Back from the Void

More has changed in my life over the past month then any other time during my existence. Starting "real life" turned out to be enjoyable, but filled with administrivia and deadlines.

I am now sitting in my first apartment on the first internet connection I have ever paid for. The connection was long in coming- about 1 month from when I moved in- but is very fast (Verizon Fios).

As for Wrimo: I crashed and burned. I did well at the beginning of the month, and wrote more then I have ever written about one thing, but I didn't even make it to the half-way point. I attribute this to the changes in my life and lack of experience. The focus of the story was on the characters, rather then the interactions between them. I discovered too late that describing characters by playing them off one another is far more enjoyable and efficient then describing them as individuals.

This last month was still filled with consumption. While my internet was down I read three books, for a total of ~2500 pages. The first, World Without Us, was interesting, but a little too sensational for my taste. The other two, The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End were both amazing, and taught me how good stories should be written. I also defeated Assassin's Creed. Although the gameplay became repetitive at times, the story was very good and more then made up for it.

Anyway, I know this post is a mish-mash of random facts that are probably uninteresting and without note, but I am trying to get back to blogging and I needed to start somewhere. For those of you who read this far and did not receive a punch line, forgive me.