Working for Thinkgeek is fun, let me start by saying that. I don’t know if I’ve ever had a job where doing your job is fun to do, though its a little disconcerting to have people thank you for doing what you were hired to do (far cry from jobs of yore). Unfortunately, work hasn’t left much room for blogging or breathing of late, though after our big pusht this week to get all of the servers moved to our new facility, time should again become something of a commodity again. To be fair, work hasn’t been the only distraction – as you may have seen over on flickr, in the last week alone we’ve had a haircut, first day of school, and a birthday party, plus everything else.
Admittedly, blogging isn’t the only thing that has suffered the last week or three. Until today, I hadn’t really written anything (fictional) either, lacking both the free energy and desire to try and tell a story. Then today I sat down, powered up scrivener, and started tapping away. I thought I was writing a short story, and it might still turn out to be one, but its currently 2K strong, so it has potential. Its a fresh start, new world, new characters, new story, and it feels damned fine. But then, this is still the honeymoon phase, where the new story is the sweetest thing in the world and hasn’t had a chance to get under my skin and fester and pester me. And that’s completely ignoring the fact that in addition to any stories that might be bubbling beneath the surface, nanowrimo is only a few months away. I’d like to get a good outline done ahead of time this year, but that too takes time.
Meh, not sure there is much else to say. I hope to be back in the swing of things with blogging and writing this week, though its a delicate balance these days while I settle into my new life on the outside. Hope everyone else had a good weekend!
~Mike