Dearest blog friends, how are you? No, really. I feel like I haven’t seen you in ages. And that would be because - well, I haven’t.
I am neglectful, yes. Also, a touch unfaithful - I find that Twitter is really the place where I tend to put my deep thoughts on breakfast and the way that Bunny tosses her bowl around like a frisbee while she eats and how freaking HOT it is in Vegas. You know, the really meaningful stuff.
But, I feel like I can’t just shutter this blog. It’s like my first internet boyfriend: at first I was here every day, chatting about inanities, posting pictures of myself (not half naked, mind you - I’m not that kind of blog!) (anymore), just generally making out with the new internets medium like the tech slut I was. And then… well, shinier things caught my eye. And I also discovered the joys of leaving the house and exercise. And then, well, THEN… the real shift happened when I got an ACTUAL boyfriend, and I wanted to keep my private life, y’know, private. (Well, private-er. I am always going to to be be an oversharer.) Plus, I started working for actual money, which is always a rare treat, and tends to cut down on blog time. There were brief resurgences of the old feelings (I am still working with the metaphor of blog-as-boyfriend, but I think it’s falling apart). When the real boyfriend dumped me, I came running back to be miserable in your bloggy arms (because, where else should you be miserable except ONLINE WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE?!), and then I moved cross-country, and then the real boyfriend realized how awesome I was and what a terrible mistake he’d made, and I moved cross-country AGAIN (note: your mileage my vary). And, again, this blog slipped into neglect.
I think the problem is… well, there are problems, really. The main one being - I don’t know what to do with this place. I like it. I like having a home on the interwebs. I like the friends I have made because of it. Honestly, I also like having a place where I can promote my work. (I still do that, you know. Work. For moneys.)
Life demands make it unlikely that I will blog daily about minutia - besides, I have the Twitters for that. Hmm… I should put my Twitter on here somehow. How the hell do you do that, anyways? (Which highlights another blog issue I have - this design feels very out of date. But, where am I going to find the time to redo it? )
So, should I turn this blog into a work blog? I’ve always kind of wanted to do that, but the term seems so undefined in my head. Does that mean you see sketches? Inks? Do I talk about process? I need to get better about talking about process anyways, since I am teaching now, so… hmm. Hmm, hmm, hmm.

Alright, internet - I put it to you: What the hell should I do with this blog?

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