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Here's an update on things.

• I finally achieved my platinum trophy on Skyrim for the PS3.  For those that don't know, this means I got every other trophy in the game.  
• My yeard attempt is halfway through the first month.  The Yeard In Review is the name of my blog chronicling the attempt.
• Work still sucks.  Big news there.
• I finally got my Nintendo DSi XL.  My mom got it for me this Christmas.  Thanks ma!
• Here's a video from a band called Battles.  The song is weird, but worth listening to.

Updates and Observations

I've been sick for the past couple weeks, and I'd like to say that's the reason I haven't blogged anything in a while.  I'd be lying though, since it's been a couple months since I've actually posted anything... I haven't been sick that long.

I've been thinking that maybe I need to reassess my reasons for even having a blog.  I mean, I sometimes have an inspiration for a post, but often I just don't have much to say.  Thus, the long periods of dormancy.  And then I do stupid things like create new blogs.  I can't help myself.  I'm spread so thin on the internet that I don't know where the lines of social media are anymore.

Part of my problem is that while I initially intended this blog to be a sort of mercurial catch-all, it ended up being mostly just short hack essays.  I would have an idea for a short post, and I wouldn't post it, because a blog didn't seem the appropriate forum.  Or I'd find a video I wanted to share.  And then I'd think, "I don't want to create a new blog post just for a video."  So I wouldn't post.  Instead, those things would find their way to facebook.  But I really don't like facebook for those things.

Facebook is nice for connecting with people from time to time.  But if you want individual attention, you're subject to the whimsy of the hive-mind of your friend list.  There are times when you can say that you're feeling so depressed and sad, and nobody even comments.  Other times, you might post that you stubbed your toe, and you have 35 sympathetic responses within an hour.  It's easy to have your comments get buried in the ever-flowing stream.

So, from now on, I'm going to be a lot more open to posting shorter thoughts on this blog.  After all, it's my blog.  It can have whatever rules I want, and I can change those rules at any time.  So, expect to see more of my random thoughts here.  Now, if I can just expand my readership beyond four people...

So, now a few other notes:

• The other blog I linked up a few paragraphs (Downvote This) is basically an extension of my browsing on Reddit.  Frequently, things you post to Reddit are lost to oblivion before anybody has a chance to see them.  So, this is my second chance blog.  Honestly, I am struck with ideas for posts so rarely that it really probably didn't warrant a blog.  But it's what I do, so live with it.  As I've said on the intro there, I will probably post links to other peoples' failed submissions as well.  I haven't yet though, because I'm lazy.  In due time...maybe
• Joining my secondary blog may be a tertiary blog, the name of which I have not yet chosen.  To be honest, I'm still debating within myself whether I should do this as a separate blog.  Basically, the idea is this (I know, I know, it's far from original, but I'm doing it):  On January 1st, 2012, I will be shaving off my facial hair, and the hair on my head.  I will then take one picture each day chronicling my path to the vaunted yeard.  One year of unfettered beard growth.
  Actually, I say that it will be unfettered.  That's not quite true.  I will probably trim my moustache a bit to keep it from curling up into my nostrils or down into my mouth.  And the hair on my head will be cut down whenever I feel necessary.  But the beard growth will be an unruly, untamed beast.  I hope.
  So, the jury is still out as to whether I'll post these daily pics on this blog, or if I should dedicate a new blog specifically for this purpose.  I'll figure all that out soon enough.
• I don't know why I felt the need to use bullet points here.  I only actually had two things to write about.  So, this last one is just filler.  Smoooooth.

That's about it on the update front.  My observations will come later. 

Remember Me?

Well, as I predicted back in my first post, my stick-to-it-ive-ness isn't so adhesive. It's been well over a year since my last post. So, that's about par for the course. I'm trying very hard, however, to regain my interest in this blog. I think the main reason is that I've actually decided to stop writing in my personal journal. It wasn't going anywhere. It wasn't even all that cathartic. I just bitched about the same things in every entry. And I'm so lazy that sometimes I'd start an entry, and then realize how much of a pain in the ass it would be to write everything I was thinking down, and I'd scrap it. I am the picture of motivation...

So, maybe I'll give this blog a try again. It's almost a private journal, considering that hardly anybody reads it...

Here's an update:

I'm still working at St. Lukes in the Heart Institute. It sometimes amazes me that time has passed so quickly here. Ordinarily time drags on when I'm at a job. I'll feel like I've been there for years before the six-month mark. I burn out on jobs easily. So it's surprising that this April will see my third anniversary at the hospital. That's the longest I've held a job since the porn store.
The key to avoiding burnout, for me at least, is to give no more than is absolutely necessary to the job. So many people, in pursuit of money, will work every scrap of overtime they can snatch up. They'll work doubles, have eight hours off, then work another double. Fuck that. I put in my eight hours, and then I go home. I've done the overtime thing. I've done the night shift. They will make me hate a job faster than anything. So, I've been careful to avoid extra time on the job. And, obviously, it's paid off.

My relationship continues to be the one thing I'm good at. I am baffled at people that seem to work against themselves when it comes to relationships. There aren't rules you have to follow. I find it sad when someone won't call a person, because the "rules" state you have to wait a certain period of time. All you're doing is denying yourself the company of someone you like. People are so concerned about what they can get out of a relationship, and don't worry about what they can put into it. If both parties involved (or more, if you're into the open relationship scenario) are looking out for themselves, who exactly is looking out for the relationship? Hmmm. I should write a book.

I don't think I ever mentioned our cat, Luna, so I'll do so now. I'd like to post some pictures of her, and I will eventually. But for now that's not an option. She's beautiful though. And an utter pain in the ass. She was a feral cat that we rescued from under my mom's porch in Warrensburg. Considering her wild beginnings, it's amazing to me that she's become a loving and loveable pet. And if she has her skittishness and her random quirks, well, she's no different from us.

My mom retired last year and moved to Florida. While I'm happy for her, because she's wanted to retire in Florida for quite a while, I also really miss having her so close. I used to spend the weekend in Warrensburg around once a month. I've always been a bit of a mama's boy, so this is quite an adjustment. I'm getting used to it, though. And, there will be worse places to visit in the winter than Florida.

The final bit of update-worthy news is that our computer died a horrible painful death. You don't really appreciate how integral the internet is to your life until you no longer have easy access to it. That's why there will be no pictures in this post or in any other posts I may (or may not) make in the near future. We are saving money when we can, and hope to have a new computer soon. In the interim, my internet access is limited to work access, which I shouldn't abuse (ummmm...yeah), and my PSP, which is a fantastic piece of electronics, but certainly not an effective replacement of an actual computer. But that little guy has been a lifeline for us for the last several months since our computer succumbed to the rigors of time.

Anyway, that's about all the relevant information in my life at the moment. Hopefully I'll have a more entertaining post coming here soon. Or, I might just go another year and a half before writing again... We'll see.