OD: 818 Entries; Farewell. in Public Entries

*This is my first and final crosspost from OD. A sad end.

818, now 819 entries. While I admittedly haven't been writing in the last few years, I never stopped reading and I've called TOD/OD home since July 14, 2003. Somehow I have an entry dated January 1, 2003 but it's an obvious error, probably from back when TOD had so many errors we were posting from TOD write by neoeno back in 2005. Wow. I remember the last days of TOD feeling a lot like the last while here. People desperately trying to hold onto their diaries they had so much invested in, but being plagued by errors and posting issues. You could never depend on the site to be up.

I started at TOD as a depressed 15 year old trying to find a voice and trying to get away from the world. My first entries were all very short, and filled with anxiety and sadness even if they didn't seem it to other people. Reading over them now I can remember the feelings I had writing them back then, from the old computer in my grandparent's gun room on dial up. My Nan would constantly beg me to disconnect because I was busying up the phone line and she was concerned about the amount of time I spent online, nothing has changed there.

By some odd chance on July 14, 2006 I imported my TOD over to OD in an attempt not to lose my past. I had already lost my Bloop diary (where so many TOD people were cross posting during the TOD errors) and didn't want to lose my TOD past too. I said I'd probably never post but quickly changed my mind and gave it a chance. It was a stark difference from the fancy HTML Diary Designs of TOD to this plain design. It was a good decision to start writing, since OD was here for me through a lot.

Over the years I've had times of more entries than needed, and none at all. I've been here through the OD boards (and met a big chunk of my friends there), fears of losing my diary, the OD lifeboat, and much more. Still, I'm sad to see this place go. Thank you to everyone who I met here who has helped me become who I am. It's funny how an online community of people who you've mostly never met can mean so much to a person. I'd say good-bye, but I know that most of us will find ways to keep up with each other. With that in mind, here's how to find me:

Facebook: here (Make sure you tell me who you are, or I won't accept.) Twitter: here Instagram: here And of course, the ever present Prosebox: here

My Prosebox is pretty empty right now, but maybe I'll start to post there soon. I'd say I won't, but I said I'd never write here too. It's with a heavy heart and tear filled eyes that I say I love you all, OD. Catch you on the flip side, because this is far from the end of My Story.