i doubt most of you are still out there, accessing this old blog, but hey, might as well make a post, y'know? i guess it's just a sentimental thing, to revisit everything in a post from the dead.
now, you may be wondering, oh boy, what's alia lotuspetal doing back here? and the answer is, just reminiscing, i guess!
well to begin with, i apologize that the blog has been down for ages! there was an issue with my domain, and now that its all fixed up, you can access all these cringeworthy old blog posts! ...yeah, looking back on some of these, i realize i was a totally different person... but i've matured a lot, i guess, and what matters is that i had fun back during those days!
now to be completely honest, i haven't played wizard101 in... a long time. like, a long long time. ...okay, i'll admit, i got back on the other night and stayed up playing hide and seek with some of my friends, but still! it's been a long time! alia's still stuck in zafaria just as she was before, somewhere not too far from stone town.
and i'm still friends with a lot of people i met on wizard101, actually... i think that's the biggest thing that impacts me today, looking back. i still talk to lots of people i met through this blog. all of my best friends today were bloggers, actually! and yup, if you still remember amy dreamcatcher, we're still best friends in real life! so i have to say, going through all this old stuff, it's amazing that this community has led me to develop friendships that are lasting today, almost 5 years since i joined this game.
back to what i was saying before--it's embarrassing, really, how immature some of these posts are! but hey, i guess you can't blame me. and i'll let you in on a bit of a secret here... when i started this blog, i was 9 years old! that's right, 9! of course, i turned 10 about a month later, but i was fairly young. that means i quit this blog around 12, and i'm now 14. bet that's a bit of a shocker, huh? but it's probably not as surprising how foolish i was now that you know.
however, if it weren't for this blog, this community, and this entire game, i wouldn't have matured as much as i have. my experiences here as alia lotuspetal taught me some valuable lessons that still stick with me today.
i can't possibly thank the community enough for the effect being here has had on my life. seriously, thank you so much, all of you, who ever read my blog, met up with me in wizard101, read my fanfictions and saw my art... everyone, thank you so much!!
ahh this is such a messy unorganized post... it's hard to organize my thoughts when it comes to my experiences as a blogger in the w101 community, though, since it was such a big part of my life for so long. and it was a while ago, too, it's been two years since ive made a post here. it's kind of overwhelming in a way. but it's okay, i guess. just wanted to let you guys know that i'm still doing well, and that being here has really changed me and my everyday life.
once again, i am absolutely grateful for all that has happened in the time i spent being a wizard101 blogger and player. it's been quite a while since i've called it quits, and the road ahead of my leaving turned out to be pretty rocky, but i really have to say... i don't think i regret anything at all.
you guys are the best!! remember that alia lotuspetal will just be afk for a very long time somewhere in the spiral, and who knows, maybe we'll meet again someday!
