The End of an Era

It's finally happened. After ten years of having the same email address, hotblack is finally going away. I'm not quite sure how to handle this.

I know people tend to change addresses fairly frequently, but I never have. I settled into this account when I was still an undergrad, and I've been there ever since. I have messages saved here from before my sweetie and I started dating eight years ago, and probably chronicling the majority of our relationship. I have the security of knowing that friends who haven't seen me since 1995 still know where and how to get in touch with me. And now it's going.

I suppose this is good practice for changing my name next fall - I know it's harmless, but I feel like I'm losing a piece of my identity. Anyway, I'm going to put the new address in a friends-locked entry after this; if you can't see it and still want the new contact info, reply here and I'll pass it on....