Reflecting…
This time last year I had just given my two weeks notice at Perdue, and was preparing to move up to Pennsylvania and start at E-Tech. We were planning our second Christmas together, and oddly enough, our first Christmas apart – in a manner of speaking. Starting December 10th I moved into a fancy furnished apartment in Pennsylvania and lived there until Megan could tie up all of the loose ends with her job in Maryland and move up here too. If memory serves, that was about a month and a half. We only saw each other on weekends, but we spoke on the phone just about every night. That's definitely not something I ever would have expected we would do during our first year – our first six months! – married.
About five months ago we bought our house. I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I think we were really lucky. We got about twice as much house as I thought we would be able to afford, it's only two and a half years old, give or take; and its in a better neighborhood than I would have guessed. We were very fortunate, indeed!
And this time last month I had just signed up for NaBloPoMo. It's been a heck of an adventure trying to come up with something even mildly entertaining to write about every day (except one – but Conan forgave me, can't you!?) for a month. Based solely on the number of comments it generated, Philosophy 101 was my most popular post this month, and to be honest I'm disappointed that The Day I Was A Social Engineer didn't net more than a single one-word comment (asking what a "Wii" was). But don't expect more philosophy discussion. It's a tough topic to tackle, and I haven't had a single class on the matter.
I would like to put this out there, though. If you're a reader – a regular or just someone stumbling in from the NaBloPoMo randomizer or a search engine (or anywhere else, for that matter) – do you like the daily format? Does that encourage you to come back more often, or even just more than once? Even if you don't read every day, would you rather come back and find a few things to catch up on? Or on the other side of the coin – did you prefer the more sporadic posts, usually detailing more interesting events?
I ask because I'm getting settled with posting as part of my daily routine, and unsure if I want to continue it now that the month of voluntarily-mandated posting is over. No matter what, I'll continue Photo Wednesdays, though.
About five months ago we bought our house. I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I think we were really lucky. We got about twice as much house as I thought we would be able to afford, it's only two and a half years old, give or take; and its in a better neighborhood than I would have guessed. We were very fortunate, indeed!
And this time last month I had just signed up for NaBloPoMo. It's been a heck of an adventure trying to come up with something even mildly entertaining to write about every day (except one – but Conan forgave me, can't you!?) for a month. Based solely on the number of comments it generated, Philosophy 101 was my most popular post this month, and to be honest I'm disappointed that The Day I Was A Social Engineer didn't net more than a single one-word comment (asking what a "Wii" was). But don't expect more philosophy discussion. It's a tough topic to tackle, and I haven't had a single class on the matter.
I would like to put this out there, though. If you're a reader – a regular or just someone stumbling in from the NaBloPoMo randomizer or a search engine (or anywhere else, for that matter) – do you like the daily format? Does that encourage you to come back more often, or even just more than once? Even if you don't read every day, would you rather come back and find a few things to catch up on? Or on the other side of the coin – did you prefer the more sporadic posts, usually detailing more interesting events?
I ask because I'm getting settled with posting as part of my daily routine, and unsure if I want to continue it now that the month of voluntarily-mandated posting is over. No matter what, I'll continue Photo Wednesdays, though.
Susan ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:56 PM