I could say that this is the fourth anniversary of this on-line journal, but I won't. What it really is... is the start of the fifth year.
Have I done what I wanted to accomplish here?
I really don't know, because I started out without a goal, just to see where it would take me. And because it sounded like it would be fun... and it has been fun. So I've accomplished that, at least.
That's the only solid reason for doing this... it's fun. It's a biased record of my life, and a very incomplete one. Incomplete because... well, because it's biased. I don't try to hide all of my warts, but I do hide the majority of them. And it's incomplete because I don't really write down all that I want to... whether from lack of time, or because a lot of things are really hard to put into words.
I have really, really deep thoughts several times a day, occasionally even more frequently than that. I don't write them down so I can remember to write about them here, though... that's a habit that I need to get into. On the other hand, many of the "deep" thoughts that I have won't bear the scrutiny in the light of the day.
Which is why I work nights, natch.
Mixed in with the lack of time to do in-depth entries every day is a large helping of guilt... I could, after all, be using the time that I spend writing even a feeble
Anyway, these years have been fun. I have a feeling that the years will continue to be fun. My journal, like my life, will cease when it stops being fun.
Many journallers give up after the first year... mostly because their hit count isn't what they wanted it to be, or because they weren't getting any feedback. Neither of these factors have deterred me, even though my hit count remains low and I certainly don't get a lot of feedback... I do love it when I do, though... (hint, hint!)
Speaking of hits, yesterday was a record-setter for the journal... 51 on the extreme tracker, but more than 2000 on the log file. This is due to my
Napster page, which has evidently been indexed by every search engine out there. Since I've been getting so many hits on it, I did two things: put up a blurb about the journal (a good many people used that link... about 5% or so) and made a Nilknarf Napster Help page. It's more of a hint page, at this point. When I get some extra time, I'm going to expand on it a bunch.
Also, many journallers re-design their sites on anniversaries and other significant dates... and I did that too, but I'm pretty happy with the site design right now, so I'm not gonna mess with it. The only thing that I really want to do is somehow incorporate Dr. Scott'sexcellent drawing of me on the main page or on the splash page....
OK, enough of that. I feel like I got my ass kicked last night, it was way too busy. Therefore, my usual symptoms have erupted: back hurts, legs hurt, feet hurt... and I'm very tired. So I'm going to bed now.
entry on doing something constructive... like finishing the kitchen. But that would be completely out of character. I might do it some day anyway, though.