Closing Time...

I’ve followed a lot of friends into things blindly. I bought an electric guitar because my friend did. I went into engineering because my friends did. I joined a church group because my friends had. I started a blog because my friend did.

But I’ve always tried to maintain independence, tried to go against the grain, to be a nonconforming nonconformist. I now play the bass. I went to a college 5 hours from home instead of in state. I’ve started to actually feel like I belong where I am. I used my blog not for informative purposes, but to serve a petty need to complain about those things I can’t change, or simply to offend or amuse those reading.

It’s a character flaw I’ve dealt with for some time now, needing to be that lone ranger, but not taking the first leap, just a larger second.

Today I found out the person I followed into the blogosphere has moved on to another blogging site. One that is more customizable and easier to use.

Today I follow him into this new place. My reasons are my own, however. I’ve become a different person in the past few months due to the relationships I’ve forged, the person who started [Obscure Descriptor] no longer exists.

It seems my enemy has become my ally, a reference only dedicated readers will get, but probably not fully understand.

This blog has been a place of hate and amusement, but with less and less to hate or muse about, I feel I’ve been leaving some readers wanting more. And that I cannot give. I can however give something else: a part of me, a look into my soul, and understanding of who I am.

My blogging rebirth isn’t fit for a hellish site as this, and will be better realized in a new setting. This has been a trouble in my mind for a while and now I feel it’s time to do something about it. Mostly because I have a day off and nothing better to do. EDIT: Nothing I want to do, like the two papers due Sunday…

This site will remain open as an archival reminder of who I was and for those who wish to revisit it in memory of your fallen comrade. And who knows, maybe I’ll be feeling a bit devilish one day and post something up here.

Visit my new blog here: http://beardedbassist.wordpress.com/

…every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end.