We've had winds in the early evening but I didn't think they were strong enough to snap branches. I'm glad my car wasn't parked there when this limb fell.

While exercising this morning and enjoying an invigorating walk I happened upon this row of housing. I was reminded of the great depression from numerous photos I've viewed in books and exhibits. Considering we are on the precipice of another depression - it's greatness undetermined - will we see more housing like this?

Reminiscing

I visited the old blog which has been stagnant for far too long and still couldn't bring myself to delete it. First I thought it was the numerous photos of my beloved cat who died in 2008. Then I believed it was because the blog documented the new cat's arrival.

In the end it's about the blog being a chronological history of my life for the last four years - that's hard to simply erase. Truly it is.

Of course, continuing to allow its stagnation isn't a solution and I really would prefer to take it offline and yet have it intact - an impossibility, right? How would the HTML remain intact as well as the numerous photos / videos?

The main reason I allowed it to go dormant is because two people followed the blog and I didn't want them to continue with me through new experiences. Foolish? Maybe but nonetheless, I didn't want them to share my life stream and so I simply ceased posting.

For now I'll allow the old blog to sit and gather dust. I need to figure out what, if anything, I can do to preserve it intact. If I can't find a solution then it seems the sole option is to delete it which would be challenging for me. However as with everything else, time heals and changes ones perspective and someday I'll simply be able to be done with it and release it.

Performance Anxiety

I've been contemplating starting a new blog for two years. Two years of thoughts and experiences flowing to and fro as I made mental notes about what I'd like to expand on and share.

So here I sit in front of the computer feeling numb and blank.

Lacking focus.

My mind empty without a clue.

I experience this when recording a podcast and I'm the only person in the entire house. My heart's racing, my breathing becomes erratic and I speak very fast as if  to speed things up!

Being shy is not fun and it's become more of a hindrance. I wish I could maintain focus without panicking and simply relax enough to say/write what I mean.

Performance anxiety sucks!

A Long Time Coming

I'm a procrastinator. This is irrefutable. I've been meaning to start a new blog for two years. I've heard a lot of positive things about Word Press yet, never bothered to surf over and check it out.

Lately I've been feeling the urge to write something exceeding 140 characters and didn't want to use the old blog to do so. It's been lying in dust and cob webs so I should leave well enough alone.

I tend to send lots of photos to Twitpic or Pikchur or Moby or ... you see my point? There isn't one location for my stuff which completely bums me out. This blog will be the central location for all the content I generate.

Are you excited yet?

Long Beach has had Shoreline Village since the 70s and it's changed very little which is a blessing. It's nice that some things remain as we remember them from childhood. I enjoyed being a tourist as I walked through the variety of curio / souvenir shops.