"Just wait 'til tomorrow, I guess that's what they always say, just before they fall apart..."

It seems the blogosphere is dying. There used to be this thriving network of blogs and posters and commenters and it just seems to have shriveled up to only a few of the stalwarts. Some of us promise updates in a few days, some of us promise nothing, some of us announce our departure and some of us just kind of vanish altogether without so much as a goodbye. A lot of the links on my sidebar fell under those categories. I guess I've kind of fallen somewhere inbetween since I never really stopped posting, but my heart just hasn't been in it. Certainly not like it was a year ago or even six months ago. Hell, read anything in the "greatest hits" bar on the right and you'll realize how much funnier and cohesive I used to be, at least in the blog universe.

I went back and re-read the majority of this blog recently. It's funny to see how inversely proportional my output was to how well my life was going. The more fun I was having, the happier I was, it seems like the less I found the need to write up posts observing the stupid stuff I saw and the random thoughts in my head. Thing is, I'm kind of a different person than I was when this blog began. I laughed, I cried, I got a free Egg & Muffin Toaster. I've made plenty of changes in my life and made plenty of friends since then, too. Some as a direct result of what I've written here, strangely enough. I'm also a lot busier than I've ever been. It's easy to write up a story about something silly that happened while you were at lunch when you get home from work at 6pm. Getting home at 11pm? Well, writing these posts the way I want to write them is time-consuming. And let's just say I've found other things to consume my time. And not just cable TV. Honest. I'd like to think most of my readers are bright enough to figure out what else it could be. Or Lindsay will have lots of fun making guesses. Probably a little of both. Either way, I'm a lot happier right now and I guess that means my output will be inversely proportional to that, now won't it?

So yes, this is my roundabout way of saying I'm taking a hiatus. Can I guarantee I'll be back? No, not necessarily. But thanks to those of you who've been checking in on a daily basis even though I show up only once a week or so and it's only to complain about how busy I am. Or talk about TV. But I'd rather take my time and post something really funny like I used to rather than put something here just for the sake of having an update. I'm sure you'll agree. No, not really? Well okay, FINE THEN. Either way, thanks. You guys really do rock.

Yes, this whole post was just an excuse to post the comic up top. See ya when I see ya, kids.