Rose Tea Written

I first used the Internet when I was little, but didn't start using it regularly until I was nine or ten. (2003-2004) Around that time my parents got a connection in the house, and since they trusted me and I was an older kid, I was free to do whatever I wanted online. I discovered fansites, which was utterly amazing to me, because I had always liked drawing my own fanart/making fan stories/theories/etc. but was told by everyone around me that it was weird. People looked down on me for being so into games and shows, and I didn't know anyone else who wanted to make their own content. Then, suddenly, there were entire COMMUNITIES full of people who not only loved Spyro the Dragon and Pokémon as much as I did, but created their own works based on it. That blew my mind! That summer, I discovered forums, and they quickly became one of my favorite things on the Internet. I joined a Pokémon fan forum called Mew's Hangout, where I made a ton of friends, and many others, including a small forum where I met someone who I'm still friends with today. That same friend introduced me to my boyfriend nearly twenty years later, who I now live with, and we went and visited her in person last year! I dislike the direction the modern web is going in, though. Personal websites and pages of fascinating written content almost extinct (the whole reason I started using the Internet!). Forums mostly gone (the other reason I liked the Internet). Social media, which is horrible, toxic, boring, and nowhere near as good as the personal websites of the past, taking over. Corporations and money owning the Internet rather than the users creating content for fun. Forcing "mobile friendly" designs on everyone, which look like garbage on desktop and make every sentence big enough to take up the whole screen. Proof that no one comes online to read anymore, which I also hate. I hate it. Usually when I go online, I post on forums, dig up old websites, or use Archive.org. There are few things about the modern web I like.

As much as I'd love to say that I genuinely don't give a single care about what random people I don't know, will never know, and will never see again think, I'd be lying. My boyfriend has mastered the art of not caring what strangers think of him, and will make his puns and dance and act silly in public all he wants, which is one of the many things I love about him. Meanwhile, I'll start thinking about whether my hair is acceptable, or if my clothes look good, or if people notice my missing tooth, or whatever, and worrying that people are looking and thinking I look bad. It's something I need to work on. I think the worry came from how people used to ACTUALLY judge me; when I was younger I put no effort into my appearance whatsoever (imagine walking around in public with rat's nest hair... *sigh*) and it was bad enough for people to notice.

Because the show only exists to sell toys. So does G4, but the people who made FiM believed in its ability to entertain and put in the effort. That said, the G3 TOYS are actually really good. That's where they put in the effort. This is something I rarely seen brought up in discussions of G3, because most bronies aren't interested in the toys, but collectors actually tend to love G3. I have a couple G3 toys and I really like them!

I find weird, obscure Internet stuff fascinating. It's funny how something can be a big deal online in 2008, yet pretty much no one remembers it today.

I had chicken tenders and leftover pasta for dinner last night.

Pretty good! I got up early and had tea, and right now I'm just having fun and reading stuff. Hopefully I can do some writing today too.

Banned because cats are wonderful and precious!

Terrace Village - Spyro the Dragon

Dale Gribble uses his Pocket Sand attack!