I’m at the point in my life right now where I’m constantly playing catch up. I have a list of TV shows to catch up on, I have several books that have yet to be read, and I have these small itty bitty projects that have never got off the ground. For one thing, I’ve wanted to update the design of this blog forever, but just felt too lazy to do so. I have about 2-3 side projects, like that podcast or virtual sketch book, that never quite manifested themselves. It’s just too easy to come home, turn on the computer, and play World of Warcraft for 3-4 hours until I need to go to sleep (For some reason, WoW rarely gets old).

This blog is another venue where I need to play catch up on. What with social networks like Twitter, Pownce, and Facebook grabbing my attention every which way, I’m almost wondering if there’s even a point to keeping a blog. Do I really need yet another venue to waste away my words? Can my thoughts really be summed up in short pithy sentences? As my experiences with the aforementioned social networks show, apparently it can.

Then there’s work. I’m feeling intense pressure right now to step up and be, well, better. Those who keep up with the news will probably understand where that’s coming from. Part of it is just being more organized and all that, but a tiny bit of that is also improving really mundane things like personal appearances and socialization.

And let’s not get started about catching up on one’s finances. Oy.

I think the fact that more people are subscribed to me on Twitter than on my own blog shows that, really, long-form personal blogging is a forgotten art. Everyone else is blogging about work, or pseudo-work, or funny jokey posts, or just succumbing to the short-form style by getting tumblelogs. I still have that personal Vox blog, but I hardly ever check it any more.

Heck, since it seems that only 12 or so people read this blog, maybe I should start writing on here again. Time to escape from all the nanoblogging craziness.