PURPOSE?/STILL BUILDING.
(listening to mp3s: emiliana torrini, classic petra, dido, annette farrington, BT, ben harper, meat puppets, little river band, larry norman, barren cross, angie aparo, ministry, ultra-velvet, bif naked)
As far as first posts go.... here it is! Simply had to take a break from building the new site to jot down my thoughts. At first, I thought... "sean, it's not even done, what's the point?"... then... I realized these conversations with myself are *exactly* what this journal is about... these fleeeting voices in my head are entertaining enough for others to enjoy... right? "right."

SITE STATUS
Spent the majority of the last two days, wading thru mediochre design and frustration to get what's in place as of now: Sunday afternoon. Nowhere near complete, I'm able to declare this: there *are* SEVEN top level sections. Any of them complete? Uh, not *even*. I was hoping for a midnight, Monday launch, but I just don't see that happening without *at least* a killer flash intro on the HOMEPAGE, which I haven't even begun concepting... so I'll need to "pre-empt" the launch for a week or so.

• PORTFOLIO: I need to redo completely, with so many pieces, usability will improve with a "matrix"/chart type interface.
  
• SERVICES: initially, need to complete the client, and product listing, as well as an intro multimedia piece to live in the TV. Should be able to integrate some Mac voices we recorded from AK's ibook last night after some pizza and "O Brother, Where Art Thou".
  
• LAB: virtually non-existent, but I'm not too worried about that... it's the place everything "else" goes... including my upcoming site: gothumentary: AN EXPERIENCE.
  

SITE ISSUES
First site. For those that aren't aware, I've *never* had a personal website. Although I've been working with creative media as a whole for nearly 15 years, and building websites since 1995... this year: 2002, I'm actually pushing one "LIVE" for the world to see. Now, seanROXMedia, radiowired.com, and seanrox.com and have been thru various design changes since August 1995, with radioshows I've produced, my portfolio, and simple information such as that... but I've never had a "home" on the web... and this is it.... seanrox V.5, I believe. This is site needs to be professional, information-driven, and still lend itself to my life, music, and art... a chronical of daily existence and thought.

25 designs. Yep, I've been wanting to push a personal site live ever since I discovered the ease of use and integration of Blogger into sites. In fact I've used it extensively for the smaller-scale website I've built for clients and friends alike. I've designed about 25 different sites, and actually partially built out one of them, just to abandon it after investing MANY hours. It simply came out wrong. I need open architecture, distinct - yet simple design, and the ability to update from anywhere. This one will have to do..... hehe.

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE.
The all-consuming web-building provides shelter from missing TheSmitten, which I do so dearly. Back in the swing of her life in the moors, I do what I can to remain close, like... pouring my energy into the arrangement for "SalemNight"... with a power Dminor hook that cricks yer neck, stomps yer foot.

The story, still building in my head... is it that memory of "completeness"? an epic odessy seeking the mystery? or a brief dreamscape fantasy? The tale will writes itself, and until then...I dedicate my heart to TheSmitten, and work to create a reality that works for us both. Create opportunities to share... and hope to as warm as we've experienced in the past.