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| Happy blogiversary to meeeeeeeee. |
I rewatched Julie & Julia last night, and it got me thinking about blogging and how it can sometimes save our lives. And that's not hyperbole. I was at my personal worst around this time last year, and I've been fighting my way toward the surface ever since. I don't really talk about my personal life here on the ol' blog, but it still provides a release valve for my occasional insanity. And it inspires me to read more, which reminds me that life is gorgeous and sometimes terrible but then usually pretty nice again.
Plus, the beautiful people I've met through this medium are wonders of modern humanity. You know that well-worn rule of the Internet: "NEVER READ THE COMMENTS"? That doesn't remotely apply to book blogs. The comment section is where we say smart things and lovely things and become lifelong friends who will definitely sleep on each other's couches someday. This is truly the best corner of the Internet. (It's like the Hufflepuff common room: full of throw pillows and close to the snacks.)
So book blogger friends far and wide, I love you.
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| This one's for you. |
Awww, thanks for all of the luv. Twue wuv.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that last year was so hard and I'm super-sorry to read that. But since you have a lot of support here through your fellow bloggers, maybe share a little of that when you're feeling that way again. We'll build you up, Buttercup!
And how can this year not be better? You've got a Hufflepuff scarf, a wand, and a jaunty pose. Life is good.
OMG YOUR GIFS I LOVE THEM ALL
ReplyDeleteGirl. We love you so much. Sooooooooooo much. I don't even want to CONTEMPLATE you not having a book blog. That sounds like the worst. Gross.
This is the best of groups. All the hugs for you.
Yesssssss book blog comments are always the best! AHEM *tries to look modest cause this is so not going to be an earth shattering comment*
ReplyDeleteBut yes yaaaay and OMG I can't even believe it's been two years already cause I REMEMBER WHEN YOU APPEARED, and also I REMEMBER LAST YEAR'S BLOG BIRTHDAY (I can't say blogiversary, it's the worst word, dude) so basically we have been doing this too long. OR NOT LONG ENOUGH.
I don't even know why I'm shouting. It's late. But LOVE YOU MEGS!!
I love the idea that our corner of the internet is the Hufflepuff common room. That's the best description and also I love you all.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad the blog has helped you through tough times, and I don't want to put too much pressure on you or anything but YOU CAN NEVER STOP BLOGGING WE ALL NEED YOU.
HUFFLEPUFF PRIDE FOREVS
ReplyDeleteFun fact: Our wedding officiant said that at the very beginning of our ceremony, MUCH to our surprise and delight.
ReplyDeleteYou DID build me up, Ems! You may not have realized it, but you did. And my year has been so much better for so many reasons, not least of which this scarf that I'm currently wearing and this wand that I'm currently waving.
Well I love YOU all. All the many sides of Alice.
ReplyDeleteWell SOMETIMES we say smart things in the comments. I guess that's probably not the norm, since we're mostly busy going OMG THAT GIIIIIIIIIIF.
ReplyDeleteBlogiversary is the dumbest word.
It's so cozy and safe. It's the Hufflepuffiest place in the whole Internet.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes need the pressure to keep me from wandering away from the computer in search of cookies.
Is it weird that the combination of this post and that Katharine Hepburn gif makes me want to weep a bit? I just love you so, you see. You are the most wonderful, and I'm so glad this year has been better than the last, and I'm so glad that first Wilkie readalong happened so that I got to meet you and all our Hufflepuff buddies, and YOU ARE GREAT AND I'M GOING TO STOP TYPING NOW BUT KNOW THAT I'M NOT REALLY DONE GUSHING.
ReplyDeleteThat isn't weird AT ALL, because I wept while I was writing it. But I'm pretty glad I opted against the Christopher Robin/Winnie the Pooh GIF.
ReplyDeleteI love you ever so, and I wish you didn't live in the faraway frozen tundra. I'm jealous of the mooses, for they get to be near you.
Happy blog birthday! I have known you for the teensiest fraction of your blog life but I'm super glad I got know you because you are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteDAMN THE MOOSES WHO GET TO LIVE NEAR KAYLEIGH
ReplyDelete*I*...meant all of us. Because I feel empowered to speak for the group. SO CONFIDENT WAS I IN OUR COLLECTIVE MEGS LOVE.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, I have found myself countless times over the last couple of days humming, whistling, or singing bits of that Shania Twain song. So well done, you, when it comes to penetrating my unconscious mind. May you always (or at least mostly) use your powers for Good.
ReplyDeleteIt may be a teensy fraction but it is an INFLUENTIAL one. You're quite potent, you see.
ReplyDeleteIt never occurred to me not to be proud of my Hufflepuff heritage. But people from the outside world keep on looking at me askance and asking, "Hufflepuff? Really?" *clutches scarf to bosom*
ReplyDeleteI have a powerful urge to transcribe the first few lines of "The Song That Never Ends." I WILL RESIST.
ReplyDeleteALL THE HUGZ FOR YOU on this happy happy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteAlso, let's just keep hanging in our Hufflepuff-Common-Room corner of the internet, reading great books and drinking all the coffee and being loving yet snarky with each other, yes?
LET'S NEVER LEAVE HERE. *nestles in*
ReplyDeleteHEY I'M LATE TO THIS PARTY /throws confetti in an empty room
ReplyDeleteYou're the best, Megs. I'm so glad you're my friend and I will ABSOLUTELY sleep on your couch someday. <3
WELL you were in Mexico I think. So that's a pretty good excuse.
ReplyDeleteNOT IF I SLEEP ON YOUR COUCH FIRST (in London *fingers crossed*).
Congrats on the blogiversary (which is indeed a super-awkward word), and I love how you plug your Hufflepuff heritage :P
ReplyDeleteHuzzah for your awesomeness and keep those gifs and reviews coming! :D