Sounds like Tsukumine Shrine was a wonderful gateway for you! I can't remember precisely how I stumbled across LJ, but that led me to MM and then to PCG. For which I'm very grateful :)

Totally hear ya in how not having a keyboard changes the conversation (or lack thereof). I wish my damn work didn't block and/or track everything; it's left me with the stoopid phone as my only Internet appliance, which has definitely shifted the nature of my communications to "short and only when necessary" :(