Thursday, April 01, 2010

Final Blog: A Farewell

After much thought, I have decided that today's post will be my last. As of midnight tonight, Rolling Around In My Head will be no more. I will be closing up shop just shy of having half a million visitors and a good couple of years beyond what I had originally planned. I am not simply stopping. I am deleting the blog. I've seen the 'delete blog' button often over the years and wondered what it would be like to erase so much work with a single click of a button. Well, I'll find that out tonight.

I have very much enjoyed the process of writing this blog and it came to mean so much to me. It reconnected me with my own history and gave me chance for real sober second thought about the occurences in my life. I needed that. I have grown as a result of this process and know that I will, at least in the first few weeks, find it difficult to restrain from writing something here every day.

Many of you I have never met and know only through the blog. Even so, you have become very real to me and I will miss our daily chat.

The thing that makes this difficult to write is that I need it to be believeable because that's the only way of actually tricking you. This of course is the first day of the fourth month and here in Canada, anyways, it's a day where you try to trick someone. So, April Fools Day!

So fare thee well readers!!

(Until tomorrow.)

48 comments:

Anonymous said...

OMG, you have no idea how badly I was taken in by this!! Yes, you were believable.. TOO believable!

Sharon

Gone Fishing said...

April fool yourself.

Had me worried as on occasion I do hit the delete button and start again.

However my todays post is not an Aprils Fools Joke it is a real story of the Adventure we are going through to try and get my real identity back and possibly how far people will go to cover their actions. I hope those who read it will not dismiss it as drivel and be more aware of what can happen to you

steph said...

so mean.

Stephen said...

Got me, big time. I'm not sure what it says that I actually felt a sense of panic reading this!

Molly said...

STOP! My heart dropped into my stomach! Haha. You got me Dave! and it's only a little past midnight here in NYC! I have trouble remembering it's April Fools Day! AND Improv Everywhere just got me with their april fools joke too.

I am. said...

oh my wordddddddddd. my heart was just about thumping out of my chest and i was *this* close to tears.

dammit Dave!

Kate said...

I HATE April Fool's Day! I fall for it every single time!!!
I wonder how many other things I'll fall for tomorrow.
Sigh.
Glad you're still here.

theknapper said...

It's still March 31rst on the west coast. You had me......I'm both annoyed and relieved!

Jan said...

Thank goodness it was only an April Fools Joke, In a very short time you have become part of my daily routine and I hate having my routine changed.

Glad I will be with you tomorrow

Have a great day

Blog editor said...

Sucked me in!

Jill

Gina said...

I'm an old woman here (OK not so old but it feels that way most days). My heart can't take it!!! Maybe I am old... I used to see stuff like this coming! Have a great April Fool's Day.

Anonymous said...

hahahahahaha, about messed my panties in panic, good one Mr H!!!

Andrea S. said...

Dave ... Dave ...

You are just mean! LOL!

painting with fire said...

Ooh - you're evil! I was shocked for a second there.

Anonymous said...

OMG, you got me there Dave. I'm so pleased that it was a joke.

Belinda said...

BOTH eyebrows raised in horror and then "aaargh!" then "ahhh."

FridaWrites said...

Not nice! Too early in the morning for that! Whew, lol.

Unknown said...

Don't DO that again!
please
Lisa

M.C. Mobility said...

Not. Cool. LOL

Amanda Forest Vivian said...

!!!! I was so upset! I'm so glad you're not deleting your blog!

Liz Miller said...

HOLY GUACAMOLE. I was CRYING.

Sheesh.

MoonDog said...

YOU SCARED ME!! My 6 year old is totally into april fools this year. she is telling me look at the butterfly! april fools! look! a beetle on your chair! april fools! lol yours was way more believable lol

Anonymous said...

not funny and it serves me right for not being a regular. I hadn't been on for ages and in doing other work I was looking for a past reference to a good web site mentioned before, rather than look through paper piles and was panicking as to when you were going to push the button and wondering about time differences .... I found the ref I hope you feel used!

Anonymous said...

you're quite the tricky trickster and you got me good. i was feeling such a loss there for a little minute and then huge relief.
thanks for this blog.

JFB said...

As I started reading, I yelled out loud from my cubicle!!!!!!!! Then I held my breath as I read, hoping but not believing that you were celebrating the day. I had tears of great sadness and tears of great joy within the space of a few moments. Watch out Joe and people at Vita and anyone else in the Dave's world today!!!

Fun Mum said...

You're bad. OMG!

Mary said...

I was HORRIFIED at the thought, sadly thinking, "at least there's Youtube." Good job at tricking me! Happy April Fool's Day!

I'm so glad it was all a dirty, dirty lie!

Anonymous said...

Dave,
You are killing me (lol). That was a good one. Have blessed day.

AkMom said...

Oh Dave. Baaaaaaaaaaad!

Princeton Posse said...

Dave, Dave, quite the trickster!! Had me totally sucked in and very upset as I also begin my working day with your blog and my first coffee. OK, I can laugh now. Too funny...

Anonymous said...

You are a mean, mean man....I would not know how to start the day without you and coffee. And erasing all of the blogs. How would I train new staff without the story of the couple at the restaurant, the girl with DS in the hotel lobby, the old twat? Just for safety sake I'll be making a file of all the stories.

(hook, line, and sinker, you had me)
JamieLynn

Shan said...

Ha! I forgot about April Fool's! I read the first two sentences, froze, and started scanning down for the punch line...jeepers you put the heart across me!

Jeannette said...

yes to what everybody else said.
My heart sank, I almost cried, I started to panic. You have become a part of so many people's lives, Dave. My day, and my life, is richer because of you.
Thank you for all that you do, for all you give to so many.

Casdok said...

You had me fooled! Glad your not stopping :)

Kristin said...

OMG, I actually read this last night and you totally suckered me. Funny man!

Myrrien said...

Oh I was nearly ill, do not do that again Dave.

Suelle said...

Well, you got me! I even called my husband over & pointed with a shaking finger to the title of your post. Then I actually read it--whew! That'll learn me!

rickismom said...

OMG You had me scared! I was wondering, "Stop? Well we all have other obligations, but why in the world DELETE?????"

Tessa said...

Dang! You got me Dave, just in tears here.

oooo i am so going to get you back.

Kansas City said...

Well, I couldn't believe it, and then I did, and now you can see how much your blog means to everyone. Happy Blogging!

Eilleen said...

oh thank goodness!!! hahaha!! You got me good. I'm so so glad you are not deleting your blog.

Brenda said...

I read the title, and thought "What?", and about 2 seconds later thought "Waaaaaaiit..." I knew you wouldn't do that to all of your loyal readers. Your sense of humour is just one of your many charms. Love it!

Susan said...

Not funny.

Even though I read this on April 2 and knowing that it was a joke before I read it and so there wasn't even a remote possiblity I would be taken in, it's still not funny.

Never doing this again? Now THAT's something good! :)

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