2018 is the year of the dog according to China. For me, it’s the year I’ve officially lost my mind.
I stay up roughly every night contemplating what the perfect (available) domain name would be. I’ve compiled a list of several (hundred) and probably bought most all of them. For some reason, I can’t be content with something as simple as say, my name. I’ve conVinced myself that no matter what, I need a good domain name if I expect people to visit my site. After all, what’s in a domain, if not a name?
So far here are a few of the ones I’ve come up with:
lonelyfart.com - so I can be owner of a lonely fart, dot com.
verygoodbud.com - it’s open to interpretation as to what this site could be about, but it’s sure to be full of content that will expand your mind.
crackpipedreams.com - presumably what most people think when they hear of someone still chasing their dreams past the age of 30.
rainydayrider.com - I thought of this while riding my motorcycle in a torrential downpour for 3 hours one day last summer. I like that the word “rider” can also signify a contract. Since then, I’ve come to realize it could be an ode to Bob Dylan too, which makes me like it more.
existentialrain.com - I just came up with this while writing my previous paragraph. I feel like this has potential.
vinningmethod.com - A motivational blog from the point of view of a loser who succeeds by not caring.
fantasypieland.com - I came up with this years ago and it’s still probably my favorite, but first I need to open a bakery.
bubbaridesagain.com - I had this t-shirt with this saying on it when I was a kid. On the back it had some animal riding a bike or something. I loved that shirt.
cryquitdie.com - an uplifting website about the circle of life.
cryshitdie.com - pretty much the same idea but maybe more cynical.
ijustknews.com - a community of shared “how we met” stories that should make most readers want to throw up.
reallysadnews.com - tragic news written in a sardonic way with the aim of drawing a laugh like water from a rock.
idreamofvinnie.com - because I’m vinnie and when I hit the bottle, you’ve got to rub me the right way. Yes, I just partially quoted Christina Aguilera lyrics and made a reference to a TV show that probably 90% of teenagers aren’t aware ever existed.
nightvulture.com - because people call me vulture and I stay up all night contemplating this crap. A google search revealed it’s also a GI Joe character, which I never would have known-- Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters were my thang.
The list goes on, but you can now see why I’ve settled on vinimalism.com. I need to get rid of all the dumb things I don’t need in my life, including my thoughts, so I can focus on what’s really important: doing nothing.
The other option is calling this vinimalist.com, sort of like The Economist. If you have any opinion, let me know.
Really, I just change my domain name every year anyway to avoid having to pay $14.99 to renew, so it probably doesn’t matter what I call this. By the new year, I’ll be on to something else and never build attribution, which is a word I would have never known if not for working a short time in the god awful world of corporate branding.
