So yeah, life’s getting in the way around here; not much in the way of time to tend to this little corner of the internet. I guess I should be honest; I haven’t been tending to this space with much real depth for a while now. I guess there are a couple of reasons for that.

The first thing I can think of is that I’m busy doing other things; maybe this place isn’t the outlet it used to be for me. I’ve got a vibrant social circle out there that I spend a lot of time doing things with in meatspace; most of my writing here anymore isn’t think pieces so much as “I did this cool thing over the weekend” or whatever; I like to think I’m still thoughtful, but I only have so many brain cycles to parse out amongst my various constituencies.

Secondly, I have more constituencies now. Besides home and family, work is eating up a lot right now; I’ve switched jobs on some level every year for the last four years, and the last two switches were a bit more drastic than most, as I jumped agencies and then job series – I’m spending a lot of brain power just figuring out my place in the work world, since the fruits of that labor let me do all the other cool stuff, plus sort of important things like food and clothing and shelter. The new job is shaping up; I’m learning lots, and don’t feel quite so lost, but in all honesty, it’s going to take a while to figure out how to be in charge of the program instead of just a cog within it.

Beyond shuffling the day jobs around with alarming regularity, I’ve picked up a couple of side gigs along the way. The cool stuff on the weekends and the vibrant social circles have turned me into a developmental editor of cool science fiction and fantasy stories, which is still kind of exciting. I’ve also fallen in with some excellent creative musician types, where I get to be a wrock star with some regularity, including this weekend, where in addition to a pretty kick-ass band show, I got to be part of some excellent jam sessions with the likes of Mikey Mason, Griff’s Room Band, and Valentine Wolfe. I’m getting to exercise my creative muscles in different ways, which is very cool, but doesn’t always lend itself to time to carve deep thoughts upon this canvas of electrons.

And finally, I guess, I’ve been doing this bloggy thing for almost twelve years. I wonder sometimes if I’m running out of things to say. When I do feel like saying something, it feels like I end up repeating myself quite a bit. I don’t know, maybe a decade and change is the most anyone can expect from one of these things?

So? Does this mean I’m done? I don’t know. I kind of doubt it (for one thing, my hosting bill is paid up for at least a year), but maybe I’ve come around to giving myself permission to let this space turn into something else. I’ll be just as surprised as anybody else.