Frankly, I’m not much of a Francophile, but there is one French custom that has a certain appeal to me: the month-long August vacation.
I like blogging and I’ve had more fun and gotten a lot more satisfaction from doing this than I ever expected when I started nearly 18 months ago. Therefore I’m not planning on quitting anytime soon. I am, however, going to take the rest of this month off to try and remember what I did with all my free time before I started blogging.
I’ve got some chewy books I’ve been wanting to read, a couple of new Xbox games I’ve barely touched, a fantasy football campaign to plot and a desire to spend some of the remaining summer evenings out of my basement. There’s also an element of personal development to this exercise: I want to see if I can get through a day without looking at it as blog-fodder; I want to see if I can get to bed earlier at night; and I want to see if I really can stop, anytime I want to.
That doesn’t mean “The Night Writer” is going dark the next few weeks, however. The Mall Diva and Tiger Lilly can post anytime, and I’m pretty sure there’ll be more updates leading to MD’s big golden birthday bash (not to mention the big unveil she’s been promising of her birthday dress). Furthermore, I may pop in if something timely comes up or occurs to me that I can’t let pass without comment.
I’ll be back the week after Labor Day, and I hope you will be, too.
Wuss
Moi?
“I want to spend the remaining summer evenings out of my basement”, said the man sitting in the basement playing the xbox on a summer evening.
MD, go to your room. But will you bring me a glass of ice tea with a big wedge of lemon while you’re up?
Heh, don’t take it out on the poor girl. After all if you aren’t hunkered down on your PC she is already gonna have to put up with you more often.
Isn’t that punishment enough?
LOL
So here is my theory. NW is just paranoid about MD turning 18. He’s so worried she’s going to jump at the opportunity to buy cigarettes, porn and be arrested that he’s gonna stop blogging so he can stalk her constantly.
How’s he going to do that? He’s either at work or in the basement.
And if he was going to stalk me constantly, you know he couldn’t resist live-blogging about it.
Maybe he started another blog just to stalk you with!? And you only think he’s at work or in the basement. He’s really watching you!
Be afraid, but very afraid!
I know he’s not working, Kevi! He’s playing video games!
I ain’t a-scared.
MD, have you noticed anything in particular about those videogames? Such as the flank and maneuver squad tactics? Recon exercises? Oh, and what about the suppressing fire (Kevin, take note)? You think I’m practicing these just for “fun”?
That’s it. I’m moving out.