and a bit of history, if this browser doesn't crash first. (I should write this in a text editor and just cut and paste in, really.)
Around... 2000?... I was introduced to the comic "Sluggy Freelance": someone saw the photo of my sister's lop-ear Cleo, and thought she looked similar to Bun-Bun. (If you don't know what I'm talking about... have a look at the comic. And I'm so very glad the resemblance stops at looks.)
Still... from Sluggy Freelance (Gateway Web-comic, people! Ware!!...) I became a fan of Kevin & Kell, GPF, College Roomies from Hell!!!, Ozy and Millie, and others (and I'll insert the links if you like). I became involved in discussion forums (run by "UBB" software which was a bit unstable. Another issue there.) A few people I talked with on those forums had LiveJournals. I talked at some length during one of my less happy years with one artist/author I met there, who created a comic and had a journal, considered joining the site myself, and did on New Years' eve 2002.
(Oh joy, a new obsession. I do gravitate to them.) I spent a lot of time on LJ (livejournal.com) during 2002-3 especially- 2004 and 5 also, really - though after joining Wikipedia in late 2004, for example, my time was a bit divided (and after joining MySpace in mid-2005 it was just split. Work wasn't too effected- until recently which is yet another tale and even then not too seriously I think.)
Didn't get here from there directly, but almost.
Eric
