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Well, I've opened up a lot of the entries for public viewing. I've been among the lucky few to be beta testing the MT Privacy plugin. I've had a great time talking with the plugin author about exactly what I like and what I wish could be different in the plugin. Up to this point I've been doing my testing on a test blog I created, but today it's in use on my real blog. Enjoy!
I've been moonlighting. I have a new blog.
And you know what, I've been having a wonderful time blogging (vox'ing). It makes me kind of sad, though. I want this blog to be what the vox blog has been for me, just a fun, relaxing thing to do, but this blog has always seemed to carry so much weight and baggage with it. Truthfully, I don't like having the whole thing password protected. I don't like people having to register to see my blog. I don't really like the harsh tagline. Primarily, I really would like to be more open.
Part of the problem is that I started this blog when I was in a bad place. I had just gone through an awful struggle with infertility and was then going through postpartum depression. That's a really bad place and no one seemed to understand that (I guess I didn't even really see it at the time).
Another problem is that I didn't really get blogging. In it's best form, I really don't think it should be a journal, not exactly at least. It is a life record of sorts, but I think a journal is a little more weighty than it should be. At least for me it is.
So, I want to overhaul this blog. It's probably not going to happen right away, because I have a lot on my plate at the moment, but I'm putting it in the queue. One thing I would like to do, as I said earlier, is be more open with my blogging on this site. The guy who wrote the MT Protect plugin that I use to password protect my blog is coming out with a really cool, feature packed update that allows me to mirror the stepped approach to blog access that Vox gives you. *Thanks Arvind* His update to the plugin really has inspired me to restructure my blog accordingly.
So, anyway, people... I'm giving you access to (or rather knowledge of) my other blog, don't make me regret it. Let's play nice.
P.S. If someone would like an invite for a Vox blog *and plans to use it* I have a few left to give out.
I've gotten really into reading blogs lately. One of my favorite ones that I've been reading for a while is Jenn's Journal. I found her blog through her husband who is a Movable Type developer (MT is the web software that powers this blog. I love Movable Type). Anyway, she's been writing about her struggle with infertility.
Infertility is one of those things that no one really talks about. It's almost like there's this perception in the back of people's minds that infertility is contagious and if you talk to someone about it, they might catch it. Reading her blog has really helped me deal with my own struggle with infertility. That's the other thing. People think that when you have a kid you automatically snap back to zero, like you never had to deal with infertility and you'll never have to deal with it again. It just doesn't work that way. It's incredibly scarring. Infertility molds you and shapes you in ways I never fathomed before experiencing it.
Right now Jenn is expecting twins after losing two babies to miscarriage. It's strange, I know she's someone I've never met in real life, but I'm just on pins and needles with excitement for her. She'll be having two little boys.
Jon has finally started work on his blog. It's about time. He is such a good writer. I read his first post and (this is silly of me to say, but) it almost made me cry. It was so him. It was Jon at his best.
I'm excited about making the updates to Jon's site, but I have some other things lobbying for a larger area of my proverbial plate.
I decided to reorganize the way I post to the blog. I decided to do smaller posts that were more on topic instead of longer posts that had multiple topics addressed. I think this will be a lot easier for me to go back and find things.
I've been working on a redesign of this blog. I'm kind of torn. I want to be original, but I really like the overall look of the default layout. I mean, I've changed the colors and a few things here and there, but it is still pretty much the default layout. I don't know, I think if I like it, that should be all that matters. I can work on being original for Jon's blog. I'm sure he'll want something real different to be done. But when that will happen, I don't know. I keep asking him about the weblog, but he keeps putting me off. I'm beginning to think he doesn't have the guts to do one. I'm sure he'll blame it on not having time, but I think he's just afraid of putting his ideas out there. It is scary. I suppose that's not very nice to say about Jonathan. And I guess it is really neither here nor there why he does or doesn't have a weblog. Mainly, I think I'm just frustrated because I would like to create one for him and he keeps putting me off. I do think he has a lot of good and interesting things to say. And I'm so excited about him doing this. He's such a good writer. I hope he does do one.
I have got to work on the archive pages. There is virtually zero navigation on default version of those pages. Drive me crazy. I have also GOT to create an index page for jonmight.com. Right now all it says is the default "GOT NEW HOST."