It’s been over two years since I last took the time to share my
thoughts with you. I didn’t know (or barely knew) most of you at
the time, so let’s just pretend I’m starting this whole blogging
thing fresh.

Before getting on to what I really want to write about - a
(hopefully) entertaining mix of events and ideas about myself, the
people I know, and the world as I see it - I feel like I should
recap what’s happened in this two year hiatus.

I’ve put together a series of posts covering all of this
as best I can remember. But I understand people actually have…
what do you call them… lives. So for those of you who have better
things to do or just don’t like me that much, here are the
Cliffnotes:

1) After a solid start at uni in ‘04, made lots of great
friends.
2) Continued remote research work for Phoenix software
firm.
3) Did a little market research for NZ adventure sport
firm.
4) Finally learned how to enjoy myself in college.
5) Finished first year of uni (actually, my second, but ya
know.)
6) Home for holidays, NYC, and research work at Phoenix
offices.
7) Back to NZ.
8) Helped promote NZ blood drives.
9) Got increasingly tired of New Zealand - needed a
change.
10) Moved to Phoenix to do research full time.
11) Had month-long meetup with Cincy friends in Europe
first.
12) Worked hard.
13) Started part time classes at Arizona State
University.
14) Met cool people.
15) Trips to Vegas, D.C., Mexico.
16) Decided 10 months of full time research work was
enough.
17) Worked at Greek restaurant for 7 seconds.
18) Working at ASU alumni call center.
19) Doing some more contract research work.
20) Getting increasingly tired of Phoenix - need a
change.
21) Starting collaborative entertainment network.
22) Plan to return to NZ in ‘07 to graduate.
23) Plan to live in Paraguay in ‘08 with friend in Peace
Corps.
24) Plan to live in major US city in ‘08/’09 with Cincy
friends.
25) Doing massive North American road trip after ASU is over
this December and before home for the holidays and return to
NZ.

But for those of you who do like me that much, I’ve prepared a
series of nine posts that give a little more context to the above
snippets. I’ll be posting these over the next several weeks so I
don’t overwhelm anyone.

You may think that’s a bit excessive, but for the sake of brevity
and writing for a diverse and international audience, I only cover
the past two years in broad strokes. This is only intended to be an
outline of what’s happened so when we (hopefully) meet up soon, we
can talk about the fun stuff and not waste time covering the
basics.

Oh yeah, feel free to leave any comments you wish on the blog.
I’m very interested in your feedback about what I write and the
blog itself. But you don’t have to be so critical when pointing out
all of the moronic things I’ve done.

Enjoy.