The court case is about shivers.

Tonight I found myself reading my old blogspot, in preparation for a potential podcast court case in which I will be the plaintiff (story for another day?). Every several years, I look back at a few posts and comments and find myself charmed by this girl. Eager, clever, spiritual, observant, and way better with words than I am now. It’s as if writing is a skill that takes practice or something. Sure, some things are cringey, but the older I get, the more affection I have for her and the less the cringe factor matters.

I kept this blog going for about 8 years. And I’m going to try to revive it after 13?? Why? I guess I stopped using it because social media replaced it as an outlet. I could pop on over to Facebook and share an anecdote, ask a question, or make a last-minute plan. It supported the natural connection I had going with friends and made everything easier. Now that billionaires have ruined social media, I’ll have a thought that is so unimportant but desperately wants to be shared and nowhere to put it. I could post it on Facebook if I really wanted it to be seen by 5 people, bounce around against rage bait, and end with doomscrolling…which are terms that probably did not exist when I stopped writing here and definitely did not when I started.

If you go deeper, I want to connect with my old identity. At 40, it’s harder to stay connected with other people, but maybe I could do better to connect with myself. I had a solid anecdote a week back then, and do I even notice them now? Maybe I will with a blog!

So anyway, the thought of rekindling this vehicle causing something akin to delight, I started to wonder how hard it would be to get back in. Do I like, enter a username and password? Am I going to have to call blogspot tech support? Is this still an operating website or just some kind of archive? On my phone (first time posting not from a computer), I clicked the B logo on my site, and it just…opened up a page where I could make a new post?? What!? No password?? This doesn’t seem safe. Back in 2006, I had code embedded that allowed me to check data about ip locations that visited my blog and what search terms led them here. And in 2026, I have absolutely no idea how logging in works. My brain has truly been fried. Hoping to meet you again, Old Self.