I’m really leaving this time, I swear!

Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:13 pm

As I was writing the welcome post on the new site, lyrics from a song came to me. A song which, I think, sort of sums up how I feel about this whole site closure thing.

This is really it, then. This is my farewell. This is my farewell to Se7enet, and to all of those who have visited and followed throughout the last eight years. Goodbye, all of you. Thank you for all the good times. Of course, it doesn’t have to be goodbye for you. The only real goodbye, here, is between me and Se7enet. And as I write this, I am sort of just now realizing exactly how hard that goodbye really is. When I posted the thing this morning, I wasn’t really thinking about it… I was just… posting. Now I’m kind of tearing up a little bit. Because this time it’s more real, somehow.

Anyway, I better get this over with, before I lose it. It’s kind of ridiculous, really. I’m a grown man, and this is just some stupid website. It’s not like it’s my kid or anything, right? And yet, here I am, wiping my stupid eyes.

Thanks again, everyone. You have no idea how much you’ve meant to me.

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Neverset – The Last Hardest Thing

I’ve got something to say
And I hope you take the time to listen
My words get in the way
You can blame it on me if it eases your pain

‘Cause I’m tired of holding on
I can’t do this alone you know

The first hardest thing
Is for me to walk away
But I’ll keep moving on
To get where I need to be, so don’t look back at me.

There’s nothing left to say
I can’t be the man that you want me to be
Our hearts want different things
Now the hard goodbye just got easier for me

‘Cause I’m tired of holding on
This time I’ll do it alone, you’ll see

The first hardest thing
Is for me to walk away
But I’ll keep moving on
To get where I need to be, so don’t look back at me.

All the lies that you told
And the secrets you hold
Sleepless nights all alone
All rolled into one
I said I wouldn’t leave
You should have believed
I can not get over what you did to me

The first hardest thing
Is for me to walk away
But I’ll keep moving on
To get where I need to be, so don’t look back at me.
The last hardest thing
Now that we both parted ways
Is to ask for forgiveness
And not to look back at me
And that’s the last hardest thing.

Yeah that’s the last hardest thing.

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Moving. Goodbye. Yeah.

Posted on at 8:32 am

JaminBlount.com will, from here on out, be my new address.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I believe Se7enet has run its course, and my blogging focus, such as it ever was, has changed. It saddens me… I’ve been using this domain since 2001, so it’s got a lot of history… a lot of me wrapped up in it.

I do plan on keeping the Se7enet.com domain, and at some point I may start using it again for something else. If nothing else, I’ll probably keep it for the email, since I’ve had just this one email address for the last 8 years. But for now, consider this my final post here. Thank you all for the wonderful times.

Once again, you can continue to follow me at JaminBlount.com.

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I think I’m going to end Se7enet.

Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 8:14 pm

I’ve been trying to come up with a new design for the site for, oh, about two years now. And I’m just not coming up with anything. And it dawned on me a few weeks ago that, I think part of the reason for that, is that it’s not really about Se7enet anymore, for me. Se7enet has too much… baggage.

Se7enet was always a place where I had my games, and my forums, and all kinds of other things, and the blog was kind of an afterthought. And now it’s really not any of that anymore… the forums are closed, I don’t work on the games anymore. Now it’s just the blog. And the blog has become more about the baby and my family and everything, rather than my computer and my projects and other technology stuff.

So I think it’s time to say goodbye to this one. I will make a new blog… I’ll get a new domain, or use one of the ones I’ve already got… but it will be more of a thing for keeping up with family and friends. I’ll put a link here. But whatever I end up making next… it won’t be Se7enet anymore. It hasn’t really been Se7enet for quite awhile anyway, I’m just dropping the attachment to the name.

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A… something… by Jhonen.

Posted on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 9:47 pm

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Development level of a six month old

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 at 8:06 pm

Things my son has learned to do.

Roll over in both directions.
Prop himself up on his hands/elbows while laying on his stomach.
Put the binkie back into his own mouth.
Put himself to sleep with (mostly) minimal fight.
Throw toys on the floor from his high chair and watch Mom and Dad pick them up repeatedly.
Say “mama.”

Things my son has not learned to do.