Over the years, this site has provided a number of outlets for me.
Trying my hand at humorous writing, a documentation of a life I believed interesting enough to share, a catharsis, geeky ramblings, and most recently.. Well, actually nothing recently. It's been nearly a full year between posts.

But I'm interested (at least for the moment) in reviving it as an outlet of sorts.
Perhaps the timing is bad. I realize that my internet anonymity is decidedly not. Let's ignore all that for a while and get to the point. Musing about me.

Four odd months ago, the woman previously referred on this very site as Madeline and I broke it off. Or, as she likes to point out, I broke it off with her.

I won't rehash the reasoning, or even analyze the things that went "right" or "wrong". Which is not to say that I haven't spent a lot of time evaluating these very things. But it doesn't seem necessary to use an outlet for things I've already made peace with. With regards to the end of our relationship, suffice to say, it was time.

I'm living in a hotel again. It seems that I spend a great deal of my life in a hotel. But truth is subjective, depending entirely on the viewer. Still- I've been here nearly a month, and I have another month to go. Here being Sumter, South Carolina.

I would be a liar if I said I were particularly enthused to be here. The truth is, I know (roughly speaking of course), where I do want to be. Folks, this ain't it.

I'm trying to avoid the virus of "short timer attitude", but I've already caught myself saying "It's only for a year".

Realizing that I am a social creature, even if that is entirely at odds with my cynicism and occasional misanthropy, I feel I've been left with no other choice but to find the silver lining in it all. The upshot is, I live fairly close to my cousin and her kids. And I adore them all. Of course, I also live equally close to my estranged brother, but he is, after all estranged for a reason.

For factual clarity, my brother and I are the ones at odds. I believe his relationship with the rest of the family is normal enough.

Another shining point is work. I'm getting exposure to some very cool technology that I would never have the chance to experience anywhere else. And hey, I'll be fully vested soon enough! Who knows what the future will hold, but it never hurts to have more experience.

So here I am in another hotel, listening to a generated playlist surprisingly apropos in it's favoritism of David Bowie and Mindless Self Indulgence.