Hi there. Nice to see you again. It’s been a while.
In fact, it’s been, let’s see…ah. Yes. More than a year.
Wow. Time flies.
So, lots has happened since I was here last. I’m a year older, for one. There’s been a lot of life going on that I won’t get into here. But I still work at the same place. I still come home to the same family. I still love the same woman, the same daughter, and the same God.
From a fan standpoint, there has been a whole Star Wars movie released that I haven’t even mentioned here. A new Star Trek movie is in the theaters right now, and I’m pretty sure I’m not going to see it until it comes out on Blu-ray. A new Harry Potter story is in bookstores as we speak. I’ve commented on none of it here.
In fact, there’s been an appalling lack of any kind of anything her for the past two years. No personal stuff, no fan observations, no nothing. Why?
Well, for one thing, I’m a born introvert. I have an fierce and abiding inner conviction that nobody wants to hear what I have to say on a given subject. And my total readership for the bulk of this blog has borne this out. I’ve been limping along here for some seven years now, and I am comfortable certain that no one has read this blog that is not a blood relation.
Please don’t think that bothers me. Anytime I write anything that I’m not getting paid to write — and I’m certainly not getting paid to write this — I’m doing it for myself. But I must admit, if I had an audience of 400 instead of four (all of whom I’m in regular contact with), I probably wouldn’t have stayed away so long.
Another thing is I write a lot. I write for a living, and I do my best writing between 7-10:30 a.m. And I can count the number of times that I’ve been able to write something of my own choosing during those golden hours in the past two months on the fingers of one hand.
After about 1 p.m., it gets harder and harder. It's about 8 p.m. now, and creating new sentences is starting to feel like running through wet concrete.
Either way, I’m back now. I didn’t start this blog just to let it rot. Amid the miasma of social media — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, and whatever else have you — I still have a soft spot for the long form.
I’ve got some ideas that will hopefully bring me back here more often. I know — the guy who can’t even make a regular Facebook or Twitter post thinks he can blog again. All I can do is give it a try, and see what happens.
You’re also probably going to see some changes around here. A new look is in order, for one thing. And probably, a new name. I’ve always disliked the name ‘Padawan Pause.’ I chose it because somebody had already beaten me to the name I wanted to use. It was alright for a while, but now, it just doesn’t fit. Its time has passed. It’s time for a new name, and possibly, a new home for this blog when I come up with one.
That’s all for now. I don’t know when this will happen, or when I’ll be back. So, no promises, pledges, vows or definitive plans; just know that we’ll talk again soon.
