Department of Glacial Emotion

The holiday season is upon us, ladies and gentlemen, and if you’re social networking at this time, that means you’re not spending time with your family, which is probably bad or something. So read this, then go out and do art-and-crafts, or watch a movie, or whatever it is you people do when you’re family.

First of all, an explanation as to why I dropped off the face of the earth, yet again. Study, yet again. Blegh. Also with family around these past couple of weeks, I haven’t had much “me-time”. And the me-time that I have had was spent playing Skyrim.

Damnit, now I want to play Skyrim. Must. Finish. Post.

Next, I want to wish you all a very happy holiday season - or what’s left of it - and a joyous new year. I won’t say Christmas specifically, because [insert stereotypical ramble about how we must be respectful of all beliefs (yes, even Scientology, but no, not Westboro Baptism) and… well, you know the rest.]

I also want to thank all of my friends, followers, supporters, fans, groupies, worshipers, and slaves. You’ve been a great support to me, and make me want to keep writing, and keep this blog alive. Also my fantastic girlfriend, who’s done all that and more (and also has a Tumblr).

This blog has been a way to express myself, and it’s served me well in doing so. I still want it to remain that way, but as I search for more facets to publish my writing, I feel that it should become more of a professional website, to allow for that. Therefore, in the new year, I’ll begin working with a few people who share the same goals, to bring you all more stuff more reliably. It’ll still be a way to express myself - more so than anywhere else - but I’ll also allow others to do so, through it. There’ll still be Monday Night Musings, Ben and Tom and What’s Wrong With This World? (I’m persisting with that partially because I actually spent money on the iPhone app), but there’ll be other stuff as well, since if I’m going to focus on building up my writing portfolio, I won’t have time to write on here all the time.

But more on that in the new year, at least until the world ends (we know how that’ll happen now - the thunderous footsteps of fat Lord of the Rings fans running as fast as they can to the midnight premiere of “The Hobbit” cracking the earth’s crust open and allowing it to spew forth magma onto the surface, wiping out all life on earth. And the skinny fans jogging to the cinema at 11:50 so that they’re first in line.) For now, have a fantastic holiday, and have fun [insert traditional holiday season activity here].