Making a second post only this time

[graffiti_marina]

I am really glad I got in the nostalgic mood again and decided to check my old old online journal back in the early 2000s on Open Diary to relieve some of my teen cringe and saw that website is permanently closing once again. The first time it went down with no warning and stayed that way for a few years. I don't remember how long but it was sad enough knowing that the things I documented as a kid were gone. Then it came back and of course you had to pay for it or keep a free trial for a month. Some reason, the free trial could just be renewed and you could still keep your journal, keep posting and use the website like normal. It was never locked out. Well, now it's supposedly going down for good again in a couple weeks and the only option to keep your entries is to trust this exporter site that's created specifically for OD. So I'm doing that. It's not the end of the world if I can't but having a record of what I did as a kid helps my memories because I've forgotten a lot. I like being reminded of things, no matter how trivial, that brought me some joy. The early anime conventions, working on cosplay, why I wanted to move out of Des Moines in the first place and wanting to travel but thinking I would be stuck forever. If I can get them exported, I may move them to this one but private since "teen cringe". While I'm logged on now, I might try to manually move all my posts if I don't get a response in the next day or so.

Edit-This shit isn't working, so I'll be updating all my entries manually. Blast from the past adventure today!

2nd edit- This shit sucks but I got down to the 2004s.