*taps microphone* is this thing on?

I'm not sure I remember how blogging works.

All my online socializing skills have been eaten by social media. What am I going to write in this post except "hello, here I am, I'm trying to use Dreamwidth again!"? Is this site even mobile optimized? Are people even using blogging platforms from their desktop computers?

Am I going to tell that world that I'm sitting at home with a cold right now, that it's a week until Christmas and I haven't finished all the presents for my bf? Or that I'd rather be working on that too-long gen fic about a locked-room murder mystery set in pre-Dagor-Bragollach Doriath? That I worry about having lost my drawing skills again, but don't have enough time to practice properly? Even posting a blog entry without f-lock feels utterly weird.

So I'd rather stop typing and wait for things to come. And if anyone actually read all this: Well, hello, here I am, it's nice to talk to you!