To all of my loyal friends and readers...This will most certainly be my last entry at Sharpshooter.deardiary.net. I have mentioned this many times in the past, but now I'm finally following through. The constraints of keeping this subsite on deardiary.net have gotten to me at long last. There are certain people I don't wish to have access to what I'm thinking/feeling... and in lieu of having this be a "friends only" site, I have decided to close up shop and head onto GREENER pastures.
I have set up my very own website - bought the domain name and even paid to ensure that the site does not feature any advertisements (or pop-ups). It is a home of my very own to write whatever the hell I want. I am my own boss of the site - the layout is chosen by me, the colour scheme: everything! It has yet to develop a lot of bells and whistles, but it looks pretty decent and is laid out pretty well. I have been tinkering with it for nearly a week now, and I'm ready to unleash it on the general public. For obvious reasons, I won't be posting the address to it on here - but I will likely send out an e-mail to everyone I'd like to be able to read it. Also, I will be posting the address on my MSN name tomorrow (October 1st) - so everyone who's a friend I enjoy talking to will have access to the new homestead of my writings.
I will avoid further explanation here as I've written my first entry at the new site detailing why I've switched and what the new address represents to me. I'm quite sure everyone will enjoy my new digs - I'm pretty stoked to finally have my own domain and full control over its content. There is ample opportunity to leave feedback... plus a MUCH better layout to access previous entries and find entries via a search engine within my site. There will be no carry-over of writings found here to the new place. As I stated, it is its own entity, and I know you'll notice and feel a difference once you're there. Please feel free to leave me some feedback and let me know your thoughts.
Anyone else I might not know who reads this on a regular basis... you can get ahold of me at rhjoudre@dal.ca to request the URL.
It's been over two years using this deardiary site as the home of my thoughts, feelings, and opinions. I have written a lot of things about a plethora of different topics - and managed to piss off plenty of people along the way. I guess we'll have to wait and see what the new dwelling will bring.
See you there, and thanks to all who come along for the ride.
- Ryan J.