I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about this blog. It started as an online journal - a way just to write stuff out. I've read some articles about ways to make money from a blog, and I've even gave some thought into doing something like that. The main problem(s) is/are that I have the attention span of a magpie (Ooo! Shiney!) and off I go in a different direction. So a blog about one topic would be doomed to fail.
Anyway, it's been...what...Eight months since I last wrote? My wife and I have an ongoing joke that we never know where life is going to take us so we don't make plans much more than a month in advance. There has been a lot that has happened that I recorded over in Facebook (curse you, you easy to use !@#$%^&*). Fortunately, I have resisted the siren's lure of Facebook games and applications. Too many privacy red flags for my (admittedly skewed) tastes.
So, the Reader's Digest version: My spinal fusion surgery was a complete success! I am pain free and back to 100% normalcy. The human body is a fantastic thing. It's amazing what it can go through and still keep ticking. The downside is that I've pretty much given up on doing any heavy weightlifting. I could probably do it, but the thought of screwing something up makes me cringe and it just isn't worth it to me.
My father also passed away last November. His cancer finally caught up with him. I posted the eulogy I did for him on Facebook and I might repost it here at some point. There isn't much more I have/want to say about that.
I started a new job about two months ago. As of last Friday, I'm unemployed. Long story, but the gist of it is that there were too many things going on (or not going on) that I didn't agree with and I couldn't in good conscience stay there. Unfortunately, that puts me in a bit of a bind. In all honesty, I don't like my current career path (such as it is), so I'm thinking of starting over. The problem is that I don't know which direction to take. I'm two years away from being 40 and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I may be going back to school...if I can scrounge up the finances. More on this to come...
Let's see, what else? Washington State's caucus's were a few weeks ago. Somehow I managed to get myself elected as a delegate to our county's caucus. That should be fairly interesting...especially if I managed to get elected as a delegate to the state convention.
On the game front, my online D&D group folded a little while ago. I was with that group for over a year (and I hadn't played D&D for decades prior to that). So I've been at a bit of a loss on the creative front. Role-playing games is one of those guilty pleasures for me. Having grown up in the 80s, there is still a lingering...something...from those years when it was looked down upon as "evil". I'm going to miss my group as it has always been very hard for me to find people I like to game with.
(Unnecessary Side Note with No Further Explanation: Minecraft is far too addictive! Someone save me! I don't want to spend that much time playing this stupid game!)
I know there is more to say, but I don't feel like sitting here any longer. (So nyah!) I probably should figure out what exactly I should do with this blog. Make it more useful or something. Far too many things running through my head at this point. Life calls...and I don't like the names it is calling me.
