gigamatic

yep. the summer is always a slow time, and between moving and vacations, i almost never have time to write.

i freaked out a couple weeks ago when i found out that this site was at the top of the list when searching for my name online, when I never ever used my name here! some jackass linked my site using my real name, and it forced it higher on the search engines.

so, i'm pretty sure i'm closing down this site. at the very least, i will be depersonalizing it. i had planned to close it down, and move to two separate sites, one professional and one personal, but i'm not sure that's still in the cards. it's like the battle with my 10 year old email address... i've had it forever, and that's where my friends know to find me. but, that's also where folks who i don't want to speak to can find me, and that's not cool.

i'm torn. this site was where i got to vent about things relatively uncensored, and that is no longer the case. i still need that, and i still want to stay in touch with friends (and allow them to stay in touch with me), and i still want to write... but not here.

all the old school bloggers who are still around still use their same domains. they don't run from cyberstalkers or even seem to worry that their names are out there. but they also aren't venting about work, or that sort of thing.

so maybe it's time to wipe the slate clean here and start again, moving the more personal, damaging stuff to another location, password protected and unseen by the world at large.

whatever decision i make, you'll see something change here in the near future.