It was around this time five years ago, when Ayraethazide was created. A new pseudonym, a new blog, a new means of sharing my thoughts and creations for the interest and enjoyment of all who happen upon them serendipitously. Ayraethazide, a breath of fresh ayr.
It exists, in its current form, as an ensemble of multiple blogs - admittedly, some get much more attention than others, but hey. The initial concept of Ayraethazide was one to serve an audience of my inner thoughts and experiences. The very first spark of inspiration came from a dear friend of mine, who liked my account of our Year 11 prom so much that he suggested I post similar stories on here. Instantly, I was a fan of the idea, and began my adventure here on Tumblr, telling my stories first to my pillow, and then my diary, and then the world... How much of the world listened, I shall never know, but it remains to this day a great therapy of mine to hide my thoughts in plain sight, and not to bottle them up inside. So began Ayraethazide, in his early (and not so early) days, mostly unknown to the Internet.
Interspersed with sporadic bursts of reblogging and the posting of quotes, my inspiration struck, to share my creativity with the world along with my stories. Being a lover of information, I had already embarked on a project to create science infographics, little posters that aim to illustrate an advanced point in science and maths as simply as possible but without oversimplification. These were a hit with my personal friend circles on Facebook, and were even more so on Tumblr, to my surprise! Slowly, Ayraethazide became more of a science blog, now posting and reblogging mostly science-related content. However, this was to the expense of the lovely stories and my other experiences in daily life, and therefore this was forced to take a backseat.
Yep, but it didn't take me too long to realise this. A few years ago now (I think, between two and three?), I decided that it would be better for Ayraethazide's personalities to split into separate entities. This meant the birth of Ayraethazeigen, now my personal blog, where my inner thoughts, feelings, and experiences are documented. This is almost completely detached from science, but not detached from its older sibling, Ayraethazide. Ayraethazeigen is a walk in my personal history, a collection of stories that I have to tell but will only do so when no-one is listening. They are discovered only by serendipitity, which is how the best first encounters occur. Ayraethazide rarely mentions Ayraethazeigen, and Ayraethazeigen herself rarely shares any of her posts via any other channels.
None of my blogs in my blogosphere are maintained regularly. I have tended to post as and when I feel like it, and it's usually when I create something, come across something beautiful, feel some feelings, or have a mood swing. There is no particular schedule, but this scheme means that there's a new post fairly occasionally... It just needs to be discovered.
My blogosphere has evolved much in the past five years. And although not every one of my adventures or creative spurs are recorded in these pages of HTML, I think it's a pretty good representation of my thoughts and activities, for anyone who doesn't know me better.
germansingergirl
tangentwithtanner
janainaart
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