i paid for the friggin upgrade. i wouldn't have done it if i weren't leaving for kazakhstan today. oh well, that ten bucks at least buys me a year to find another free comment service that i like.
meanwhile, echo is importing all my haloscan comments now. i have no idea what will happen when it's done. if i need to tweak the settings when it does finish, it may take me a few days to get around to it. i got more important stuff to deal with right now.