For most of the people reading this, you’re already very familiar with me and how I Blog. You’ll have been following The Other Blog, and probably been a bit surprised when I told you that the name you’d been calling me affectionately for months wasn’t actually my real name. Well, surprise 
You may have been wondering why I’ve decided to do this, and change to a different Blog. It’s not an easy question to answer; The Other Blog was going quite well, really, it had lots of posts on it, almost a whole year’s worth of archives to its name, and there really didn’t seem to be a problem.
Well, there was.
First of all, re-reading the posts I wrote in those first months made me cringe. It had been my first real attempt at starting a Blog, and it took me a while to find both of a style of writing and a subject matter that agreed with me. I tried to be too political, too issue-y at first. I was saying things just for the sake of saying things; my posts didn’t really have any meaning or substance to them. After a while I seemed to turn into a teenage stereotype, keeping an angst-ridden diary, before just keeping a journal of my day-to-day life. Re-reading my posts, I just felt embarrassed.
That’s another reason, actually. Embarrassment. I’ve grown up one hell of a lot in this past year, and my posts reflect that. More and more people that I know were finding my Blog, and the thought of them reading those earlier posts was horrible. That thought was stopping me from letting my friends read my Blog, and they’d started to ask me about it and ask to see it. After the initial “NOWAYYOUCAN’T!” I found that I wanted my friends to read it. If you’d've asked me a year ago whether I wanted my friends to read my most personal thoughts, I would have said “no” before you’d finished the sentence. Now, I do. Simple as that.
So I’m going to TRY and be as honest as possible…I’m going to pretend that no one I know is reading this because there is of course there is a huge chance that no-one will and even if they do I’m not sure I mind. Hopefully, nothing will change. Hopefully.
So, this Blog was born; Jimsy Jampots. Feel free to comment on it In fact, please do; it makes me feel popular 
18 Comments
May 22, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Thank you, C
I’ve added you to the Blogroll, bien sur … just having some teething problems with WordPress at the moment
May 22, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Welcome to your new blog, my dear!
May 22, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I’m glad to have gotten your email, and oddly enough, I have been thinking of doing the same thing, mostly because my old blog went stale, and I’d rather start a new one than add to the old.
I’ll let you know if I end up doing it!
May 22, 2008 at 6:59 pm
If you do, I’ll be interested in it
Nice to see you here, Valeri *hug*
May 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm
A change is as good as a rest. Fresh start and all that. Good luck to ya.
(Not sure about the name though. Jimsy Jampots? Jimsy Jampots? Are you absolutely sure about that?)
*hug*
May 22, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Hey, Bête
Yes, I am sure. When I was younger my parents used to call me Amy Jimsy Jampots. It’s a childhood thing.
What would you have suggested?
*hugs*
May 22, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Hey, hope this works out well for you; I’ll be watching with interest. x
May 22, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Thanks, Brennig. Nice to know I’ve still got you hanging around, making rude comments
May 22, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Hello!
I was very surprised to receive your email, but glad that I did.
I always thought that your ‘other name’ was quite unusual for someone of your age!
Enjoy your new blog!
x
May 22, 2008 at 9:34 pm
May 22, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Thank you for the announcement re this new blog. I hope you will have fun writing it, and I am sure we will all enjoy reading it. I also found the 100 facts about Amy very interesting.
May 22, 2008 at 9:47 pm
May 22, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Thank you for making the effort. Lesser people would have stopped at 18 things (or, at the most, 2 times 18).
May 22, 2008 at 10:36 pm
18 would have been fitting, really…
But still, ’tis up now
May 22, 2008 at 10:42 pm
but 100 is more interesting…
May 22, 2008 at 10:46 pm
That is true. If nothing else, you learn more
May 23, 2008 at 12:05 am
nice surprise Amy!! good luck for new blog. i am missing that old blue/pink look and feel.
May 23, 2008 at 9:07 am
I liked that layout, but I just got bored of it. Possibly I’ll change back in a few months, but I really like the jam pot photo, so possibly not…