Journal Entry 001

11.02.2025: The internet used to be fun.

At some point, I became increasingly more closed off from posting On the Line™. But, with each archived post (cut to the multiple Facebook posts of me declaring my love for Glee???), I'm often reminded of the version of me that didn't shy away from the thought of sharing "that random thing I did that day" and not feeling too exposed afterward. I kind of miss that.

My relationship to social media is hard to explain and this feeling of overexposure also makes no sense because I am unequivocally not a content creator—I just like to share things I think are cool, with the hopes of other people sharing cool things with me too. The internet used to be fun for me and my favorite form of self-expression, but the current state of social media feels like its muted my creative spirit.

In the beginning of 2025, I came across a blog post by Gita Jackson titled "For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website" which dives into the shift from websites to social media and how it has ultimately stifled self-expression online. As someone who has been surfing the web since the early 2000s, I spent most of my time building blogs on Xanga with themed designs (rip to spongi_gurl & lil_chocobo); hands down, my favorite time being online.

So, here we are, a passion project that goes back to the basics: building my silly little blog and having a small space on the internet where I can creatively express myself in a way that's authentic to me.

Writer's Note: this hesitancy from the online space probably stems from my cosplaying days when my post "broke containment" and I had to disable comments because it got racist fast (yikes)! Social media is the main source to stay up-to-date with loved ones while simultaneously being an avenue for discoverability to people outside of that realm—an aggregate of "content" made just for you (but at what cost).