I've never had this much time off. I've had three fascinating weeks off the daily news treadmill while I eagerly await my new assignement. I did work for a week at The Buzz, but it was in Orlando and kinda fun - so it doesn't count as work-work.

Here's a small sampling of what I've been up to (if you care):

1. I'm not gonna lie. I've been playing a ton of Everquest 2. My half elf bard needs to get paid, and the only way to do that is searching for magical butterflies in a gnoll infested dungeon for 6 hours a day. Some call it a "wasted life." I call it my day job.

2. Working on my parent's website. Mom, if you're reading this: I'm on it. No worries - disregard the part about me playing video games all day.

3. Reading a lot of Dukes of Hazzard Fan fiction. I had no idea this crap existed, but I'm perversely obsessed with it. I'm crafting my own story about Boss Hogg and a clandestine moonshine operation, at this very moment.

4. Catching up on Showtime's original series, Huff. While, somehow missing every episode of The OC since I moved.

5. After reading all Lost Remote's observations on a somewhat-brewing media blog backlash, I've been taking some time to decide where I'm going on this internet superhighway. It's a good thing considering that I'm launching a new website-blog, and I currently have a secret blog about comic books.

6. Job interviews [More on that later]. It'd be a bad idea to blog about interviews, first impressions, and all that - so I'll play it safe and practice some restraint. Like I said: more later.

I'm glad we had this time to catch up.
See you again soon.

/LL Robot