Wednesday, 04 November 2009

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  Reunited...and it feels so good :-)

  So Xanga...how have you been?

  Yes, it's been months since I've posted here...but I did keep a blog since July 27 at http://www.chrisicisms.blogspot.com. You can read it...it will take you about five minutes because there really is not there.

  I started the blog because I wanted a clean start--hit my 30s with something more professional and less journal-ish. Something that might get more easily noticed.

  But here's the deal--without the Xanga community and my loyal readers, without the daily drive to write (even if it IS just a journal entry) and without five years of history to look back at and revisit...it just felt empty and purposeless. I have a good momentum here in Xangaland. I have a blog that has five years of musings, reviews, rants and vents. This blog is my own personal history from 25-30...and you know what, my life doesn't hit some magical new stride with 30 (although it's been darn good).

  And I have to face it: I'm at my best as a writer when I'm less structured, more conversational and able to just write whatever I want. Xanga's been good to me. I'm coming home.

  But I'm coming home a changed person. The past few nights I've spent some time reading over the past few years' worth of entries and it did hit me just how much is going on write now...probably why I need some sort of long-form journal, I guess. So, as a way to harken back to the good ol' days (of about five months ago), let's get reacquainted with some...BULLETS!!!

  • Biggest news right now: I'm in love. I actually started dating K. back when I was still keeping this blog, but it didn't start getting serious until mid-August or so. She's a fantastic woman...does some of the same type of work I do, but for a Christian college and not the military. She's funny, loves a good movie/book and is great to talk to...and she's pretty darn cute, too. Best of all, she's a strong Christian and inspires me to get a little better each day. I'm sure that there will be more to blog about in the future, but for right now I'll just say that K. is making me a very, very happy person.
  • 2nd Biggest News Right now: Not only did my blog move, but I did too. I moved out of Rochester just under a month ago. My sister and her husband had been renting a house in Roseville and just bought one of their own in Sterling Heights. So I took over their lease and moved in. It's a good deal all around, really. The rent is half what I was paying before, it cuts my drive to work down from 45 minutes to 10 and it allows me to be back closer to my church. Plus, it's a house and not an apartment. So I'm digging it.
  • Work is still work. I've made peace with selling out and the fact that I'm doing a job that is a little less exciting in exchange for making some better money with more benefits. Yeah, I feel a bit dirty at times, but the truth is that I get cleaner when I realize it lets me be able to take vacation time after Christmas and that I can actually afford to think about going on a real vacation sometime next year. I'll admit that the scientific and engineering aspects of it often confuse or bore me and that there's a level of brown-nosing and Kool Aid drinking that I'll never be cool with (I think that's the objectivity still holding on tight). And yes, I terribly miss being a reporter, particularly with the Source. I miss the camaraderie of the staff, the excitement of every day being different and the responsibility I had to the community. It was the best job I ever had and I'll never forget it. But the truth is that there are way worse jobs I could have...I'll be pleased to stick with this one for awhile.
  • I'm still doing the movie review thing, albeit much more infrequently than before. I had to miss a screening of "The Blind Side" tonight, but I'm seeing "The Box" tomorrow. I'm still part of the Detroit Film Critic Society, although I have to admit it's going to kill me to miss the yearly film day--I have to go out of town to our corporate headquarters in Virginia that day...and the fact that I can't make the afternoon screenings (just missed "The Road," "Up in the Air" and "Men Who Stare At Goats" last week) also kills me. But I did see "Precious" (keep your eyes open for this one) and I'm hoping screeners can fill in my gaps once they start arriving.
  • Other that that, kids...I'm back. I'm hoping getting re-settled into my old digs will reignite the writer's fire I have in me. I'm hoping some daily writing will be in order...and even if it's just daily ramblings, at least it will keep me sharp.

  So what's new with all of you?

  --The Dubbs

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