The blog has gone dormant recently with my intermittent posting. I lied when I said I'd post more, and I'm full of excuses. I'm busy, and my life is busy in a way that means I don't have a lot of interesting things to report. For whatever reason, I'm still struggling to get in the groove with my new routine, even though I'm already a couple of weeks in. I'm trying to figure that out. Also, honestly, I'm distracted lately by a boy in my life who, in spite of my general weirdness, and the fact that I accidentally gave him a shiner while sleeping the other night, still seems perfectly willing to spend time with me. He takes it all in stride. We always have fun together, and he makes me laugh every day. He's great and lovely to me, and I'm very happy with all aspects of life right now, which I guess is taking an unfortunate toll on the blog. I want to write, but my thoughts aren't coming together in any cohesive, entertaining way, and I'm lacking my usual kind of material. Why is it that there is more to pour out during difficult periods than good ones?

Maybe it's just me. I don't really gush when things are going well. That's not my style. I can't help but think I'm like Miranda on Sex and the City in this respect (always relating to the SatC ladies - heh), although maybe not quite as extreme. I can show happiness, but no gushing allowed! Understanding that life is a series of ups and downs, I'm more comfortable quietly enjoying the peace and goodness when it comes my way. I also have a tendency to be private and protective of the positive things, and I'm not sure what exactly that's about. All I know is that it makes me a dud blogger.

With regard to the inadvertent shiner, friend Jen laughed and commented this morning, "Too funny. People can't even mess with you when you're sleeping!" It's true! Argh.

As I continue to make progress toward my school/professional goals, I'm noticing that there is a lot more happening internally on that front at the moment. I don't have a lot to express outwardly about that yet. I'm motoring along, and I like the direction, but everything is still a bit muddled and finding its place. I'm working to figure things out.

I'm very much looking forward to a visit from my Minnesota friend, Chris, in a couple of weeks. I'll be taking some time off for fun Seattle adventures and belated birthday celebrating with her, and I think it will be great to have that time. We haven't visited in person for a couple of years now, I think. Gah! I'm hoping to catch the showing of Chungking Express at the Metro while she's here. That's my favorite Kar Wai Wong movie, and I think it'd be excellent to see it on the big screen.

I still don't know what I'm going to do about Halloween, peeps. I like coming up with costume ideas, but I'm not so great at following through with them, so who knows? There are parties to go to, but I'm always kind of "meh" about Halloween. I'm enjoying participating in a lot of autumn/Halloween festivities lately, though, especially the ones that include hot apple cider with brandy. :-) Em and I are determined to make mulled wine this year, and that sounds more and more delicious to me as the Seattle weather is turning decidedly more wintry. Brrrrrrrrrrrr.