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Short Story: I have been blogging since I was 11. I've changed hosts and such often. This is my latest blog!

Long Story: When I was 11, we got our first real computer. Having an addictive personality, I was instantly hooked on the Internet! I don't remember why or how, but I got into designing little sites. First I started on something called http://expage.com/. If you make a mistake, and add a "s," to the end of that, I'm pretty sure you will be directed to porn. Which is why I switched to Angelfire and then Geocities.

I remember my first "real" personal site was called BlueStarz. It pretty much held my blog, and some odd cartoon dolls, which were all the rage back in the day! However, then I started to expand, mainly in the direction of NeoPets, which was another 'net obsession of mine for many years (My account still exists, although unused. You can check it out, my s/n is extreme_sugar. Not my first account though- I went through several other brilliant names such as kitty_klaw). I started making Guild Layouts. I moved around a lot and went through many site names, being the indecisive teenager that I was. Some names I had are included, but not limited to: Dreamie, Daffodil-Splash, Kiwi Kissez, and other gems in the same genre.

At some point, I got "alright," enough to be hosted! I was hosted by a girl named Kat. First it was Extreme Sugar on http://kitty-luv.com/es, then Dahling on http://dahling.lax-girl.org/, and finally The Website That Had Many Names, and The Only One I Can Remember Is "Loopygurl," on http://toxic-passion.net/ash.

Somehow, I got a free domain because I was a student, which I used for a little while! It was called Symphonic-Love.Net!

Eventually, around the 11th grade, my life got very busy, so I just stuck with things such as Diaryland (so-preppy, me-amplified), Livejournal (meamplified) and Xanga (lostdirection_x, brightSTARburnOUT), which I had also been using even while I had a personal site, although most were cross-blogs!

In grade 12, I switched blogs again, from Xanga to Blogger, because my best friend got a blog here to document her trip to Belgium. So, I followed suit, was surprised to find out that I already had acquired a Blogger account somehow, and I've been here ever since!

From 2001 until 2004 I also had an Emma Watson fan site called "Ambition." I think it was most well-known on the address emwatson.tk. Anyway, it had a good run, but I became kind of busy in high school, so I had to give it up.

Here are some WayBack archives of my past sites:
Shaded Yellow @ toxic-passion.net/ash: circa Feb 2005

The name "I've Been Awake All Week," comes from the song "Disco Lights," by one of my favourite bands, The Cadets.

On September 8, 2007, I registered the domain aisling-b.net with Webserve. There's no story behind why I chose this name, other than... it's my name. Ha ha.

Info On The Template, etc.: Well, when I stopped maintaining my personal site, I fell behind in the whole designing and coding world. All of a sudden I came back, and XML and PHP is all over, and I have no clue what to do with it! I'm kind of starting to learn, and this is the first template I've designed on my own! I liked the whole bottom sidebar thing, so I learned how to do it. The header image was made by me.

Disclaimer: I write this blog for fun. It is mainly just a day-to-day journal. If you know me in real life, please feel free to read! I mean, I gave you the address! However, if I say something that upsets or offends in someway, or you would wish me to clairify, please talk to me about it! Do not keep it inside, or gossip about it to another friend! Ha ha. I know it's probably not a big deal now, but it was a bit of a deal while we were still in school, which is the only reason I mention it.

I hope you enjoy my blog! Any comments are appreciated. Except the nasty mean ones, but they are still read and taken into account!

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