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     Over the years I’ve seen web sites come and go, and many times they were the sites that I really enjoyed reading on a semi-daily basis. According to my best estimates, my personal site started around March of 2000, when I was still a freshman in college. At the end of that summer, I met Stacy online for the first time. Now I find myself finishing my final year of (undergraduate) school (and yes, 5 years total) and preparing to marry the very person I met a few months after the whole site began. As I saw many sites go over the years, I always told myself that I’d never do that.

     Well I suppose I was wrong. You see, CrazyWalker really isn’t me anymore. In all honesty, it never really was. The Crazy part was an act, just as any sane crazy person could probably tell you. That’s not to say I don’t still act silly from time to time, but my days in the dorm are pure history. And so I see myself growing tired of updating the journal often, and I know there hasn’t been any new content on the rest of the site for quite a few months. It’s just become a repository of old.

     I used to update and then people would leave quite a few comments over the following 2 or 3 days. But then I started dating Stacy, and Big Dookie married Jennifer, Casey married Kristin, Colby and Daniel graduated, Stacy and I got engaged, Stacy graduated, and Mo and I just tried to finish up school. So despite my best efforts to keep us all not only connected, but interacting, we lost daily touch with one another. (Now let me emphasize that again: we lost daily touch with one another. All of those people that tell you that you’ll never talk to your friends after high school didn’t have very good friends. Sure I only talk to a few friends from high school, but they’re still my closest friends.)

     As my married friends could probably attest (though I’ve never asked, so this is an assumption), wives need attention. So it is with a small bit of sadness—but not too much—that I have come to realize that this coming May (the 29th, to be exact) would be as good a time as any to conclude the majority of activity on CrazyWalker.com. I’d hate to see the domain get gobbled up to never see the light of day again—and believe me, that is exactly what would happen—but I don’t know if there is a reasonable alternative. I might keep it as a secondary domain to WalkerPickering.com (my photography site) and StacyandWalker.com (which, in all likelihood might change to WalkerandStacy.com since, you know, my name is supposed to go first once we’re married, but I’ll have to debate that one with her).

     So that takes me back to another point I was hoping to make. It’s simply become a chore to update this journal, which is why updates became so few and far between. And I took less pictures with the digital cameras because geniune photography (don’t read too much into that) took over, so the snapshot section of the site saw neglect. I’d like to have three main sites after May 29th: a family site, a photography site for my work, and possibly a photography related site for community stuff. It might even take a similar form to the blog, but I doubt many of you guys would have an interest in playing a part in that.=)

     Which also brings me to another point: What should happen to the blog? We all know that it’s probably the most popular part of the site, but it still seems to be dying. I don’t mind seeing it go, but I’d hate to take it from you if you’d like to see it live on.

     Another thing… CrazyWalker.com used to be a place that I could work on web design, which was something I truly enjoyed for awhile. I still do to a certain extent, but that kind of thing tends to take more energy than I’d like to give at times. The internet is still a wonderful place to me, and I love the direction some things are going, but I might just have to stop being the guy that knows so much about it. If it makes me a better photographer, husband and friend, then I’d say I’m fine with it.

     So I’ll continue updating for the remainder of the semester as if nothing’s changed (most likely) and we’ll continue to slowly count down the days until my wedding. And remember this: y’all really made this site what it is a lot more than I ever could have. And I’m quite grateful for your interaction and help over the past four years. Thanks.

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Comments

Casey | Sunday, February 8, 2004 | 7:55PM

amanda | Monday, February 9, 2004 | 12:18AM

Big Dookie | Monday, February 9, 2004 | 2:19AM

Stacy | Monday, February 9, 2004 | 10:32PM

Nathan | Tuesday, February 10, 2004 | 11:40AM

SJ | Wednesday, February 11, 2004 | 11:14AM

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