I feel like we were very similar people as teenagers. I was a little online recluse from ages 14 - 22 or so. I also got weirdly into those dollmaker sites - why were those so entertaining? I have no idea if any of mine still exist. Possibly they are locked forever in my extinct Photobucket account.
1. We did not have a Hotsteppers or anything equivalent as I grew up in a fairly small city in Virginia. I have no idea where the "cool kids" went after school because I was not friends with any of them (nor did I want to be).
2. I basically lived on Livejournal and also enjoyed making mixes for artofthemix.com. I published original fiction on fictionpress.com and really loved the blogs Blastmilk and The Dainty Squid (who still writes!)
3. I am married (what, really???) and to a person I had a crush on at summer camp when I was 16. I have gotten over my body discomfort enough to at least embrace wearing dresses and more feminine styles. And I have lived out of the country!
“I saw one of them in a McDonald’s once and instead of saying hi he snuck up behind me and put a pickle slice on my head.” This boy has thought of this many times since that day I bet; “I don’t understand why that didn’t work, what do women want?!”
those are 3 very cool things! i definitively remembering having a note to myself to live in either Vancouver, Toronto, London, New York or Tokyo when I was a teen. managed to cross two off the list!!
Olivia. I saw the thumbnail and had the most instant, visceral reaction. 😂 I, too, was into dolling in a big way. I don't remember Eden Enchanted specifically, but I'm sure I stumbled into it at some point. The Internet of my girlhood was a glittery, pixelated dreamworld. So crazy to think back.
I was the complete opposite. I learned coding in HTML in my teens (CSS wasn't a thing then and in any case I was only forced to learn it in my mid-20s) and had my first kiss at 24.
I feel like we were very similar people as teenagers. I was a little online recluse from ages 14 - 22 or so. I also got weirdly into those dollmaker sites - why were those so entertaining? I have no idea if any of mine still exist. Possibly they are locked forever in my extinct Photobucket account.
1. We did not have a Hotsteppers or anything equivalent as I grew up in a fairly small city in Virginia. I have no idea where the "cool kids" went after school because I was not friends with any of them (nor did I want to be).
2. I basically lived on Livejournal and also enjoyed making mixes for artofthemix.com. I published original fiction on fictionpress.com and really loved the blogs Blastmilk and The Dainty Squid (who still writes!)
3. I am married (what, really???) and to a person I had a crush on at summer camp when I was 16. I have gotten over my body discomfort enough to at least embrace wearing dresses and more feminine styles. And I have lived out of the country!
“I saw one of them in a McDonald’s once and instead of saying hi he snuck up behind me and put a pickle slice on my head.” This boy has thought of this many times since that day I bet; “I don’t understand why that didn’t work, what do women want?!”
but women LOVE to pretend to be burgers!
Great read!
Here are my top 3 things that would impress my younger self:
1. Lived in several locations around the world including big cities.
2. Taught yoga classes and retreats for 20 years.
3. Performed live music in cool nightclubs! That would make my teenage head explode.
those are 3 very cool things! i definitively remembering having a note to myself to live in either Vancouver, Toronto, London, New York or Tokyo when I was a teen. managed to cross two off the list!!
And thank you for bringing up good memories of that time. The internet was a noman’s land. Anything goes.
I used to find very unique websites that published crappy mp3s of very old and rare recordings. It was more thrilling than social media.
Olivia. I saw the thumbnail and had the most instant, visceral reaction. 😂 I, too, was into dolling in a big way. I don't remember Eden Enchanted specifically, but I'm sure I stumbled into it at some point. The Internet of my girlhood was a glittery, pixelated dreamworld. So crazy to think back.
What a wild time! Thanks for the nostalgia.
I had so many blogs! I wrote about anime, kept and shared images from them. I also wished they were still accessible somewhere.
I was the complete opposite. I learned coding in HTML in my teens (CSS wasn't a thing then and in any case I was only forced to learn it in my mid-20s) and had my first kiss at 24.