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I thought that by I might be done with posting pictures from our trip to Germany, but I'm far from done. (Lucky you!)

But I thought I should take a break from writing about our trip because there is a burning issue I need to write about.

We are moving. On WEDNESDAY. That's in, like, three days!!! Oh Baltimore, I hardly knew ye. And now we are parting so quickly and with such little fanfare.

No worries though, I'll be back several times before I'm really gone for good. In fact, I might even be back in about a week. And then a couple weeks after that. At the very least. So I haven't really been writing about moving because there's been so much else going on.

No really, it's true.

You should see our apartment. It hardly looks like we're moving because until tonight, we had hardly packed anything. The next two days are going to be rather exhausting.

The other major thing I've been occupied with, besides the wedding which certainly took its fair share of time, is my dissertation. I need to finish it up asap, and I'm making progress. But it's painful. In fact, the past couple years have been really painful, and ... well, maybe I'll write about it sometime. But not until I'm done with it and can sit back and think about it without totally falling apart.

So I am looking forward to moving. And to the new job. And new city. Hopefully all these recent and upcoming life changes will emphatically mark a new and healthier outlook on life.

Starting with the little things, here's an issue that I've been mulling over for a while now and haven't come to any decisions about... what should I do about the name of my blog??? I am not sure I am ready to rename it! But at the same time, isn't it strange (and misleading) to keep calling it BaLtiMoRe RoLL? I thought about changing it to PhiLLy RoLL, and then if (or more likely, when) I move again, I could name it after the next city. I kind of like that idea, and I think the only reason I'm resisting PhiLLy RoLL is because that's pretty much the one sushi roll I actually don't like (smoked salmon and cream cheese). Anyway, if I do change the name of the blog, I would still keep the name "seadragon" (you know, to maintain my tiny shred of anonymity).

What do you think? Any suggestions?

Comments

[Malnurtured Snay]

I guess this means no more happy hours, T?

I kind of thought that you'd had this blog longer than you'd been in Baltimore (hence, identifying yourself as seadragon?), and you just changed the name of the blog depending on where you lived.

Go for Philly Roll as the new name, with your strange upper and lower case jingling. Same blog, after all.

(Or! Find a place in Philly on Baltimore Street, and keep the name!)

[cheeqz]

Evidently a moving disease is sweeping our family. You and J, us, Lindz and Ian...

Someone should warn the rest of the fam.

Hope moving goes smoothly!

[eliaday]

Why not just call it "Seadragon Roll?"

[jcm]

I like eliaday's suggestion - and then you can create the sushi roll version later. (Or is there already a Seadragon Roll?)

[seadragon]

Mal Snay, we already have an apartment, so no Baltimore Street for us. :(

Actually, I am leaning towards PhiLLy RoLL now, or something like that. I also like the idea behind Seadragon Roll, but ... it sounds a little like the roll would have seadragon in it, and that is sort of sad! Plus, I'm starting to think that I might like the idea of renaming the blog whenever I move.

If I don't go with PhiLLy RoLL, what do you all think of FiTLer RoLL? (Hm, can't get the lowercase/uppercase to look right.) We're going to be living in Fitler Square (throwing my anonymity even further out the window), so it would be Philly related, without specifically being Philly Roll, and it doesn't exist as a roll, so I could make it up. Maybe I can come up with some inspiration for it at the Fitler Square farmer's market.

What do you think?

[karenology]

I dunno, "Fitler" makes me think of "Hitler." Though the idea of a sushi roll with a little mustache kind of makes me giggle, maybe you'd better go with Philly Roll ;)

[cheeqz]

"Fitler" makes me think of "Fiddler on the Roof" for some reason. Too much Broadway as a child.

Jewish sushi...hmmm...

[jwer]

The obvious answer is: don't move. Voila! No need to change the name.

:o)

[seadragon]

Karenology, I agree that Fitler sounds unfortunately like Hitler...

And Cheeqz, hm, Fiddler on the Roof also isn't quite what I was going for either.

As for Jwer's suggestion, not moving isn't an option either, but nice try!

So Philly Roll it is. It's in the works now. Stay tuned!

[Malnurtured Snay]

Seadragon --

Hah. I'm great mind reader! I changed you on my blogroll to PhIlLY RoLL several days ago (and moved you out of the Baltimore Bloggers section). Hope you're all settled in.

[jwer]

D'oh! We'll miss you (even those of us who haven't seen you in months).