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I apologize for the long, LONG delay inbetween my last post and this one.

Things have been quite hectic for me since this past June. I’ll go into more detail when I can, but for now, let’s just say things are going pretty good for me right now.

On the writing note, I HAVE been writing. Just not here. I’ve been writing for a quarterly magazine called Spwug, and I’ve started writing for its blog as well.

I will try to write here more often, too. But with the way life is right now, I can’t promise much. Keep your fingers crossed!

First, my apologies for the long delay between posts. A variety of things has kept me from putting my ideas down on ‘paper’.

Before I get to the other posts I’ve had brewing in my head, let me talk about why I’m keeping this blog at all.

The main reason is that I wanted to have a place to post my writings that wasn’t a publically owned set up, like LiveJournal. Nothing against LiveJournal or the people who post there - it’s a good set up. I just wanted more control, and the ability to archive.

The second reason is that I wanted to give myself a reason to post - my original idea was to post once a day, everyday, barring emergencies or complete lack of access. This has, unfortunately, fallen to the wayside, due to a variety of reasons.

So I’m going to redefine my ‘mission’ slightly. From now on, I’m going to try to write at least one post a week, preferably more.This will help with my dry spells (which come from my own forgetfulness, laziness, and scheduling issues) and my occasional tendency to go on writing jags.

I will hopefully have a number of posts up in the coming week, to make up for my missing the past week and some. I apologize to the people reading via RSS for the incoming flood. (The posts will be post-dated, just like before)

Heya, folks.

I will be on a longish business trip from 1/29 to 2/2, so updates will be sporatic at best. I will have net access, but I’m not sure how exhausted I will be when I get back to my hotel room.

Take care, all.

One of the reasons I’m posting to this blog is to make myself write a little something every day. I’ve never really considered myself a writer, but it’s a part of my everyday work. When you translate, you have to at least be a passable writer, because there isn’t always an editor.

I’m already finding myself running out of things to write about. I don’t think that I’m all that interesting, and I think I’ve exhausted all of the stories that I can share. Part of the problem is that I can’t remember some of my own stories.

I’m trying (possibly in vain) to write more than a few lines per post. With luck, it won’t all be crap. I’m thinking of posting little story ideas I have, though I’m mildly afraid that someone might actually want to steal my crappy ideas.

I think I need to get some copyrighting (is that even a word?) done soon. At the very least, I should get my ideas down somewhere, if not here.

More than likely, though, I will run out of ideas and not be able to remember anything funny from my life, and thus be forced to unveil one of my ideas on the world.

And on that day, the world will weep. Or not. Maybe.