i guess "AliceDoesDallas" was taken too

so as threatened in a previous post, i am seriously trying to move over to wordpress. and by that i mean i keep thinking about how i need to look into learning how to do it, and it sounds cumbersome and like i'll have to learn new things so i stop thinking about it shortly thereafter.

however! today i decided to Seriously Start Looking Into It. the first hurdle is deciding whether i want a wordpress.com-hosted site, or if i want to host my own site and go through wordpress.org (which seems much more badass, but also like there's a lot more ways in which i can screw it up).

people who know things: the articles i read seem to imply that if i want to seamlessly move over - like, keep my links, comments, and subscribers intact - i need to get a hosted, through bluehost or someone similar. TRUE? i presume if i want a true redirect i need to own the domain, huh. harumph.

so anyway, i started poking around on bluehost and wordpress.com to see what kind of domain names were available. the answer, unsurprisingly, is that NO decent names are still available. certainly not "aliceblogs," which, while incredibly uninspired when i chose it in 2005 when i decided to set up a blog one day while i was bored at work, i HAVE grown a bit attached to over the past 7 (!!!) years. 

even though aliceblogs.com (and aliceblogs.wordpress.com, etc etc) is unavailable, bluehost DID helpfully suggest some alternate names that were similar:

i'm sorry, did i say helpfully? i meant "helpfully." 

(did you know my blog is ALREADY blocked as p0rn for loads of people?!  i don't even do pole these days, people! do i look like i also need the word "p0rn" IN MY BLOG ADDRESS?!)

anyway. suggestions for new blog addresses that do not include references to sexytimes or p0rn are most welcome.

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did you just have a baby? do you know someone who did? maybe you or someone you know is going to have a baby sometime soon?  if so, please consider checking out the Perching At Home shop on Etsy.  this lady is a brave single mom of two who is working to extract herself from a pretty crappy situation, and could use any support the internet can provide. plus, have you seen her stuff?? hella cute, and all handmade to your specs. take a look! 

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as it's no secret that i am all about bandwagons, i've jumped on yet another one!  this time i went and bought myself a fitbit. (take a look at that website if you're not familiar with them - it's a pretty neat gadget.) you guys, i am totally obsessed so far. it took me a long time to sack up and throw $100 at what is essentially a prettier-looking pedometer, but MAN have i not regretted it all. i LOVE synching up at the end of the day; i love getting new badges; i love that it actually motivates me to go running if i'm not on track to hit my weekly goals.  

(are any of you guys using it? the dashboard keeps informing me it's more! fun! to compare your stats with your friends, but... i don't have any. womp womp.)