Very That

melissabeck:

A very young person on Twitter just said he’d like to start “a blog or something with just words.” I instantly felt old as shit recalling the days I’d sit in my studio apartment in LA putting up “web entries” before I knew it was even called “web logging,” then shortened to just “blogging.” In the year 2000, y’all. I kept that blog going into 2009. Just words. One place. Old school PrincessMelissa. It had exactly three looks in nine years. There were the icons of my paintings on the original. Then there was the splash page where you click on the sofa to come in, like “Have a seat and read with me.” And then there was the tiny PrincessMelissa logo all over with the tag line “Them chickens is ash and I’m lotion.” People really liked that last one because it had font control! Make this bigger, wow!

Some folks have emailed me to say that they’ve been reading my stuff for ten plus years. I’m like FOR REAL FOR REAL? Thank you! (small voice) We are old! But wasn’t it so great then? This whole thinking up original content. There was no reblog button. Think about that shit. Whoa. Anyway, in the spirit of “just words,” I’m going to dust some of those relics of the past off and present them here. Let’s start with Lomi stomping through my vagina, shall we? 

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Since 2003, girl. Yes yes. Loving your “cubicle people shout outs” with every ounce. Bookmarked then, bookmarked now. Can’t think of my #1 right now but I love everything and anything with Shorty and Mercy. Oh, and the big ass diamond ring.