2005-12-27 - 10:05 p.m. I’m finding it harder and harder to find things to put here for a number of reasons. There are many things that I don’t want to use this journal for. I don’t want to use this for a soap box to rant. While I enjoy reading a well written rant, I’m not really good at it. Most of the things that burn me up are personal things that others wouldn’t care to hear and I wouldn’t care to share with the world at large. I don’t want to simply use it to post links I’ve found. You’ve probably seen them before and besides, since I write my journal at work where I don’t have access to my bookmarks, I don’t remember the cool links I’ve found lately. Also, I don’t have time to randomly surf the net for cool stuff. It’s sad but true. I don’t want to use this forum to simply tell you about my day. You don’t care. Hell, half the time when I write stuff like that, I bore myself. I can imagine how little you care that I’ve had Little Debbie Peanut Butter Bars for breakfast every morning for the last three months. I don’t want to talk about my job. A) it’s boring to those who don’t work there. In order for it NOT to be boring, I’d have to add so much backstory that it wouldn’t be worth the pay off. B) There are confidentiality concerns. I work in the financial field and it would be too easy to pass on a delightful tale that breached confidentiality. C) It’s never a good idea to bitch about your employer in a public forum when you can be readily identified. Let’s face it, in this state, you can be fired for any reason. Sure, they can’t fire you because you’re black, a woman, or Catholic, but they can always fire you for bad attitude, poor hygiene habits, or failure to fill out a TPS Report Cover Sheet. My job may not be the best in the world, but I got cats to feed, pal. I don’t plan on losing my job just for the satisfaction of venting online. Long story short, I don’t know that I really have a reason to post on here right now. There’s not much going on in my life and I hate to post drivel on the journal just so that I can say that I’ve updated. What to do instead? Well, there are a couple things. I have a completely pointless collection of web pages that I will be putting up back on the main site soon. I’ve been promising this for some time, but I intend to actually do it now. Watch here for news of the Gallery opening. I have a ton of photos that I’d like to share and that will be getting space on unclemonster.com soon as well. And then there’s my writing. As many (ok, both) of you know, I want to write. Actually, I already write some. I want to write a lot more and get it published. I intend to work towards this goal in the coming year. It’s a bit early for resolutions, but here goes. 1. Lose weight. 60 pounds is the eventual goal, but I’ll take what I can get. 2. Finish my (as of yet unnamed) novel. 3. Publish at least one short piece. 4. Conquer my fear of the planet Jupiter. I mean, really, why the hell does it have to be so fricking big?? 5. Finally, be a better person and a better friend. Ok, that’s it. I probably won’t be posting here a lot. I may use this to let people know about updates to unclemonster.com or to post interesting tidbits, but I may have a line on a better system to do that as well. Until then, I’m Uncle Monster and you’re not. previous - next

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