Other Thoughts
Well, I am thinking about what I am going to do with the site. I had recently tried Drupal and I think it would be great to work with for a larger website, I think it is to much for this simple site.
I need to work on the site theme but since the weather got nicer I have been spending time working on re-theming the house so to speak. I have also rekindled my love of Guild Wars. My friends and wife have taken up playing with me again on Tuesday nights. I really missed gaming with Matt and Lisa (and Rik too).
One thing I have been pondering is how to better separate my online existence from the chronicles of the little Collette. I will let you know when I figure out how to separate them better than just “Go to the Collette Category Archive”. I pondered a separate Blog and even a separate domain but neither seems right. I guess this site was my springboard and place to play with all the fun toys I can find on the Internet and I re-purposed it as a tool I have been using only for Collette.
Having seen how Matt uses his blog to express himself and Talk about what is on his mind I have been wanting the same sort of outlet. To the world at large you will notice that I have never really been a presence on the Internet. I have spent years keeping my online self just that. I have never gone onto a site or posted to a forum/blog as anyone but my alter-ego Seroph. I have never really gone so far as publish my real name on any pages I have authored.
After that rant I should clarify that this is my step towards allowing Seroph’s voice to be heard. Some day the real me may also wish to come out but Seroph has been to long silenced.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Yes, it is very therapeutic. I also find that it allows people from various parts of my life see parts that they may not normally be privy too. Granted this can be as much of a blessing as a curse. Just keep in mind, whichever name you use there is always a way that a reader, especially a skilled one, can link stuff back to you!
May 14th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I know that I just prefer to keep my online identity my online identity and my real identity my real identity. though in some cases people met through online may become part of my real life. I guess it goes back to when I was in college and did a project where you spent the semester working with another person that was assigned to you but you were only allowed to contact each other via IM/E-mail using assigned user names. The end result was you never really knew who you were working with and also you found that some walls we put up in the real world do not apply to the virtual world. example being someone that outwardly seemed like someone you had nothing in common with could end up being a lot like you. I guess I am not concerned that someone could find me I just prefer to have the me that has been online all these years be the same side of me as it has been in the past.