Restless Farewell

Well, folks, whether I'm ready or not, here it is: this blog is graduating.

That's right, this is the last post you'll see on shootingstarsofthought.blogspot.com. From now on, please point your browsers, rss feeds, and curious eyes to http://shootingstarsofthought.com

Here's the caveat: this new site is clearly a work in progress right now. I'm experimenting with layout, format, subject matter, even my hopes and dreams for the whole thing. (I'm also experimenting with trying to find more time to write on it, as the shortest month of the year, even with a bonus day, has also proved one of the busiest).

But all of these things will work themselves out. When they do, the little "beta" sign might just disappear from the top of the page. And the font might get a little bigger, and the design a little easier to navigate. But until then, while the design might wax and wane, the voice will stay strong and true. From now on, anytime you want to find what's on my mind, it will be here: shootingstarsofthought.com.

And there you have it. Thank you blogger, you've been good to me all of these years. I'd leave you with more of a speech, but I haven't got it in me (there's a tivo-ed episode of the wire and the last 25 pages of the diving bell and the butterfly to still accomplish tonite).

Instead, I'll do something I've been meaning to do for weeks: call your attention to Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's acceptance speeches from the Oscars. (Unfortunately, in what only seems like oh-so-obvious irony, you can no longer watch these on youtube, thanks to "a copyright claim by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.")

So with the words of Glen Hansard--"Make art! Make art!"--I jump ship, change lanes, and set out for a wildly more creative course with the design of my blog in my own hands. Well, I guess it's time to bid farewell and be down the road...See you on the other side!

-Lauren

ps--feedback about this new venture is DEFINITELY welcome!