What's Happening?

Posted Sun Jul 18, 2010 in

We’re well into the month of July and I haven’t been writing regularly for some time. It isn’t that I don’t have anything to say. Neither is it that I don’t have time to write a bit of something almost every day. I think what it’s been is that I haven’t known exactly what I want to write about and consequently didn’t have the energy to just write about anything.

So, for those who give a shit, here’s a bit of a synopsis of what’s been happening in the Ruminator’s life.

First (big first), we’ve been cleaning out the garage. That means going through something approaching 30-years worth of accumulation, deciding what to do with, then doing that something with it. Many things were auctioned on eBay. I sold off a bunch of old fantasy role playing materials I’ve been carrying for almost 30 years. I brought some coin and we used that to pay a couple of bills. A lot of stuff went to Goodwill or the other re-use-it shop in town. Some went to the landfill. A lot of paper was recycled.

Second, I’ve been busy with work-related stuff. Usually, by the time I get home, I’m pretty well used up. There isn’t a lot of energy left over. I do play World of Warcraft a bit — I hang out with a group of like-minded folks in a guild and sometimes we run a dungeon, sometimes we just banter. It’s a good way to unwind and I enjoy it, but I’ll never be a hardcore WoW player. It’s just not that important to me.

Third, I bought an iPad about a month ago. I thought a lot about a netbook computer, but didn’t want to abandon OS X as an operating platform. I was reluctant to buy an iPad, but decided to give it a try and bought one from Best Buy because I have return privileges there.

I don’t think it will be returned. It is so much more usable than my iPhone for the things I want to do. It’s actually large enough to be readable. In fact, I’m writing this on my iPad through Safari — with my Bluetooth keyboard acting as the input agent. The device is plenty capable for much of what I do. There are only a few things that are part of my work I could not do on my iPad.

Fourth, I don’t really know what I want to write about. I don’t have anything in particular that’s motivating me to write, at least on my weblog. I write a lot in my paper journal, but most of that I would not put here.

Maybe this is common for someone who runs a weblog as long as I do. I’m coming up on my ninth blogversary. Maybe there’s a bit of writer’s block flowing through my brain.

Fifth, if I can figure out what I want to write here, then I will get back into the groove. I own the domain for a long time and don’t really want to give this up. So, I think I’ll write here off and on for awhile until I figure out what comes next… or finally recapture my muse, who seems to be MIA.