Summer…already?

Dooood. I know, alright, I know!

I haven’t posted in forever. This used to be my playground and now, look at it. Anything over 140 characters finds me stupified.

I have embraced Facebook. There’s no doubt about that. The hours that I used to spend coming up with these (self-referentially) brilliant (not to mention modest) posts are now consumed by catching up on goings on from people that may not know me as well as the 5 regular readers of Ye Olde Blogge. Oh, and there’s Mafia Wars, Farm Town, and the recently aquired Street Racing and Mob Wars.

I guess what’s different is that the interaction is instaneous. If I want to tell people what’s on my mind, I do so. And usually 5-10 minutes later, theres some kind of feedback.

It’s no secret that I’m all about instant gratification. Give me feedback NOW, dammit! And what’s funny is, Blogger used to give that do me (or so it seemed), but not really. And nothing like FB does. Twitter takes that instant feedback and amps it up to a whole new level. And I’m not quite ready for that yet.

I swear I’ve written this before. Alright, seriously, I’m going to stop apologizing for lack of updates (hit me up on FB if you want the play by play).

Life has been Good. Really Good, actually. So Good that I felt the need to capitalize ‘Good’ (four times!!).

It’s been nearly 11 weeks now since I’ve stopped taking the happy pill and I have to say that I haven’t felt better. I haven’t felt this balanced in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNG time (probably 13 years (yeah-do the math-I was on meds for 12 years and never got to feeling quite as good I as used to feel OFF of them, go figure).

So that’s a plus. So far no relapse (and there’ve been a few dodgey moments there where I was thinking that it might be best to go back on them, but I pushed through that and came out better on the other side).

Work (the paying job) has been actually quite nice. I’ve found that it’s actually easier to rise above the bullshit/attitude stuff now that I’m clean. I guess it makes sense. If the pills stop you from getting too low, they can also probably stop you from getting to elevated. So, work’s good. I’m getting stuff done, getting back in to my routine.

Church-life is hectic. There’s a lot to do…especially to get the Video Ministry where it needs to be in the next year or so. It’s basically a full time job (or pretty darn close).

And then there’s this other thing that I can’t go too far into right now. But suffice to say that it’s a step on the path to fulfilling some of my lifetime dreams. Stay tuned. Big changes are afoot in the next year or so.

The family is doing well. Nancy just auditioned for Opera Columbus for the ’09/’10 season. Tommy just finished up spring soccer. And Jen’s finishing up the school year with hair slightly redder than when she left our house Friday. It looks good and she came home from her mom’s with a renewed sense of ‘I want to look pretty and be proud of my appearance’ She’s growin’ up.

Personal video projects have taken a back seat (but at least the footage for Crapumentary is captured….baby steps) 🙂 Realistically I’ll find the time in the fall/winter (when we won’t be doing family things as often). I’m also delving back in to the photography side more, and may soon be getting a DSLR to elevate that ‘hobby’ to the next level.

I’ve also starting writing a book of a spiritual nature. I’m sure it will be every bit as disjointed as ‘The Rose’ piece that I wrote (but with considerably less ‘F-Bombs’).

And that’s the non-Twitted update as to what’s been going on in Toddeus’ life.

How about you? How things in your next of the woods?

Alright, back to makin’ paper.

Peace outside*.

Todd

*Oldie, but goodie