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What is this? It appears very much as though it is a LiveJournal post that I wrote ten years ago. That is a long time in LiveJournal years.

LiveJournal has been with me through a wedding, a marriage, the collapse of a marriage and divorce. I have been here through my progression from a dude who was starting to learn to ride into some kind of ridiculous horse obsessive who travels the world seeking precious equestrian expertise leading to the single greatest adventure of my adult life, through three bands ( and two sets of recordings available on amazon, one of which is now only £1.73, the other is in the top 235000 mp3s and genuinely excellent ), four larp characters, three houses and numerous jobs. LiveJournal introduced me to a lot of excellent people whose company and adventures I have enjoyed reading and many of whom I feel as though I have got to know well through this wordy medium.

Of course it was also responsible for introducing me to the love of my life and much of our developing relationship and joyous time together has been fairly well documented here. Days spent with Sari are gold and magic and sunshine and I would wish for nothing better than to spend as much time as I possible can in her company.

I'm a lot older than I was then ( I have been on here nearly a quarter of my life ) and my hair is starting to get a little bit peppery but I have lived an interesting and busy decade and I have enjoyed sharing a lot of it with you.

Now I think this part probably is remarkable- after ten years I still have the same free, advertising-free, account with the six userpics that I set up back in 2004. Come to think of it I'm also using the same theme, possibly that does show a concerning lack of imagination. The userpic I am using now is the first one I ever set up. Two of them feature horses who now run in the fields beyond the fields and who helped set me on the path to being the person I am. They're all horses and I expect it to stay that way. If something is important to you, a tiny JPG is the best way to express that, no doubt. I changed the tagline though, the day I came up with the phrase "brute force and erudition" I knew it was a keeper. Here's to many more years shared with all my favourite imaginary internet friends!

Date: 14 Aug 2014 15:10 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhyssafireheart.livejournal.com
Wow, time flies! Now you're making me wonder how long I've been on LJ and what one of my first posts was. I haven't been too active here at all the past few years, but I haven't been overly, visibly active anywhere online the past few years.

:)

Date: 14 Aug 2014 21:28 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glenatron.livejournal.com
Hey, I haven't seen you around in a while! It certainly felt like a while looking back, but there are some pretty long breaks on my part too. I occasionally re-read my old stuff and it's nice to be able to see where I was at a few years ago and follow the path that brought me here. I suspect I will regret some of those gaps in future...

Date: 15 Aug 2014 15:46 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhyssafireheart.livejournal.com
Well, it would depend on what caused the gaps though. Sometimes, life happens.

I did go back and figure out I've only been here for about 7.5 years now, which actually isn't as long as I'd thought. Still going to take some time to read back some of my old posts.

And I'm always reading, just not commenting or posting. :)

Date: 15 Aug 2014 00:49 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] harnessphoto.livejournal.com
Happy ten LJ years!

Date: 15 Aug 2014 07:42 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glenatron.livejournal.com
Thank you! I think it has worked out pretty well. Looks like you have a year and a bit until you hit a decade, not so long though :)

Date: 15 Aug 2014 15:40 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] siberian-angel.livejournal.com
Congrats to ten years on here! Isn't it an awesome feeling to reflect and see where the road has taken you, what you've accomplished? Here's to ten more years!! ;)

Date: 17 Aug 2014 08:25 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glenatron.livejournal.com
It's certainly been a winding road, but a relatively steady direction. I think I was already the person I am now when I started my journey, which is kind of a relief- if I had started it when I was a little younger it might have been a lot more awkward at the start...

Date: 22 Aug 2014 19:32 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] penella22.livejournal.com
Would I even recognize your LJ without that userpic? I think not.

Date: 26 Aug 2014 18:31 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] re-vised.livejournal.com
Happy belated LJversary! I wish I would have kept my old journal, so I could take a look back to the past. Oh well...!

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