Okay, I promise I won't start many posts out with lyrics from
Journey, but I couldn't help myself. Once again, I have shown everyone
how I have absolutely no self control at all (although I'm sure all you
have to do to see that is look at my picture in the upper left of the
website (hey, I can insult myself, I have every right too :))). All I
have to say is that I'm glad I don't live near a Krispy Kreme or I
would become a large, waddling Krispy Kreme on legs, methinks. But
alas, I digress.
I just turned off the lights
at the old blog. It's kind of a sad moment for me. While I loved it
over at GeeksWithBlogs, it definitely had its moments, both good and
bad (as I'm sure this new home will have as well). I must have
become quite attached to my blog because I have that same feeling I had
when I left RMLS to start working for Fios, Inc. It's definitely a
mixing pot filled with mixed emotions. A little voodoo soup for the
blogging soul, if you will.
While I would like to say that I'm going to turn around and post
nothing about thought-provoking, intellectual posts, I know that is
simply not true. I will probably be just as perverted as before, if not
more. I will be just as immature as before, if not more. And I will be
just as loud as before, if not more (okay, I know that last one doesn't
really make sense since the term "loud" is usually associated with
hearing, not reading).
What does this mean for any of you? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! I will do
nothing for you. I'm here for me. "Blasphemy!" you say? Well, screw off
then (just kidding, I love you all (I don't want you to screw off
(really!!!))). What I mean to say is that I've thought a lot about
blogging recently and, well, up until now, I've been way too worried
about what people would think about what I'm posting. I was always
worried about contributing valuable "technical" content. And then a
thought struck me in my little wet noodle (not that noodle, I mean my
head (other head!!!!)): all the blogs that I absolutely love reading, I
absolutely love reading because you get to see the person behind the
blog. Prime example: Rory Blyth.
Rory is one of my favorite bloggers in my aggregator all because Rory
is Rory because Rory wants to be Rory. Well, one thing is for sure now:
Jason wants to be Jason, nothing more, nothing less.
I need to learn to embrace what and who I am. I don't think I'm a
guy who is going to be contributing golden thought-nuggets to the
society jeweler every week. I'm just a quirky guy is who tries his best
to lighten up people's days by making them laugh (and tend to pole
vault across the line of what "normal" people consider "socially
acceptable"). So, that's who I'm going to be from now on. I'm just
going to be myself. No worrying about whether I'm detracting from the
overall site or not because the site is about ME, and nothing but ME
(okay, that won't certainly always be the case). Of course, people like
Rory have been telling me these kinds of things for a while, but it
took me getting hit over the head with an apple (literally (as in,
literally = not really)) in order to realize this.
So, I can't promise that I will post that often. I can't promise
that my posts will actually have any "content". What I can promise is
that I'm going to be myself and I hope that you find that refreshing
and join me on my long journey.
Now if you'll excuse me, it's quite late (or quite early depending
on how you look at it) and I need to get up in a few hours in order to
work. I'm frankly surprised my eyes stayed open long enough to make
this post. Goodnight!
Ciao!