I conceived of the mantle of ‘Jumboshrimp‘ back in the summer of 2001 — the Summer of Discovery — no less. Back in those heady days, Blogger and I were merely in the flirtatious phase. We were young, and it was fun.

The name derived from my fondness of all things aquatic and edible AND its oxymoronic union. How clever I thought. Can you believe I was merely 24 years old at the time? Clever, indeed. Yes, Jumboshrimp - from the fine makers of Halitosis and Dysentery…and other fish-based goodness.™

A quick search with Metacrawler resulted in various links towards seafood related sites. Japan seemed to have some sort of odd strangle hold on the species. But not a single online entity using the little crustacean that could for a moniker. It was set, Jumboshrimp and I were on like Tron.

Blogger had been around the block for a couple of years, and I was a social networking neophyte. So, flirting quickly turned into heavy petting, and Blogger, she became a very nubile and attentive mistress. Sure there was a brief intense dalliance with Livejournal, but really Livejournal? Who are we kidding? Sure, I toyed with the emotions of a spiraled notebook, or two. But, if you are serious about ranting, and have a true passion for raving. You NEED to be online. So back into Bloggers’ meaty arms I turned. BUT…

Listen baby, the old flame is barely producing any smoke now. Besides when we met, I didn’t know what blogging really meant, at least true blogging anyways. Granted you looked good in a browser, but I am not going to let nostalgia slow me down, I need to grow. You changed, but more so I changed. Blogger you were good to me, but you know what…I have different needs now. I need to see other services, you were suffocating me. Why can’t you see that? I got sick of looking at your tired templates, and you weren’t even trying anymore. We had a good run — times, they are a-changing. I need to have an open-sourced relationship, and you just can’t give me that. I am seeing WordPress now, WordPress gets me. We finish each other’s sentences. We even like the same things!

By the way, you can keep my old posts Blogger, they meant more to you anyways…because towards the end I was faking it.