Ch-ch-changes

So this particular post is two fold. First I will get the business out of the way: Some various changes in my blog structure. I have decided after some deliberation, that I did not like limiting my creativity to just 100 words for each post on my now-defunct blog. Instead I wanted to be able to have a broader sense of creative writing. I may still do some 100-words posts, if my creative tank is empty. I really just want to write everything that comes into my head, whether that be part of a larger story arc, or a short story of maybe a few pages. This creative writing hierarchy would be more purposeful in a sort of wiki-style environment, which is why I started a new "pbwiki". You can take a look at the archive of my unfinished old story The Last Day. That was made on a time constraint as part of NaNoWriMo. I plan on fleshing this story out more and maybe even making it book-scale. For now, since I cannot access the pbwiki, I will consolidate all my writings into one wiki here: http://12side.pbworks.com/. For now nothing is there, but maybe I'll upload all of my writings on there tonight if I have time.

As another point of business, If you have not already done so, check out "Unsolicited Therapy," my new podcast. I'll be uploading the second episode tonight or tomorrow, so look forward to that! So far I have more listeners that I expected, so thank you all for your support. Let's see if I can keep some people around! haha.

Now for just things about me. I've been going to NYC a few times this month, and I must admit it is not as scary and daunting as I thought it would be. I've been having plenty of fun doing group activities, going to events, and hanging out with some old friends. At $25 round trip from Milford Station, I can't go wrong. I've dominated the Metro-North train, the underground subway system (intense!), and the taxi services. I think I'll stick to taxi at night and subway during the day.

My latest trip to NYC brought me to the Coffee and Tea Festival. I learned that I do enjoy Turkish coffee, although it is unfiltered so you don't want to drink to the bottom. I also learned you can make tea out of just about anything, including flowers. I have a sample flower bulb that apparently you are supposed to put in a pitcher of water. The flower then grows under water and brews the tea in the pitcher! I haven't tried it myself (or even read the pamplet) so I'll let you all know how that turns out.

As far as my personal life is concerned, I have been enjoying meeting up with old friends and colleages, including professors and coworkers from back at University of Hartford. I still have more people I need to see (Math department, for example) so I will be back soon. I've also been getting more into Alpha Phi Omega. I'm sort of on staff as a presenter although I don't have an official title or anything yet. When they need someone, they will have me at their disposal. I have also been meeting new people and hanging out with people I never really connected with back in the day. I've sort of just been hanging out more and getting out as much as possible. I have a lot of ambition and it is just about budgeting my time and my finances to keep me busy and active and having fun. A rewarding challenge.

So for now I must get back to work. Hopefully I can play some catch up tonight after work (I was called in unexpectedly for 4 hours on Sunday, took a sizable chunk out of my plans, but oh well, work is more important). Thanks to everyone for all their love and support!