First, allow me to offer any sort of apology necessary for not updating this blog with much frequency. I don't know how most circles of friends treat the bloggers in their midsts, but I've been quite constantly chided for my lack of updates.

The reasons for this are numerous:

• I've been busy as fuck. For over a year, I've been working two jobs, one full-time and one part-time, giving me roughly sixty hours of work a week. Additionally, there's been a move, I've sold my car (more on that later) (or not), and I've been trying to concentrate on writing things other than my blog. Though I have, regrettably, not done enough of that. Then, I'm trying also to read, watch movies, I'm currently addicted to "The Wire," and I need to get out once in a while.
  
• Politics. I really don't want to turn this into a political blog (or a plog or polog, or whatever the hell the Internet decides it could be shortened to). However, I've become increasingly politically aware (and just a little active). Considering my political stances (left) and general regard for humanity, it's been a downright depressing affair. I mean, what the fuck.
  
• Aimless. I'm torn on where to take this blog. As stated above, I'm trying to avoid turning it into a political blog. But I also don't want to be so presumptuous as to turn it into a sort of review blog, though I sometimes feel compelled to write about the movies I see, but wish to balance that with other posts. At the same time, I've integrated my blog into my website, which is essentially my portfolio. This is convenient in many ways, but seems to carry an implication that I should focus it more on site content, of which there hasn't been much new stuff of late.

Well, there you have it. My aforementioned full-time job is about to go part-time, so I'll have more time for all my side projects. My intent is for this to be the post that ushers in a new phase for my blog. However, on more than one website have I made a post resolving to post more content more frequently, only to find myself staring at that page some years later, recognizing it as my last update to the site (Darkwing Duck Page, JMP, Newt's Pond...).

I used a lot of parentheticals today.