A Potential Comeback

Not long ago I was browsing through all my bookmarks and came across this blog. I looked at the date and said did a little double take when I realized it's been almost 4 years since I wrote anything here. How could I fill in all those massive gaps? For those of you who know me, you'll know that I went from being in Korea (18 months), to volunteering and travelling in East Africa (3 months), being unemployed (I don't want to calculate for how long, but it definitely seemed a lot longer than it was) to being in London, England. Part of the reason I was looking at the aforementioned links is that I'm about to embark on an even greater move: to New Zealand (Auckland specifically, but we'll see where life takes me when I land). What is different about this move is that I'm going from one overseas country to another. Not the easiest thing to organize, though I guess a lot easier (and cheaper) than flying to Canada and then on to New Zealand.

The last few months have also been a huge period of upheaval in my life, for various reasons. I figured that perhaps a return to blogging might help me sort things out, even if I'm the only one who reads it. At least it's out there. If no one cares, meh. I'm not too concerned.

I spent a bit of time, updating things a bit (blogger has changed, though not that much, in four years). I've added some pictures to the sidebar (still uploading them so that they can display, will take a while with all the places I've been), a twitter feed (yes, I also joined twitter, though same deal as this blog, if people read it, they read it, I'm not too concerned) and a few other things. I may change other aspects as time rolls on.

I don't know how often I'll write, but I want to write about things that interest me. I'm planning to write about books and movies I read and watch. As well as any interesting news I run across. Probably will write about my experiences teaching, as well as my past and future experiences in foreign countries. We'll see. This will probably be a grab bag of stuff with no coherent message or focus. So pretty much a good representation of myself. I'll do my best not to edit things too much. Just write what I feel. I don't want this to feel like a chore, so I'm not going to take it too far (unless someone offers me money to write, then, of course, I'll do whatever I have to).

I'll end this here, but I think I'll try to write something in the next day or so (maybe even later today, though that's not all that likely).

Changes, changes changes!

It has been a while since I found the time or the energy to write a post. There have been good reasons for this and over the next few weeks I will hopefully be able to relate those reasons to my viewers who have been checking this site occasionally.

The last few months have been filled with some big changes to my life and it has been hard to adjust and survive in this new life that has been formed around me. Further and bigger changes are coming in the next few months (and if you're really savvy you can probably figure out the biggest one) so this space will likely be much different than it once was. All changes will be revealed in due time.

So what does all of this cryptic talk mean to you? Well, for starters it means that I'm back, though different. I have decided to make the format a bit looser for my blog. I will no longer adhere to the strict guidelines I set out at the beginning, though I will try to keep my posts to the subjects that started with (with perhaps a few exceptions).

I will probably be posting with less frequency than I was before (I think the intensity was too much for me at the time, and now I have even less free time), but I will do my best to make quality posts.

Look for a brand new post in the next few days...

One Whole Month of Posting!

Well, it's been a whole month since that first post (if you don't count the one where I introduced this blog). I'd like to thank my readers for sticking with me for this long and hopefully you will still be with me at the one year anniversary.

Some changes that are being made as we speak:

• Music on Mondays is now Media on Mondays. I was originally going to make it Music and Movies but I thought I might also want to talk about books and that doesn't really start with an M, does it?
• If you hadn't noticed already, I set up and email address for this blog. If you have any thing you want to submit for posting (ideas, pictures, etc.) or if you're responding to any contests, please use this email. Feel free to post any comments on the blog and respond to other people's comments. An open dialogue is helpful.
• Hopefully soon I will have at least one more person writing for me, so look out for that.

Thanks again for a great month and I hope that as this grows it will become all the more enjoyable. Please pass this blog along if you know anyone who might be interested!