365 Day Meme: day 67: how you found out about LiveJournal, and why you made one

I found out about LiveJournal in autumn of 2001 when a friend from college showed me hers and wanted me to start my own. However, I was new to the internet and didn't "get it." I couldn't think of what I would write about (hah! How things have changed...). Eventually I started my LiveJournal in spring of 2004 after a bad break up when I was very lonely and had just been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (later changed to just "autism"). I wanted to join the asperger community and I was already reading the journals of some autistics (like moggymania). It gave me a social outlet when I was extremely isolated. I had never used internet forums, either, though I did use instant messengers by this point.

( 365 Day Meme )

10 Things Meme: Day 2

Day 01: 10 things about you.
Day 02: 10 things you love.
Day 03: 10 things you hate.
Day 04: 10 things you want to say to one person.
Day 05: 10 wishes.
Day 06: 10 items you can’t live without.
Day 07: 10 important people.
Day 08: 10 of your favorite songs.
Day 09: 10 ways to win your heart.
Day 10: final 10 words.

1. My family and friends (obviously)
2. Disney World
3. Cherry blossom trees and magnolia trees
4. Most animals
5. Random acts of kindness
6. Drawing/painting
7. Reading books of all sorts
8. Going to a Unitarian Universalist church
9. Sailor Moon (it has a lot of meaning for me and has seen me through very difficult times)
10. Ecstatic experiences of feeling union with God and the universe

5 Gratitudes

1. My two new books and Michael's whitening strips arriving today
2. Reading Illumination: The Shaman's Way of Healing and more William Blake
3. Feeling good during the evening
4. Watching Remember Me
5. Finding a good (cheap) alternative to putting in a window where the window hole currently is in my house