The first time I've used a Hatena service since Flipnote *sniffle* :'(

Hey guys! My name's Raph and this here is my first blog! I don't really blog but tonight I figured, "ehhh, why not?" I am 16 years old and first started using Hatena's services in about 2010, with Flipnote Studio. Man, was I in love with it! I was creating little videos (though I wasn't very good at them lol) and it was great. But then, I found out that you could actually go online! That just took my whole world and expanded it tenfold. There were some AWESOME flipnotes and very talented creators. Eventually, I actually made an account and started posting my own flipnotes. I wasn't very popular, but I did make it to the back of the most popular flipnotes channel a few times, so that's something I'm very proud of :). I made some great friends and made so many great memories on Flipnote. In 2011, for about a year, my dog chewed up the cable for my DSi charger, and I wasn't able to post any videos. A year later, my charger decided to randomly come back to life, and I turned my DSi on, checked my flipnotes, and saw I had quite the amount that still had to be finished. I do believe I actually finished some of these videos, but never actually got around to posting any of them. Well, I took yet another break from Flipnote, and it wasn't until August of 2013 that I decided to check on it again. I saw that the Flipnote Hatena service was shutdown, and I was heartbroken. I type in the Flipnote Hatena url today and it still depresses me to see so much of my time, so many of my creations, just gone. Anyway, I ended up giving my DSi to my brother because he preordered a PS4 for me. He ended up trading it in for a 3DS, and now I anticipate the release of Flipnote Studio 3D, and hope to see many of the great creators doing their thing again. Thank you all for taking the time to read this blog, and just listen to my thoughts. I hope to blog pretty regularly so stay tuned. Also, if any of you play Xbox, my gamertag is Mystic l0c0 RN. Thank you all and have a beautiful life :)

-Raph aka Agent Gold