Writer's Block: How I got on LJ

[laura_seabrook]

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Now here's the thing - I can't remember.

I have my suspicions, but I can't be sure. The first entry I ever did was on the 8th June 2003 in the octobrianaoz journal. Now this entry is about seeing the first sequel to The Matrix, and of staying up late to research Blogs for my TAFE course.

I was studying library science at Newcastle (actually at Islington) TAFE at the time, and I think on top of everything else I raided various sections of the TAFE library. One section I went through was 741.59 or there-abouts, and found an interesting book about web comics. Another section was the low 001s which was computer and in that I found the rough guide to Blogs. That may have been where I heard of LJ. However there are two other possibilities.

I had just discovered The Matrix Explained Forums which was a hotbed of hysteria over the possible meanings of the end of the sequel (was Zion a real place or another layer in the Matrix? How come Neo could stop the hunter-killers with a wave of his hand, would Trinity have a baby in #3? - that sort of thing). It may have been that someone there had an LJ account.

I was also (and still am) on the Wombat list, and there was a cross-over between people on that list and on LJ.

Puzzling, but I won't lose any sleep over it.