Still here

It's been a while since I posted! This is a brief update so I can limber up my blogging muscles.

I just finished an eleven-day vacation, much of which was spent at my parents' house in suburban Philly. I hadn't left New York for a substantial period of time since January, and by July I was starting to feel approximately the way Smeagol feels after finding the Ring.

Now that I've spent some time outside of the city, I've remembered the sound of (non-manicured) trees and the softness of the (garbage-smell-free) wind, and I plan to start updating this here blog on the regular again.

I've also switched from full-time to part-time at my restaurant job. Seeing as how I've been there for over a year and derive absolutely no pleasure from the work, I'll be looking for different employment for the next few months (hopefully it doesn't take more than a few months). I'll likely have more time to update here under these conditions. Look forward to some self-effacing and/or panicked discussion of my job prospects, along with the usual half-baked rumination on books, music, and other people's political blogs.

It's good to be back!