Current location:	My house
Current mood:	good
Current music:	I dream a Highway- Gillian Welch

It's been a while...
Wow. 35 weeks since I posted. I remember a time when I couldn't go a day without writing here. I've been lurking for a while. I mean it's not like I stopped reading entirely. I just didn't have a lot to say and what I did say has been recorded for posterity more on MySpace for the past year. I used to pour out my heart in this place and maybe someday I will again but I think a breech of trust occurred a long time ago and rather than let that repair itself and take some time away I tried to censor myself instead, filter everything and really... what's the point of that? That defeats why I started this journal to begin with back in 2001. It made me bitter at first and then just apathetic. I didn't want to be either so I stepped back.

I've been here what? Seven years?! Is that all? Seems like I've lived a couple of lifetimes since then. Certainly a lot has transpired to be sure. I am a phoenix in many ways always rising from the ashes. I've existed in a lot of forms and am no stranger to change. I like to think of myself as a neverending work in progress. Maybe someday I'll be a masterpiece. Anyway, this journal is friends only. There's a reason for that- some personal and some professional. It's not snobbery or having a reason to hide- it's just simple smarts. This is the internets, people and you are being observed. Like it or not. Live with it. Feel free to contact me though if you're interested enough to want to know what goes through this thick skull of mine. It's a freakin' amusement ride sometimes! More to come... keep an eye out.