Maybe you’ve noticed that it’s been a little quiet over here. I have to be honest, things aren’t the same. A little of the passion is gone and I’m not feeling as fulfilled as I have been. Got a little bit of the wandering eye, if you know what I mean.
So in the interest of total honesty and to start from a fresh place, here it is: I’ve been cheating on this site with another site. I know, it’s shocking. Want to hear all the gory details?
A few weeks ago, I got the idea into my head to start a new personal site. One that is a little bit more professional in nature and that actually has my real name on it. I know, OMG, right? I’ve always tried to be pretty anonymous here. I mean, most everyone who reads here knows who I am, but the concrete google proof isn’t there. The new site will have that solid proof, so I have to be a little bit more responsible about what goes there. So maybe no more passive aggressive digs at my previous employers, ex-boyfriends or family. And no more swearing. And no naked photos of me shooting heroin while saluting a statue of Lenin. You know, that sort of thing.
I probably should have done this back when I first lost my job. Maybe one of the reasons I’m not getting a good response back from employers because I don’t have a good online presence. I’ve been avoiding setting up my portfolio because it’s going to involve a lot of digging through old hard drives, getting screen shots from websites that don’t exist anymore and scanning things that don’t have electronic versions. It’s time for me to just get it done and move on. Maybe Anna should start learning about html and help me out a bit.
I’m still trying to decide what to do with this site. I don’t want to delete it. I like a lot of my older posts. I wonder if I should import some of the better ones over to the new site. Or maybe I’ll just link back here. Seems like I might be making things more complicated than they need to be. I just need to focus on getting the new site up and running and looking good. Then I can focus on the older stuff.
27. April 2010 at 4:10 pm
I have a little story to share. Once upon a time my blog “Married/Single Parent” was anonymous. It was great! My writing was more animated and it was a tell all blog. My daily hit count was in the high double digits. Then I came out of the blog closet, I’m trying my hand at being a freelance website designer. I needed to be able to share my blog, tweets & facebook accounts for some jobs. I went through all my old post and deleted or edited anything that would upset or offend someone. No more stories about what dumb ass thing my husband did, no more rants about my MIL, or digs on the goofy Major (my hubby’s boss) whose sorry ass hasn’t been deployed even once. I miss the freedom! I now post recipes for the lack of any creative, clean mouthed, non offending, people pleasing pleasant post, I have such a writer’s block. I guess what I’m trying to say is if I were you I’d hold on to this blog and not associate it with your new one so when you have a “guess what the f*ck happened today” kind of post you can still share it. Best wishes on your new adventure.
BTW… if you need any HTML help or have questions feel free to ask.
27. April 2010 at 5:48 pm
Agreeing with Michelle here. I considered turning my site into something more professional… but Hell, I don’t really find those sites terribly interesting. While “the Freelance Folder” touts how important your professional presence is, I couldn’t really give a damn. I am what I am, and people can take that at face value.
I am, however, trying to clean up my language on my site, but seeing as I just used two curse words in this comment, you can see how that’s working out for me.
27. April 2010 at 7:03 pm
You both have some really good points. I’m a little worried that the professional version of my site will be even less interesting. Especially if I sound like the corporate/marketing speak version of me. Yuck.
27. April 2010 at 9:11 pm
Perhaps you can post to this one, but make it a bi-monthly post that’s a little bit longer, and more personal than the other site…strictly humorous or interesting commentary that just doesn’t fit on your other site.
27. April 2010 at 10:14 pm
Interesting post and the comments.
Best luck at finding what works for you. XD
28. April 2010 at 9:34 am
I agree with Michelle and Vanessa. I would really miss this blog – and a censored version wouldn’t be half as much fun! Keep this one separate from the professional one.
28. April 2010 at 9:35 am
PS
Besides, you wouldn’t want someone called “The Clam” posting comments on your professional site! ha ha
28. April 2010 at 10:20 am
You need to keep this blog, I can finally comment! We don’t want to start that again. Besides, where else would I get my daily krisobi fix with your awesome humor? We love your sarcasm, don’t go all vanilla on us now.
Btw, took Zach bowling over at the lanes we all used to visit. Nothing had changed.