enjoyable (or not-so-enjoyable) from the depths of my memory and into sharp focus. I guess that's the reason I started blogging and the reason why I continue to do it. I don't use it as therapy, exhibition, or to brag; or to fill a gap in social commentary or make the world a better place. I do it because I am selfish; and if I didn't do it a lot of who I used to be would be lost forever. I guess this means that as long as I have fingers (or perhaps some sort of new-fangled voice recognition device in the event I lose my fingers and don't want to learn to type with my toes), then I shall blog.
* This could actually be 1999, I'm afraid. I really have no way of knowing. But I very much like this photo because I am positioned between a trash can and my unattended backpack, completely blocking anything recognizable of the White House, wearing a tank top that really flatters my midsection.
Posted by Missy
Comments
Wow. On-line since 1994, eh? i remember those days...wasn't it called ISCA? My lord, it has been a long time.
Posted by: Chris at November 19, 2007 07:30 AM
Happy Blogversary, Missy. Everything changes and all of it is weird. What a long strange trip. I'm glad you're still writing AND sharing photos.
Posted by: scully at November 19, 2007 09:06 AM
Thanks guys! And from two people I knew back in the early days (of BBSing and blogging).
Posted by: Missy at November 19, 2007 09:20 AM
Brava! Congrats on the first seven, and here's to many more. :)
Posted by: Kevin at November 19, 2007 05:19 PM
Congrats, from the the depths of Ohio
and on the subject of administrations, say just for arguments sake that Hillary is elected, well at the end of her first term we will be at the end of 24 years of a Bush or Clinton running the country. i guess we'll be at the end of twenty next year so I can see how you'd be surprised to have only been blogging under one administration.
Posted by: Anonymous at November 19, 2007 08:44 PM
Instalanche! Thanks, Glenn, for your years of support!
Posted by: Missy at November 20, 2007 10:18 PM
Thanks, Missy. It's a delightful blog, and I probably should visit it more often. But I make up in longevity what I lack in frequency, because I've been coming here for nearly its entire lifespan. And it's been nice to see you making such a good life for yourself along the way.
Posted by: Glenn Reynolds at November 20, 2007 10:56 PM
Been onlince since 1981.
CIS
Delphi
Genie...
Posted by: backhoe at November 21, 2007 06:07 AM
In 1981 I think I was occupied with idolizing Olivia Newton-John.
Posted by: Missy at November 21, 2007 07:24 AM
Congrats on the Blogiversary!
I lusted after Olivia Newton John for about 4 months in 1981. Then I fell for Stevie Nicks and that still hasn't faded after...Good God...over 27 years!
Posted by: Mumblix Grumph at November 24, 2007 08:41 AM
Once MTV affected my world and I stopped being a little girl, Steve Nicks became a subject of intense fascination for me. LOVE HER.
That said, Lindsey Buckingham: hubba hubba.
Posted by: Missy at November 24, 2007 10:12 PM