“Because We Don’t Want to be Medicore.”
Life, Musings, Site Related April 8th, 2008So I was procrastinating from work yesterday night and I was randomly flicking through my archives (note: my archives page doesn’t work properly, for some reason half my plugins are broken) and I came across this entry written in 2003. It was this really long, angry rant because some girl on the internet whom I didn’t even know, wrote about how she thought I was elitist and unoriginal. It’s pretty embarrassing, now that I think about it, particularly how indignant I felt about said accusation. *facepalm* -_-’ I sometimes wonder if I should just erase the archives, given how so much of what was said isn’t really “me” any more, but on the other hand, it’s amusing to look back to see how I was before.
But what I SHOULD be doing is either going to sleep or continue my research on online censorship (the topic I chose for my IT law essay). I think… I’ll go to sleep. *snooze*
When I converted my archives over to WordPress I had to go through and assign each post to the correct categories (this was before I realised there was a batch category plugin - d’oh) and I couldn’t believe some of the crap I was reading. Every other entry me updating with “new layout!!!!” and I whined A LOT.
The sad part was not reading through that, but realising that I’ve barely changed an ounce in terms of attitude and the amount I complain.
Woe!
I guess there are fundamental stuff that are difficult to change. If someone called me elitist and unoriginal now, I’d definitely feel indignant, though probably not just so incoherently angry about it. :P
Still, you probably had a right to be incoherently angry.. your main domain was one of the most originally designed - and as such, inspiring - personal sites of its “era”. :)
I used to do that with my livejournal. A lot of embarassing (and ridiculous) entries were archived there. I ended up deleting it because it was such a long time ago and well, no need to keep re-living the past!
I try not to read my archives because I know I’d end up deleting most of them anyways :P I just leave it as it is. For sites that are already dead/discontinued, I just keep a copy but I’m not going to touch it!
Pshaw. Going back through my archives to check what a tool I used to be is, like, my #1 favourite pastime! You can’t give up that little piece of your history.
Think of it as a learning experience; if you don’t go back and review your past mistakes once in a while, you’re just gonna keep making them. Or something.
I have fun going through my archives too, especially my “rants”; they weren’t too bad I guess but they certainly weren’t as insightful as I used to think they were. :P
It feels awkward to look back on the way I used to think when I was younger. I always try and pinpoint exactly when I changed, but I guess it’s more of a process… At least I don’t suck as much as I used to?
I know how you feel. I read my really old entries before from ‘02/’03, and all I can say is “WTF?” I was really really HYPER (LOLz), and I used to type this!!! o___O? And a special message to all: *insert random anime pretty boy*, I LOVE YOU!!! *blushes, runs, then trips* ^_^;;;
Ha! I used to talk like that a lot too!! Lots of *action action* and emoticons such as ^^; and ^__^;. I don’t use those as much any more, though I still think emoticons are plenty useful! :3
“yesterday night” - WIN BELINDA!
With that said, surely the whole “our experiences shape the person we become” theory applies here? If you go back through my LiveJournal entries of 2004…it’s not pretty, but I wouldn’t delete them for the world. There are some things I don’t want to forget. :)
I’m a sucker for retaining records of past events myself, so if I were to ever rid of them, it would only be publicly. I’d never want to lose a copy of how I was growing up!
It’s amazing to see how much we change over the years when we look back on our bloggies. xD
Even if it’s slightly embarrassing and unsettling, looking through old archives is fun. I’m essentially the same. The only difference is that my entries now sound more mature (I use capital letters even though I’m still not really a fan and I’m less hyper). I may not actually be more mature, though. :P
Don’t erase your archives!
I have trouble deleting and throwing out stuff. It’s hard for me lol.
I find it, too, extremely embarrasing and cringe-y. Lol.
But I did find that I wrote really good entries on my myspace blog. It actually did like sound like something I’d write lol.
But yeah, I agree with everyone in that you shouldn’t delete it. Memories! ^^ (whether good or bad)
That reminds me of when I went back and read my old old OLD blogs and found all the crap I used to write about such as my then-boyfriends :|
Everyone feels that way about their old blog entries. I know I do! But part of the point of writing it down was so that we’d have proof of how idiotic we were. Haha. So never erase your archives!
Reading old entries is amusing. I was reading old entries from 2004 before, and my oh my… I was so angry, haha.
I enjoy looking through my old journal entries even though they make me cringe most of the time. xD I guess the pleasure is in the confidence that I have, at least, changed. Hehe.