Alive (not to be confused with the Pearl Jam song of the same name)

As at least seven people have noticed, I haven’t blogged in a while. There are a few* reasons for this:

For one, I don’t have a laptop anymore. This may change in the future but for now I’m limited to computer use at work and when my roommate Josh isn’t home

For two, I’m not as bored as I used to be.

For three, and this is the big one, I’ve become wary of the increasing number of people who think writer Mike represents real life Mike. While I admit to unceasingly narrating things in my head, I’m not this neurotic. I’m not this calculated. Hopefully I’m not this self-obsessed. I’m almost always kidding with this stuff.

We’ll see where the blog goes but just felt like I should throw an update out there.

Confession: every time I have to use a quantitative modifier for a noun, I write the modifier before actually deciding on the quantity. So when I write “there are a few reasons” I haven’t actually thought of the number of reasons when I start the sentence. I commit to a few, then figure out what those reasons are after the fact.

And yes, I’m aware of having written “quantitative modifier” in the above. I’m comfortable with that. I am enlightened.