The fine, fine folks at the Scene published their annual Fall Guide today, in which they published a section called My Personal Fall. And I’m one of the contributors!

[I’ve contacted the paper about the typo in #4. Probably my fault.]

At first I wasn’t sure, but yeah, this is funnier than it is sad.

Way funnier.

(No animals were harmed during the making of this blog post.)

Tada!

New blog.

Weird, I say. This all feels too weird. It could be the Ease II pain reliever I took on an empty stomach that is making me feel so crazy, since it’s #2 ingredient is crack cocaine. Apparently. Ease II is that First Aid kit-brand pain reliever you get at work that, if you aren’t careful, will have you jacked up at 2:30 a.m. with a severe case of teeth clenching and a good, oh, 4 or so hours to kill before any serious shut-eye. But no headache. No sir! Just a pulse like marathoner and a lot to say.

But, yeah, this feels like cheating in way. That pale, purple pitas “Add an entry” page was a constant companion to me for nearly four years, and while this TypePad “Compose a New Post” page is really clean and organized and easy as pie to use, I’ll miss the slow loading pitas editor. The pita people are such good people, so laid back and generous. The buttons you push when updating your blog say things like “switch er up!”–how can you not love that?

I must admit I’m glad my URL doesn’t have the word “pitas” in it anymore. Typing it is one thing, but saying it is quite another. “Pitas?,” they’d say. “Like the food?” I’d agree, yes, it’s food, but this “weblog deal” has shit-all to do with Mediterranian bread. Oh yeah, and the name Misc., etc. is finally fucking dead. I’ve hated that name for so long. I thought it was okay at first, but the two abbreviations in a row gave people headaches when linking or searching and it was sort of not representative of the site really. Sparkwood & 21’s only tricky element is the ampersand. The ampersand is crucial. Those of you nice enough to update any link you may have to the old place should not write out the word “and.” Just to avoid any confusion.

Links to your fabulous site, an about page, photos and countless other edits soon to follow. The Ease II is wearing off and gravity is wrestling with my head.

This feels like saying goodbye to a new lover too soon, and after a lackluster first-ever make-out session.

Um…Was it good for you?