I really hate reading weblog/journal entries that begin with “Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately, but the cat lost all its hair/ the guitar died/ the kids spilled pudding in the laptop/ I lost all my pants/ zombies!” Or whatever.
I also don’t get much of a thrill out of entries that exist just to tell me that the author won’t be around, like “Don’t expect me to post anything for the next month because it’s blueberry-picking season/ I’m reading the collected works of J.K Rowling in French/ all my furniture needs refinishing/ zombies!”
Having said that …
My job is kicking my ass around the block. We advanced from Busy Software Pre-Release Mode to Incredibly Swamped Imminent Release Mode. Theoretically I shouldn’t even be sitting here at home typing this right now, I should be in the office converting XML to HTML or testing software or deciphering edits from software developers or arguing why we shouldn’t change terminology this close to a release.
I can think of a half-dozen things I’d like to write about, plus I would love to review Batman Begins and Hustle & Flow and whatever the hell else I’ve seen in the past couple of weeks. I hope I’ll be able to make time to post about a few upcoming events in Austin, as soon as I can remember where I put that information …
For the next two or three weeks, my job will suck out all my brain power and when I get home I will sit on the sofa like, well, a zombie. And I don’t mean Rob Zombie, either. (Hey, when’s his movie going to play in Austin?) Also, I’m doing some volunteer work that’s cranking into high gear. And maybe I’ll refinish all the furniture, just for fun and relaxation.
Don’t expect regular and substantial postings before August 15. Now that I’ve said that, of course, I’ll get a wild hair to write about my theories on the so-called box office slump, or write another list of gaps in the DVD market, or explain why I like the ending of the movie Alice Adams more than the book. Perhaps I’ll even write about zombies.