Saturday, December 15, 2012

Renewed Focus for this Blog

So that last post generated quite a bit of discussion. After having talked to some friends/family (via email and phone) and reflecting on it a bit, I guess there was some mania at play there. I'm still TOTALLY serious about the name change, but I'm no longer in any kind of hurry to do it.

What I'm Going To Do With This Blog Now

The two things I thought I could do with this blog were talk about the names and identity (as I research the subject some more) and post stories from the life of Casey Abbott Payne (the life that existed before everything was getting archived by the web).

Seems like a nice combo to me.

If you want to hang around for that cool.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

344/366 - still trying to kill casey

Maybe I can pull it off before I hit 366! Wouldn't that be amazing! I'll give it the old (I didn't go to) college try.

I figured out what day I was on using this website.

What Do You Mean "Kill" Casey?

Allow me to explain as my mind wasn't in the right place to explain it before. I essentially want to rid myself of the Casey identity. This isn't because I don't like Casey. Casey is/was an awesome dude! I just want to create a persona that's 100% mine.

For example, there is no association with:

Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Mil Town Jones YOU BETTER, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.

Mil Town and the sunshine band

Mil Town at bat

Or hundreds of other Mil Town Kid's out there

Although there is one Casey I'm super fond of:


Casey Tries Too Hard

Another problem I have with Casey is that he tries too hard to live in the "real world." The world of having a proper job and having all the things normal people have. miltownkid doesn't give a fuck about any of that stuff. miltownkid relentlessly pursues his dreams and the shit he's passionate about 100% of the time. Casey is the guy who takes miltownkid away from his passions. Casey has lost the fight completely. Just one more thing to do...

Legal Name Change

I'm going to legally change my name to miltownkid. Once that happens there is no balancing two identities (a professional and personal one). I'm going to see if I can pull that off in the 22 days I have left. Once that happens Casey will be an alias for miltownkid used for people who can't handle calling me miltownkid. :)