2008 is proving to be a better year than 2007 ever was. No passings, no incredible sadness and no pondering of what might be.

Patience is something I’ve yet to learn. The idea that a journey begins with a single step is something I grapple with. Daily. Yet, on some level, I am here.

Amelie was being difficult and Shyster K told me to be patient, to leave things alone. Knowing what a battle that is, I replied that it was impossible. Moments of silence passed as he indulged my endless barrage of queries amidst the yawns. I stood up to find that Amelie decided to be better to me. She’s a fighter, that one.

Out of sheer curiousity and pure masochism, I googled a name of someone I used to know and a heap of information poured out. There it was for all and sundry to see – his full name, on a personals site. Actually, several personal sites. If my glass were half full, it depicts him as a lonely, lonely single who loves photography.

Granted, nothing horrific: no alcohol abuse, no expletives, or drag outfits.

Still.

A while back, I had been motivated to minimise my digital footprint after L.L did a quick search and found some information about me. This massive clean up involved deleting all of the following: several online journals, social networking sites-myspace and friendster as well as selectively editing articles with sensitive information.

What is your digital footprint like?