Where my Loyalties Lie February 09, 2004 - 1:31 p.m.

So I realized my previous layout required images in order to navigate, seeing as my links were set up as an imagemap. So, leaving it image free wasn't working. I went through and found which pictures and layouts I still had available without having to hook up the other computer, and came across my Scooby design. A layout I used only briefly on another diary that I never followed through on.

I like the layout. I guess. It's simple and everything. But I feel cramped. I'd gotten used to everything being all open and spread out. I'm sure I'll work on something new, I just don't know when. And I'm using AOL Hometown as an image hoster for now. Hopefully there won't be any issues.

Out of pure ease, I would still like to get a Gold or SuperGold account on Diaryland so that I can host images here. But that requires money and there are so many other more important things that I could do with money, even the smallest amount.

For a few months now, I've been tempted to move diary locations. I found Scribble Journal and was immediately intrigued with the free image hosting they offered, as well as several other bonuses. But a few things were holding me back.

Number 1 - Loyalty to Diaryland. I've been here two and a half years now with an only occasional, understandable problem here and there.

Number 2 - Concern with early promises. Scribble Journal is still new, and I fear that as they get more and more people signing up, they will realize that they can no longer offer free image hosting and other such luxuries.

Number 3 - I didn't need a new host for images. I had Geocities, afterall, and that was working out fine for these past two and a half years.

Well, since Geocities screwed me over and presumably lost all of my files (I still haven't gotten anything other than an automated response from them) I'm in desperate need of a new host. I'm reluctant to go with another free site offer and have the same thing happen or sign up with other places that claim to host images, then later shut down or demand money. But if I go over to Scribble Journal, I can fix that problem with an undetermined amount of time. They could completely follow through and never, ever charge for hosting and I wouldn't have to worry about it again. Or, they realize how expensive it is, and they take that feature away, then where will I be? Back where I am now. Which isn't bad. It'd be like a temporary solution to my host issues. Worst case scenario - they say fuck this and take the whole site down before I have a chance to save any new entries.

Then Ami signed up for an account after I mentioned it to her. When looking at her new diary there, I saw subtle things that just seem really, really cool.

Also, I think she's the reincarnation of Eve from the Garden of Eden. Evil bitch.

The only reason I'm fighting this so hard and rambling, is due to my loyalties to Diaryland. Andrew's done a great job of running this site and I don't want to be a traitor and run off to some other site, just because it's made a few promises.

It feels so silly to be dedicated to a website.

As a kid, I always gave inanimate objects voices and thoughts, therefore always feeling guilty for getting rid of them. Maybe this kind of goes along those same lines. It would feel like turning my back on all the opportunities I had to express whatever bullshit was in my head. It's like I would seem ungrateful, when I'm not.

On a completely unrelated note... here's Hallie's first picture. She's completely swallowed up in that onesie, and I think it's even the 0-3 months size. She has this look on her face like 'what the fuck are you doing?' We all laughed at her 'thug' pose, too.

I just talked to Becky last night, and even though she's not sleeping too well and Hallie's got a slight case of jaundice, she sounds horribly happy and still excited. They were going to take her today to get groceries and have real pictures taken. Not counting her trip home, this will be her first outing.

Why are baby firsts always so exciting to everyone? Except maybe the baby itself and other people that just suck.

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