So, Geocities is closing.
I started that site back around ’96 or 97. Back then, it was a megabyte or two there versus the 35 kilobytes at Angelfire.
Right now there is no easy way to back up the site. One needs to download the files one at a time. I wanted to do this to back up my old fan site for Detroit’s Trash Brats. As it turned out, I downloaded every file on that account. Hundreds of files. One at a time.
There were old pictures of myself, my brother, and old friends. Some I’m glad to see, some I’m still in touch with, and one or two that bring up mixed memories. There were web pages of self-promotion, college-aged goth musings, some all-out old-fashioned trolling, and probably man-years of graphics work. Most of it limited to one project, or just plain ugly.
The first picture my wife ever saw of me was there.
A picture of my brother and I taken in the late summer of 1997 was there. It is one of my favorites.
Yes, I am sporting crayon red hair in that picture. Some of it had formerly been purple, but I felt like trying something different for a couple of months.
I miss those days somewhat — filling my little corner of the world up with color and ideas and possibility.
The career and button-down shirts and family feels good too. I do love my children very, very much.
The past few days have been a strange walk down memory lane – between scouring the old web site and suddenly remembering some very nice things that some people did for me during high school. I was able to quickly find one of them on Myspace, and am seriously considering a quick note to say hello, yes I remember, and it is still very appreciated.
I have been trying to look forward for so long that the look back became a little disorienting. I kind of hope it stays that way, but I am very happy to see that the last 13 years have held more good memories than bad ones.
He has worked as a level designer for a small online video game, as the grim reaper in a haunted house, and traded web design for concert tickets and tattoos.In years past, he could be found performing improvised comedy or stage magic in the south side of Austin, Texas.
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