Who are you anyway?

A long long time ago, in what feels like a past life, I had a thing for John Mayer. Not John Mayer, the tabloid fodder/serial starlet dater, but John Mayer, the lanky, talented, perverse, (and perversely talented) musician. I was fortunate enough to see 16 shows between 2001-2005, and really watched his style and success reach fever pitch. I was fortunate enough to meet and chat with him on several occasions, and I was a moderator for sixfeetsmall.com and goodtimescheck.com, both fan-based forums for a number of years. I even chose my online moniker, Villanovababy, based on his high school band's name, which was named after a Jimi Hendrix song...in case anyone was wondering.

At some point, I got off that ship. The shows had gotten too huge, I could barely hear my favorite solo in City Love over the squeals of the teen girls...it felt less personal, and the connection was lost for me. So now, when I see him on t.v. or in US Weekly with whatever girl he's romancing, peddling his wit for fame, it feels like I'm in a different world...I wonder if he's lost, or if this was his plan all along. I still buy the albums, and I still contemplate tickets whenever he comes to town, but as I get older, and he gets older, it feels like the energy that brought me to the scene wanes and becomes less relevant.

I am in the process of changing my online moniker. I think it's time. The forums are gone, the fans I knew are dissipating, and the meaning has become too convoluted to explain anymore. So, Villanovababy will be changing. I'm in the process of designing a new header. I'll probably still stick with the same address, just for ease of use for now...unless blogger makes it easy for me to change. The new header will be unveiled next month, so stay tuned for that.