Some Kind of Life

Several thousand of my loyal readers (what? it could happen) have inquired about why I have been so intermittent with posting over the last, let's say, dozen months.  There's no one specific reason, but I do have reasons and I maintain that they are valid, no matter what your bitch-ass says.

Basement.  Much of my free time as been consumed by working on finishing our basement.  Not having access to the basement means I haven't had access to my home office and wired internet.  I usually do my writing from my desktop PC, which has been sitting on my kitchen table for several months now.  There are many stories contained within the joys of home remodeling, but I'll save them for another time.  For now, let's just say that I hope the fine people of Kraftmaid Cabinetry get splinters stuck in a very painful place.  The ass.  I'm saying in the ass.

Photography.  Believe it or not, I fancy myself a bit of a decent photographer.  I enjoy photography nearly as much as writing, but it's a time consuming hobby.  Toward the end of this year and the start of next, I'll be adding a link to my photography website and make a serious effort to post photographs more consistently.

Video games. God help me, as pathetic as I know it makes me, I am a video game junkie.  Ha ha, that's funny right?  Guy my age, playing games now and then?  No.  It's an addiction people.  I have spent 206 hours on a game called Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.  Take a moment to put that math brain of yours to work and consider how long 206 hours is, please.  It took over my life.  And sadly, I wasn't content to hold my addiction to myself.  I got my wife involved.  And she may be worse than I am.  This is the reason that I never even tried World of Warcraft.  I know that if I do, I will seriously consider quitting my job and showering in the sink, if at all.

Work.  Oh yeah, work.  I do have a job and stuff that I kind of have to do.  Daddy can't feed his basement/photography/video game lifestyle on good looks alone. 

Comments

[TJ]

"Oblivion is a single-player game that takes place in Tamriel's capital province, Cyrodiil. You are given the task of finding the hidden heir to a throne that sits empty, the previous emperor having been killed by an unknown assassin. . . . It's up to you to find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of Tamriel."

Oh, man. Your dorkitude was confirmed at that word with the two letter I's right together. The real tragedy is that you've dragged Mrs. CW down with you.

[MP]

Excuses are just that. My employer pays me a lot of money to read your blog on his time and I expect me some good readin'.

[sue]

But we here who already are on WoW would love to addict ya... :)

[snowy]

YAY! finished basement for more parties!