Long time

As I ponder my absence of several months duration from the blogosphere, I wonder if there is a whole genre of posts addressing and apologizing for failure to post regularly. I know I'm not the only one; I've seen many posts on friends' blogs that start with an excuse for a recent time lapse between entries. In my case, the truth is I have no good reason why I've not been blogging. Something along the lines of laziness or inertia comes over me, and I just can't seem to pull myself together and actually rise to the challenge of the mental exertion required to think of a reasonably interesting thing to say and then find a compelling way to say it in print. I suppose if I just plain wrote more often (it's called practicing), I would get better at it and feel not-so-self-conscious about the end product. This is really more a personal journal, anyway; the utter lack of commentary and the fact that I have published this blog anonymously suggest that I have the freedom to just screw around and use this in whatever way I please without fear of the judgment of others. I'll have to take better advantage of that and try writing more often whether or not I think it will interest anyone but myself.