Fanaile's blog

The first time I had ever heard of blogging, I happened across Wil Wheaton's blog... Being the huge Wil Wheaton fan that I am, I sat for hours upon hours reading everything. In fact, when he moved his blog due to some problems he was having with Moveable Type, I continued to follow his new blog, in Exile. Now, I'll be honest here, at first I thought he was crazy. But of course I live in a society that feeds off making stars miserable. To me, keeping this sort of a diary seemed akin to giving them ammo - to opening the front door to the masses.

And who wants that? I don't even open my front door to my neighbors. And yet, here he has been, blogging for years. Sharing pictures, stories, anecdotes... and most of all, doing it for himself - not necessarily for his fans. Read more »

I know, I know... such a cute little girl... Right? [Use this area to insert custom "What Happened" joke here]... This little girl is me, roughly 30 years ago. And yet, this little girl is still the closest photo I have that accurately depicts "me".

You see, most people change a lot as they grow and develop. Life's experiences will make them bitter, cynical, nasty people or - on the contrary - make them sweet, perky, and really just a cup of coffee wrapped in skin. Me? I'm somewhere in the middle, I guess. Read more »

I'm sure at some point in time everyone has heard that old warning, "Be careful when you look into a mirror - you may not like what you see." Well, this piece of advice is absolutely true. And going through any sort of self growth or self development (whether with the help of a program or alone) is going to force you to look into that mirror. Read more »

My own road to self discovery was a long and painful one. I suppose most of them are, in some ways, painful. But growing up you think to yourself "learning is easy - the teacher does all the work..." It wasn't until well into my high school years that I realized that for most of my life I was going to be that teacher. At least when it came to learning the most important of lessons. Read more »