On the Road Again...

I stood at a crossroads recently.

Metaphorically, or course. I didn't actually walk to a four-way intersection.

The roads were all a tangled mess. Work and family. Creation and Contribution. Fun and Input.

And I evaluated. I evaluated my time. I evaluated my energy. I evaluated my resources.

I evaluated my opportunities.

With the added stress at work, and the added stress at home, and the added stress of actually caring about anything these days, I came the closest I've ever come to giving up this ghost.

Wow, that sounds worse than I meant. Naturally, I am still 100% invested in love and life and my job.

It's the little extra things that were teetering.

But no longer.

I'm back.

Maybe not in the same capacity as before. Things might still go a while between updates. But...

But I like having this blog to voice my opinions.

But I have a responsibility to keep writing for Jedi News, that I keep a positive voice in the Star Wars fandom no matter how much I want to just not even bother sometimes - because if I give up, then the haters win.

But I want to keep that built-in audience, however small, to start doing some new things - perhaps podcasting, perhaps YouTube, perhaps I'll even start working on my abandoned novel again.

Of course, all of this will take time, energy, and resources that I may not have right away. But the difference is that I think I'm going to start really banging out the logistics and actually go for something.

And I hope you'll all continue to take that journey with me.

Some Stuff

Got some stuff to discuss.

1. The Geekdom Madness poll closed early today. I won't have time to do it later today because I'm working more hours. Results will come as always. Please understand.

2. My Jedi News article did not go up on that site. I want to find out what's going on before I post it here. Please understand.

3. I've finally gotten all of my birthday gifts from people, and I will show them off for your eternal envy. But not now, because time. Soon. Please understand.

4. Lots of stuff has been happening with me and WoW lately, and even though nobody else here has ever really shown any interest whatsoever when I've spoken about it in the past, I still want to write about it in a post (or several) in the very near future because it's my blog, so shut up,. Please understand.

5. I am considering possibly turning Adsense on for this blog once I've done more research on it, so I can start making a little extra moneywithout burning myself out at work. If you think this is THE WORST IDEA IN THE LONG SAD HISTORY OF BAD IDEAS and have a legitimate reason for thinking so, let me know so I can have all the information and make you guys happy about coming to this site. Please understand.

Clone Wars Season 6: The Disappeared

"HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
- Boss Nass, The Phantom Menace

Spoilers Ahead

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(Originally Written for Jedi News)

I’ll be the first to admit that of all the Star Wars films, Attack of the Clones took the longest for me to fully appreciate. In spite of the fact that I still feel that it’s arguably the most well-crafted film in the Saga, at least when it comes to symbolism, subtlety, and having a deeper meaning beyond the space fantasy, I still enjoy most of the other films on a far more visceral level than this one.

"Settle down, settle down!"

However, that doesn’t mean that there was ever a time I actively disliked the movie. On the contrary, even though it wasn’t my favorite and I was a little let down after expecting another Phantom Menace, I still loved the film from day one. Each film in the Saga has moments that count amongst my absolute favorites not just in Star Wars, but in film in general.

My Wife is Amazing

Look at my wife. My wife is amazing.

Well, you can't actually LOOK at her here, because I'm not posting her pictures here because privacy. If you're that curious, she's on Facebook all the time (and I am NOT, despite what a page that hasn't been looked at much less updated in years might suggest).

Who Does This Remind You Of?

(Originally Written for Jedi News)

((All images found by Google Image Search. If any of you readers are responsible for any of them, let me know.))

I am not a bandwagon jumper.

Yes, I am a huge fan of many popular franchises, but I came into them on my own terms. In fact, I have a history of avoiding things that would later become some of my favorites simply because people startle me by never shutting up about it. One prime example is the Harry Potter series. I avoided it like the plague until I saw a trailer for the first film and thought it looked interesting enough to check out. Today, it’s perhaps my favorite book series of all time.

Even my beloved Star Wars started out as just this thing everyone kept quoting. It wasn’t until the Special Editions were coming out that I decided it was about time I gave it a chance. As you can see, I never looked back.

"Very Special Indeed."