I am going to start writing again

I have been promising that I would start writing more regularly - updates and thoughts on my life from a moderately mature standpoint. Mostly for myself, but sure, some for whatever friends and family and possible internet stalkers might be out there and interested in what I have to say and what is going on in my life. However, I have been suffering the problem common to starting almost all personal projects: the cost of activation energy. I have been promising myself that I would not only start writing again, but that it would involve pictures as I have started taking more photographs. Unfortunately, however, my promises to figure out a more sophisticated platform, more personalized, more classy and mature than this blog has prevented me from doing anything at all.

I'd like to get over that, but considering that it has literally been almost six months since I started making these promises, I think it is time to just get started. Starting small perhaps means that I will never move beyond small, but small is better than nothing at all. Or at least that is how I think this situation will work out.

For example, the daunting task of trying to explain all of my current situation and recent history (say, just the summer so far) could potentially prevent me from writing anything at all. To truly do all of those experiences justice would be quite hard. Hopefully, however, they can come out over the course of writing a little bit here and there. Or perhaps they never will, but if I can actually manage to keep up a moderately frequent posting rate, then it is possible that I will be able to capture interesting events as they occur, thoughts that I have, and just the overall shape of my life from this point forward.

I'll start with a quick review of yesterday. [note: I think it will be difficult to keep this from turning entirely into a food blog, but that is not entirely something that I am ashamed of. I would say that cooking and eating with people whom I like constitute a large proportion of my favorite hobbies.] I got out of lab relatively early. Despite the heat, I still spent a little while walking and calling people whom I've been out of touch with on the phone. Okay, that's kind of understating it. It was over a hundred degrees yesterday, but I have taken to walking a lot as though it can help deal erase the time standing still in lab. The heat gave me a mission, though. I made sure to walk past a stand of mint, and stopped by the grocery store to pick up some limes. When I finally trundled home, I pretty much dived for the freezer full of ice and fixed some refreshing beverages for everyone who seemed to be collectively wilting by the air conditioner in the living room. Cooking and walking pretty much defined the rest of my night.

Alright. That's about all I'm going to write for now.