It has been asked (finally, lol) where I've been lately. Answer: gettin' paid! As some of you know, I've maintained a tech and video games blog in addition to WUD. Recently that hard work paid off, as I am now writing at three other sites, one of whom pays me *gasp* a wage!
Its a little hard to even keep up on my tech blog now, given how much I already write during the day. And I have to admit, somewhere along the line, maybe when Charlie died, I just blew a fuse on celebrity gossip. My priorities have shifted such that I can't be bothered to care about people who infuriate me so much. I feel like I don't have the time or energy to devote to human beings who make me despair for humanity.
As time has gone, I also find myself a little less critical of people and their choices...maybe I'm just learning that we don't always get the bigger picture, and it can be cruel to make assumptions. Making fun of Paris Hilton is still fun and hilarious to me, but trying to milk it on a daily basis is just too much. I never liked celebrities so reporting daily celeb news is not an option for me. Even just filtering it to the stories I can make fun of is too much mental energy spent on something that gets me nowhere personally.
I will always have that cynical, sarcastic, mischievous, dirty, offensive, passionate, mouthy, bratty and utterly lovable side to me, but its probably best that I just let it come naturally now here at WUD, instead of trying to force it daily like I used to. It comes so much easier when you love what you do, which is why I'm having a modicum of success as a tech blogger.
I'm not forgetting about you guys,
Badfish