I used to have a different blog hosted on my own site. Acutally, I still do, but I’ve shuttered it for the time being. I needed to put it behind me for a while, and I’ve seen other sites that have closed shop for a while with good results.

I started blogging regularly as an outlet from some personal upheavals several years ago, and it helped me feel like I was expanding my horizons. I could explore frontiers through linking and writing about my interests and activities. Now, I feel that same strong need, but my site doesn’t feel like the right place for it. Plus, all the comments it was getting were spam, I couldn’t tell if anyone was even reading it but me, and my drive for linking and writing about things had seemed to wither out. My site has earned a lot of equity and link cred over the years, but I need to lighten my load right now.

Except, I still want to write. I just don’t want anyone to know it’s me. I had regular readers (friends and strangers) who came to expect things other than I wanted anymore. I’ve needed to write in a more personal voice without anyone knowing me. My other site has links to articles I find interesting, music I’m listening to, books I’m reading, movies I’ve watched. But, that’s all an extension of my total identity which has been haunting me lately: I want to be someone else for a while, or at least focus on other facets.

Sometimes I just feel dreadful and nothing seems like comfort. Writing does. Whether I’m recounting my day, typing-up some mundane musings, or recording thoughts, putting words together is a little like singing to myself; it’s comforting. So, I’ve started this blog. And another one related to what I do for a living, as well as what i want to do more of. I like putting words together, so that’s what this blog is gonna be about: me writing about things.