I started this account when I was 14.
I'm 23 now with 2 undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Nursing.
I have a chocolate lab named Maple.
I'm a Disney annual passholder and have been since I moved away for college 5.5 years ago.
I'm now fluent in conversational French.
I never learned Japanese like I wanted to.
I cosplay and have met so many rad friends through it.
I don't think I've gotten taller since I was 14.
I finally saw snow for the first time.
I haven't been to Japan, but I've been to France, Italy, Ireland, Belize, Honduras, and the Caribbean.
I love Alice Nine but I can't tell you the last time I've actually bought something from them.
I don't really draw or paint anymore.
But I still love it.
My 9 year anniversary of this account was 3 days ago and it led me back here to comb through the archives of the better part of my teenage years. You know that feeling when you stumble across tons and tons of cringey things that you've shared or said when you rightfully should not have had access to the internet? Yeah that's been this entire evening for me.
All of this to say, I feel a melancholic sense of nostalgia looking over this page and the relationships that were made through art and mutual interests. Honestly, in the real world, it doesn't seem as simple a formula as it did on here where I met so many fun, wonderful, inspiring, and kind creators. To all of those great people (
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, and others who have long since deleted their accounts) who at the time I would have undoubtedly called you friend, I would like to say thank you and I hope with all that I have that life has been treating you well. I remember our conversations not just by reading them, but by remembering those scenarios and how they made me feel talking to you. It seems so silly to say but honestly, you guys became pieces of me that I did not know were there and for that, I am forever grateful. I am active on twitter (@ koalatey) and instagram (@ teaffani) if you see this and would like to catch up
And to anyone else who has read this and is still active on this site, please enjoy and remember these times! Even if you get to the age where you feel like you should delete your account I urge you to put that thought on pause. If you keep your account, you get great nights like the one I'm having right now and can go through it all with a smile and occasional cringing.
Thank you all for the love, encouragement, and friendship when I was active on this site <3