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I’m continually rebuilding and updating this site, and I’m attempting to make it a bit more hobby-intensive as I intrinsically add new features, and options to the site itself.  Right now I’ve added in last.fm integration over there on the far right side (which I think is pretty nifty).  Also hoping to update the about me page with some critical details of myself as well as some useful contact info…

Seems Kanye-ness has even invaded geek gaming’s mindset (as seen on Joystiq): http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/19/weekly-webcomic-wrapup-is-pirate-talkin.

I counted at least 4 different comics this week that mention or integrate the VMA debacle into them.  Sort of telling what’s on the social consciousness of America…

9/11 is one of those things that can mean so much to people and at the same time mean almost nothing at all.  Don’t get me wrong: I remember where I was on this day in 2001, and I genuinely feel hurt for those people that died in the attacks.  I’m happy that now, 8 years later we’ve begun to actually heal and not concentrate so much on such horrible events.

I remember being woken up by my mother who was telling me something was happening at the World Trade Centers; something big and it was enough to get me out of bed at like 7 AM.  (This was essentially summer for me, and college was 3 weeks away from starting.)  I remember watching the TV, seemingly all morning.  A friend dropped by to watch the news with me.  She left after a few hours.  It was all a little nuts.

I feared for friend’s I had in the area– folks who went across the country for school, people I hadn’t seen in years.  Suddenly I wanted to get in contact with all of them.  I didn’t, really.  That in itself turned out to be a chore I wasn’t interested in either.

The day passed and gradually the friends I had, and some not so friends convened at someone’s house.  Instinctively we all wanted to talk and just feel better.  We did watch <i>Arlington Road</i>, perhaps not the best idea at the time but I think we just wanted to know how someone could do such a thing.

I remember the feeling of despondency went on for weeks.  TV was filled with what ifs, hastily thrown together “documentaries” on what was going on in the Taliban, and suddenly a new country for us to care about: Pakistan.

A sudden haste to remove the twin towers from all forms of media: movies, tv, music, the whole bit.  One of my favorite band’s at the time, Bush had a song called “Speed Kills” that was running up the charts.  The song quickly stagnated and the band actually broke up another number of months later.  I’m actually kind of surprised I remember so much of it.

Time again to let the past be the past I suppose. On to happier things…

This is an attempt to make a first sample post. Its not meant to be anything special, and quite honestly:  it isn’t.

Howzzat?