{"id":4817,"date":"2015-07-23T05:32:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T05:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=4817"},"modified":"2015-07-18T05:33:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T05:33:22","slug":"hello-im-adam-chandler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/07\/23\/hello-im-adam-chandler\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello. I&#8217;m Adam Chandler."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6524,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/AdamChandler.me&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250317102051\\\/https:\\\/\\\/adamchandler.me\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 18:46:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 18:46:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5095,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/adamchandler.beer&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20231208154555\\\/http:\\\/\\\/adamchandler.beer\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 12:52:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-25 11:33:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 02:17:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 01:32:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09 22:51:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-16 06:42:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 20:41:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-21 12:02:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 20:13:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 20:13:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>One month ago, I took the 40 minute drive north to the district courthouse and explained to a judge my reasoning for requesting a change of name. I took some time to write this because a name-change in front of a judge takes 60 seconds and $110 filing fee but the rest of the tasks took 4 weeks and are still ongoing. After the visit to New Hampshire\u2019s DMV, I had to visit the Social Security office and spend $140 requesting a brand new US Passport with the updated last name. Auto Insurance, Loan, Banks, Utilities and Credit Cards were important and took quite a bit of time. Just yesterday, I asked my work to officially change my email address and contact info in the GAL (Global Address List). Then there are my websites and social media profiles that needed changing (not an easy task).<\/p>\n<p>Now that 80% of my identity legally and online has been changed to Adam Christopher Chandler, I can finally share the news with all of you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technicalities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/AdamChandler.me\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AdamChandler.me<\/a> is my new website and replaces Adam-Jackson.net. My email has been updated to the new domain. My beer blog now lives at <a href=\"http:\/\/AdamChandler.beer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AdamChandler.beer<\/a>. All of the old emails, domains and contact info you have for me are alive and well. If you email me at an address from 5 years ago, it will still get to me but I\u2019d prefer you all move to the new one. In 2-3 years, I\u2019ll stop renewing any domains referencing my retired last-name.<\/p>\n<p>The task of buying domain names, updating Google Analytics and Webmater tools and all of the online usernames has been a ton of work!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the change?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My family probably isn\u2019t surprised by this update. My Father, the man who is biologically, \u2018Dad\u2019 is a great man. He\u2019s not a deadbeat, estranged or a bad guy. We grew apart over the years but I don\u2019t put a lot of blame on him for this. By the time I was 15 months old, he was out of my life except for every other week and a new man entered my life; a man who would raise me into who I am today. My biological Father started a new family where he has children of his own, a wife and a great job and the side of my family with a last name of Jackson is more or less out of my life. I speak to my Father\u2019s mom twice a year and her last name isn\u2019t my birth-name but that\u2019s the extent of the relationship I have with that side of the family. I spoke to my Father in 2010 when I moved to New Hampshire. Prior to this, we spoke in 2007 when I moved to San Francisco. I gave him a change of address, we caught up for 5 minutes and that was it. His Father, I haven\u2019t spoken to in years and his brother and extended family, I probably last saw them 12 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Again, it\u2019s my fault that we\u2019re all so distant now but my Dad, the man who raised me was my father-figure and I speak to him every week.<\/p>\n<p>Dad (Chandler) was getting married last month to a really incredible woman and her family was joining his and she would soon be a Chandler. I don\u2019t have any full-blooded siblings. My 2 sisters are half sisters on Dad\u2019s side and my Father has 2 girls and a boy also half siblings. Dad\u2019s new wife has kids who are joining our family by law which is pretty cool and I wanted to officially join his family as well. Not to steal any thunder from his wedding, of course :)<\/p>\n<p>The change to Chandler has been in my mind since age 18. Like my idea of waiting until I\u2019m 30 to acquire my first tattoo (still holding out), I wanted to wait 10 years after becoming an adult to change my last name. I wanted to be sure that my love for my Dad and joining his family officially was something that wasn\u2019t all mental in that I leave his \u2018nest\u2019 and also lose contact (like I have with the rest of my family)? My move away from Florida to SF and then New Hampshire showed me how strong my relationship is with Dad. He and I are closer than ever. I\u2019m closer to him than anyone I share blood with.<\/p>\n<p>When he gave me news of the impending wedding, I immediately knew it was time to make the change.<\/p>\n<p>What about the Jackson\u2019s who are no longer in my life? I have a feeling my Father and his immediate relatives check my blog occasionally. I don\u2019t know for sure but I have a brother who is 18 or maybe older that might want to know what his big brother is up to or my Father just wants to make sure I\u2019m doing okay and living life to the fullest. Maybe they are, maybe not. To them, this announcement probably isn\u2019t surprising if they look at it logically but I also have this guilt like I\u2019ve done something wrong, like they\u2019re disappointed in me and that they utter words of \u201cdisownment\u201d or however you want to put it. I probably won\u2019t hear from them but they\u2019re in my mind and I\u2019m sorry I didn\u2019t tell them about this before doing it. I just didn\u2019t want to have that conversation mostly because I hate being hung up on while mid-sentence.<\/p>\n<p>I was speaking to a co-worker on the name change and they quipped, \u201cThere goes your inheritance!\u201d but when I think of everyone I\u2019m close to, everyone in my family, there is no inheritance. Dad has always said he\u2019d help out if I needed anything but since I left the nest, I\u2019ve been fully independent aside from my grandmother co-signing a car loan for me and loaning me 10 grand to move to New Hampshire (a loan I paid back 3 months later). There\u2019s no one in my life I expect to get property, money or assistance from and I will always remain independent and take care of myself. My family knows this. Prior to the change, there was nothing willed to me and that won\u2019t change with a simple name-change.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing is changing except my name. Among close friends, I\u2019ve been known as Chandler for years. If any of you find any old social media accounts with the old name, send me a message and I\u2019ll try to change it. A lot of sites like Reddit and Flickr don\u2019t allow you to change your username or perma-URL which is a bummer. The only downside about the change is that I\u2019ve had to pre-write why I changed my name in under 2 lines so people who respond to my emails \u201cWho is Adam Chandler?\u201d have to get an explanation from me and I got tired of writing it over and over.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sorry to the Jacksons because despite the fact you all probably knew this was inevitable, I don\u2019t know if you are okay with it. I haven\u2019t even told my Mom or sisters. Dad (Chandler) knows but I assume my mother doesn\u2019t. The government knows and legally, I\u2019m covered and that\u2019s really it. I don\u2019t send out christmas cards or letters so this really is my passive announcement to any family that is curious.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading and sorry for any confusion my readers had over the last few weeks as you all started seeing Chandler pop up around the web and not knowing why. I hope this clears everything up. My blog readers are everywhere. As someone quipped in a random comment-reply on Reddit 2 weeks ago, \u201cShouldn\u2019t this be AdamChandler1984?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One month ago, I took the 40 minute drive north to the district courthouse and explained to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:24:49Z","apple_news_api_id":"86a155b0-cd7b-447e-a4b8-996e5ed14af6","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:24:49Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AhqFVsM17RH6kuJluXtFK9g","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-announcements","7":"category-life","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1fH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5239,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/06\/life-an-update-on-adam-chandler-the-name-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":4817,"position":0},"title":"Life: An update on Adam Chandler (The Name Change)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In June, I kicked off a change of my last name from Adam Jackson to Adam Chandler. 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