Idiologic

After much thought and many bags of chips, I've decided to throw Idiologic in a dark, 6 foot deep whole that I dug years ago.  It's time to go, I think.  It's been fun over the years but I need to concentrate on me now and take a step back. :)  I have really enjoyed having the opportunity to entertain you over the past several years but... yeeeah.  I'm not feeling it anymore.

It's been one hell of a few days, probably week.  Today, I am not feeling incredibly well.  I'm sneezing, coughing and feeling groggy.  Three things that I don't like feeling at once.  I say this while drinking a can of Coke... not smart.  I do need something to counteract the Benadryl I took last night.  If I don't do something about it, I'll be sleeping all day and that's not good.  I usually take Benadryl when I can't sleep and believe me, my sleep has been less than stellar for the past two weeks.  I tell people this:  I can be snoring, with my eyes closed, but when I wake up, I feel like I've slept about 1 hour.  Then for the rest of the day I am not pleasant to deal with.  I haven't been pleasant for a while.  Why you may ask?

You know what they say, April showers bring May flowers, except when you live in the southern hemisphere, then everything's a little bit screwed up, right?  Speaking of screwed, I wanted to let you know that I will not be producing any further podcast episodes... ever again.  I think it makes sense.  I think that it's time for me to move on with a few things and concentrate on more important things in life.

I also have to say this isn't an attention whore kind of stunt.  It's a done deal.  I don't care if anybody feels sorry for me or not.  I just really need to cut down on the extra stuff and get back to the basics.

I do want to say thank you for all the years of your loyalty over the last few years. 

I'm still contemplating the website's demise right now.  I have another website which I need to keep open and they share the same hosting account, so why the heck not have both if one HAS to survive?

Just as a warning, I will be extremely quiet over the next few weeks.  I'm in deep thought... or maybe not.

Yes, I have been neglecting the -3 people who read this.  I know this all too well.  And what's this about a secret of some sort?  I'll tell you what happened:

Hi everybody.  I thought it’s a good time to update, so here we go.  I’m hoping that you are all having a spectacular time and you’re not getting too bored waiting for my next weblog entry.  If you are, you really need to get a hobby or something.  If you don’t have one, let me suggest a few to you:

• Clam collecting
• Weasel painting
• Tomato pasting
• Water boiling
• Spider squishing (a personal favorite of mine)
• Air breathing (another favorite)

Great ideas, right?  Okay, off to more serious matters.  How many of you would be distraught if I ended things here?  I mean, really, how many people read this anymore?  I could just concentrate on my other project.  It would definitely be better for all of us, right?  One less generic-looking Movable Type weblog to look at, correct?  Over the next few weeks I’m going to make the decision to end Idiologic and the podcast too.  As I’ve said before, it’s a great time to start over.

If you’d like me to continue, send me a message somehow… the best place to do this is from my contact page.

When I have more to say – I will let you know. :)

I'm absolutely exhausted tonight and here I am, sitting up in bed at 2 am typing weblog entries and doing research.  I guess that can be a good thing, right?  I'm doing alright lately, just a bit stressed and feeling a bit nostalgic at times... but I'll manage.  Over the past few hours, I ask myself if it is smart and economically viable for me to continue with my own website or not.  I keep telling myself that I can do it, but then again, I am not keeping up with my podcasting commitments (again) nor am I posting anything with real purpose and let's face it, having your own personal website is so early 2000's.  I'm still hanging on to a branch right now and still considering the other options I have available.  I just restarted this weblog and believe me, it's easy for me to just quit now before I say or do too much.  

Hey there!  I hope that you're all doing extremely well.  I'm extremely busy lately and just trying to balance my life so I can get in enough relaxing as I can.  When I'm going to class full-time, that's a little hard to accomplish but what doesn't kill me, will only make me stronger, right?  Right.  So, you might want to know what's going on with my website - or hell, you might not give a crap but I'll tell you anyway.

The Idiologic Podcast

It still exists and if you're crafty enough, you can find the feed here.  Though it still exists, right now it is on the backburner and I don't have a date when I plan to start making new episodes.  I don't really know if I care anymore, actually.  But it seems like every time I say I don't care, I come back in one form or another, so I'll keep this bad boy up for a while.  One of these days I will make 1 collective post about the last 10 episodes so that if anybody is super interested, they can find out what it's about.  As you might know, I removed every weblog journal entry I made so all the comments, links and such are wrong.  I'll get to it, I just don't know when.

What Episode 11 Was About...

Recently, I got my regular blood tests done and the results came out.  They came out pretty good but there was just one concern.  See, I had gotten a booster for my hepatitis vaccinations but didn't finish the whole course.  I had 2 of them but I was overseas for number 3 (3 are required) and it totally slipped my mind.  That poses a bit of a problem with the line of work I do so I am back on course to get 3 more vaccinations.  I have a few antibodies floating around and it's very, very low but still - it's something I need to do.  So I don't have anything to be concerned about which is great news.

In that podcast episode too, I talked about how I have been dealing with my podcasting friend, Nick's, new HIV diagnosis and I do feel for him because this is a major life-changing event.  I will also admit that it's one of the reasons I got my blood tests done.  It's very important to get tested regularly and to be very, very careful with your body.  Sometimes, though, passion takes over and people end up doing the not-so-responsible thing, but it happens.  I know it's going to take a long time for him to process and that's fine because  yes, it is a pretty major thing. 

I am also going to make it a point to talk more about sexual health on this weblog too as I feel there is a lot of risks being taken and I know that sounds very "motherly" or um, like I want to nag, but it is a very important subject matter that some people are not willing to speak about with their doctor.  My advice is NEVER a substitute for your doctor's advice and if you're having major problems, make sure you visit him/her to see what's going on.  Don't be shy.  Doctors have heard everything, they've seen everything and they can help you. 

My Weblog Imploded

As you see, I scrapped 5 years of weblog entries.  Not an easy thing to do but I see this as a clean slate.  A lot of my frustrations with my ex were contained in those weblog entries and though I still get along with him, I think it was for the best.  Plus, there was a security breach so it had to be taken care of quickly.  I didn't realize this at first but have a feeling that it had to do with my contact forms.  Right now, comments and contacting me are suspended while I think of the best solution to a problem that may return.

The Conclusion

So I'm busy.  I hope that you all are doing well and I hope that you are having a great start to 2012.  Feel free to contact me via Skype if you have something to say.  My username there is idiologic.  Take good care of yourselves and be good, damn it!

This is a blank slate now.  I hope that this time around, people won't be bored enough to flood me with spam or to try to screw up my weblog.  I guess it's fine though.  Anything you've read in my weblog no longer applies and if you can't find a picture you want, oh well.  This is what happens when people try to do stupid stuff.