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A paean for Livejournal and the early 2000s internet

20 year old JJ, back when I was living in London, smoking cigarettes (don’t do this, kids), and chemically straightening my hair in an attempt to fit in with the trends of 2005. You can see how much my roots are protesting this by developing a life of their own.

I know I am au courant with the Youths™ when I start waxing rhapsodic about the early 2000s.

I know I am Old when it’s not the fashion nor the scene I’m nostalgic for, but Livejournal.

Some of y’all might have seen a half-baked essay idea from me a few weeks ago, back when my bipolar meds were being tweaked and I was in the middle of depression. I had called it A paean for Livejournal, and I had intended on exploring what coming of age on the internet was like twenty years ago vs. what I imagine it must be like today. I scheduled it, then forgot I hadn’t finished it, …