7 Months and you'd think this would be longer [that's what she said :(]

So it's been a few moons since I posted anything. In fact I guess this would be my first actual post, since my first (unactual?) post was just an introduction. I've had many good ideas and many ghost posts that never took form, with titles such as "Oreo Cakesters: God's Gift to the Cookie Isle", "Nilla Cakesters: Satan's Counterstrike", and "Minivans: Omens of Untimely Deaths". However, a road isn't paved with good intentions. It's paved after seven months of doing nothing after you've put up "Road Work Ahead" signs. Begin

Soooooo a little bit about me, the author. Chances are you wont see me ever writing this blog in a cafe or Starbucks, or on a bus. Mostly because I drive a car, I don't like Starbucks, and the word "cafe" has stepped into McDonald's creepy white van and has never been the same since. There's a good chance I'm just doing this during downtime at work or if I really can't think of any other way to spend my time at home. Every now and then something triggers my brain to run around with a random topic like a tiger with his tail on fire and in some cases I think the tiger is so entertaining that I "youtube" it in the form of writing.

I really don't have any intention of sharing deep, brooding thoughts or feelings on this blog so no worries here, this is an emotional safe zone. Besides, I rarely express myself that way to begin with. I can't stand dramatic emotional outbursts or actions, they make me want to go all Zidane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYN54NZqlcw). I believe it's one thing to open up to a family member or close friend, but an entirely separate thing to give the audience a show.

So trust me, if I ever get upset that Cindy Lou in my art class gets better grades than me because she's got the goods, I wont cry about it here on this blog. I'll just post something like... "Cindy Lou the Juggaboo: Hardened Veteran in the Losing War Against Gravity". I'll laugh, you'll laugh, and Cindy can go to hell.

Enjoy :)


P.S. Not you Cindy, you stay there in hell.

Why the Blog Title?

A phrase like "Redial Again" makes all the sense in the world if you're being coached on harrassing another phone owner in order to give yourself some sick sense of control, but as a blog title it probably leaves some heads scratching. (being scratched? Can you scratch with your head? Further investigation required).

The reason this blog is titled "Redial Again" is because when I was around 12 or 13 years of age I decided to create my own webpage entirely dedicated to the redial button on phones. Why the big deal over phones and more particularly the redial button on phones was discussed in that website and won't be brought up again. It's a part of my life that is behind me.

I was very proud of my site and it's cool features like a hit counter, and three dots that would each take their own turn to light up green. If I had only discovered the floaty circles that follow your mouse all over the page I would have been all over it, but for a 12-13 year old boy taking his first leap into the internet world on his dad's mac, using only the hour that was given to him since the dial up took up the phone line, it was pretty damn good.

A couple months ago I tried in vain to find my old site, but sadly it's gone forever. Therefore, I've set out to carry on and make redial happen again. I really don't care about the redial button anymore, in fact it's almost a thing in the past with land lines dying out, but it's the spirit of creating something so completely random that made me do this blog. That and a couple hours to spare at work the day before New Years.