Durosia State of the Empire: June 2010

Somehow we got to the halfway point in the year.

It seems to have snuck by without me getting half of what I wanted to done.

Granted, I've been distracted a large number of things--new roommate, getting rid of about a third of my credit card debt (and, sadly due to the stock market tanking, more than half of my portfolio), working, meeting new people, the usual things. But that's no real excuse for not having more done at this point in the year.

A couple of old projects are coming back around, mostly for friends, that will help both with the budget and with strengthening some creative muscles that the day job doesn't touch. It's just a question of eking out an acceptable amount of time to get things done.

I've made it out to a handful of events, some of which I haven't managed to hit before. I even took pictures at some of them (like the May Day Party, Freak Day at the Zoo, the Faith & The Muse show, my trip to DrupalCon in San Francisco, and a fantastic post-Easter party). There were pictures taken by others that I sometimes show up in (like Goth Prom, more Goth Prom, more Freak Day at the Zoo, more Faith & the Muse, and more from May Day).

All those personal projects (I own about 30 domain names now), however, are moving at a glacial pace while I'm out gallivanting with friends.

The only one I've manged to keep running more or less smoothly has been How to Crush Without Being Crushed. And even that's had some rough spots (like the month of May) where updates haven't flowed as regularly as I'd have liked.

Still, there's a second half of a year ahead of me and many adventures to be had. I have an inkling that some of the new people I've met recently will be very inspirational in a number of ways. We'll see what comes of all that... may end up just being another funny story for later. (Gods know I'm still waiting for the punchline for a few things from earlier in the year...)

The really big deal is going to be DragonCon in Atlanta come August. I have yet to work out most of the details, but I'll be there for the premiere of Browncoats: Redemption, the fan film for charity I spent some time helping with last summer. I'm sure that alone will spawn a list of adventures to write about.

Bottom line is, I have to get better at recording and reporting what I've been up to. There are content holes to be filled on a number of sites and I've just been slacking on getting that done.

Onward, to the Summer and beyond!