Thursday, May 23, 2013

Five years ago

It was almost summer in the city and cool air settled over darkened streets. Blue flickers of lightning punctuated the night, reaching out from a near silent storm creeping over the lake. Blogosphere was a different place back then. Tweeting was something you expected a bird to do. Facebook actually had more real people than digital imposters; real people who had only started to sense the sinister forces at work in their community. Blogger? Well there were a few would-be professional writers trying to get their start, hoping to some day run a forum, get advertises, maybe even sell a little merchandising for their own brand. Most of them flashed in and out of existence like the lightning from that night’s storm.



There she was. There was something different about her as she navigated through the throngs of wannabes. She had a knack for making you notice her, but never giving you a closer look; always turning to keep her face from the spotlight. She built a following, but not the sort that follows cute kittens and comments copied from the latest hollywood gossip rags. No, she wanted more from life than the momentary high of all to brief internet fame. She needed something more permanent...a partner in grime.


 Happy blogiversary!


5 comments:

Jennifer said...

Nicely done!

On a Wing and a Whim said...

Hee!

And I hear she got a darned good partner in grime, too, who'll even brave Lucas electrics until together they triumph!

Anonymous said...

What? No walking bass?

:-)

gfa

Brig said...

Congrats to both of you, it is a dear thing indeed to find a partner.

BobG said...

W00t! Two of my favorite people.