About
My History
I grew up in Central Pennsylvania and went to college on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. I’m struggling with the idea of being 25 and living at home, because as a child I thought this was unacceptable. I’ve held several different jobs since my graduation from liberal arts college (another childhood idea of failure); they range from editorial assistant for a publishing company to convenience store clerk. Currently, I’m a substitute teacher. I do think that teaching is the career I’m supposed to have, and I’m sad it’s taken me this long to realize it.
At times, I feel as though I’m wasting away in Central Pennsylvania, but I know that everything happens for a reason. My 2009 has proven my theory. I reconnected with an old friend (Keanan) and through this met his friend, Dan, who is likely going to be my co-star in many posts regarding my adventures. His photography may make some appearances as well. All things considered, I’m becoming more satisfied with my life as a small town girl, and I feel that writing about my adventures and opinions will make me even happier.
Silverfire’s History
I’ve been designing websites for over 10 years. There are a lot of us, actually. We were the “teen domain” scene. Our history is fading as we stop renewing our domains and they are being placed with the generic ad pages you see when you mistype an address, but you can use the Wayback Machine to check out our adolescence. Silverfire even had hosted sites, and I’m still in touch with several of the people who called it their home on the web. We designed with frames and tables to look best in Internet Explorer with an 800×600 resolution. We put more of ourselves into our sites than anyone can with a Facebook or MySpace profile today.
Get off my lawn with your social networking. We were the original social networks, with message boards, guestbooks and tag boxes.
I’ve been renewing Silverfire since its original launch of 9/9/99. The nostalgia and my inability to think of a creative name worth registering (now that domains are $10 or less!) keeps me coming back to it. I keep wanting to make it something. After all, it deserves it.
So here I am, with my WordPress blog and my Twitter widget and linking to the site from my Facebook. The internet has changed, but it’s still a good home.