hiya folks.
so, this is it – good old greendinosaur.net. i have high hopes, but for now it’s just a handful of blogs. at the moment there’s just my cubbie and i here, but i’m hoping to open the space up for family and friends as well. this space, for me, is going to be a fairly general overview of whatever-strikes-my-fancy, and cubbie’s blog (which is entitled “the seams of a (newly) peculiar queer”) is going to be about his experiences as a queer kid who is new to the quaker faith.
i took a class this summer called “art of the blog,” and, well – i’ve been blogging since (eyesquint) 1999, first at diaryland and then at livejournal. this is my first time (outside of the class), though, of hosting my own platform and things. it seems like a good thing for now, to be away from the whims of sixapart (which owns livejournal now) and the like. i’m glad that i’ve practiced this all before, but woah am i rusty. i’m sure i’ll have lots of challenges in the administration of this space, but heck – i’m always up to a new web-adventure.
for some reason, it feels really important to let you know where i’m (literally) coming from. i was born and raised near seattle, and spent two of my last years of high school in san diego before heading to college in olympia, washington. now cubbie and i have relocated to san francisco, where i will finish college and we will while away our days. san francisco seems very important at the moment, probably because it’s so new. still, i feel like it’s a big thig in a way that none of my other moves so far have been.
there’s a lot to get done here before i’ll even think of this as a blog. one thing i’m going to miss about livejournal is the built-in community, what with the… communities. that type of camaraderie is something i’m not sure how to build. but! we’ll figure it out as we go.
i suppose that’s the moral of the story.
oh! and the current title of the blog, “ghosts are good company,” comes from the song of the same name by bishop allen – you can find the lyrics here. the subtitle, which i don’t think is visible with this theme, is “and now the world is suddenly wonderful.” this is my new favorite song, and you can look to see if hypemachine can find you a copy of it by clicking here.
take care, folks.
xoxpuck
[oh, p.s., i'm preparing to use my categories as tags. that's why i'm using so many of them. if you have any to suggest for any particular entry, or in general, please let me know.]
