In the words of little Alex from A Clockwork Orange, “Welly welly welly well…” It is a most unexpected and unusual pleasure to be posting my very first blog here on WordPress. Just FYI: I used to have a blog over at Xanga but I’ve just grown tired of that website (and so has everybody else, it seems)…besides, there was a lot of old trash at the xanga site, so I decided to give it the boot. Now, I’m a WordPress man. I’m going to attempt to use this blog to post some of my webcomic I’ve been working on. That’s the purpose of this blog, really…so, look forward to seeing some in the future.

I don’t really know how to explain anything special about me, though…I’m just a normal guy, really. Well, okay…I’m a bit of a nerd, I’ll admit. A big nerd. In fact, I just finished (finally!) beating Splinter Cell: Double Agent on my Wii. Dang that game was insanely hard! It’s the first of the Splinter Cell games I’ve ever played all the way through and, to be honest, I think I want to play some more. I will be trying to get it where I can afford to get an Xbox 360 next year, so if that ends up happening, then I will hopefully get to play the next game where Sam Fisher is a rogue agent. I can’t wait! (At least, I think it’ll be on the 360.)

Well, I don’t have a lot of other things to say. It’s almost Christmas, which is cool, except for the fact that there is a strong rift in my family/personal relationships right now. I’m a Christian guy who is living with his girlfriend…not at all uncommon, but my parents are less than pleased and they’re letting me know about it. It’s so difficult because on the one hand I respect and love my parents, but on the other hand I love my girlfriend and I plan on marrying her one day. We made the decision to move in together based on our money situation and because my roommate (and best friend) John bailed on me (for the second time in my life), so it pretty much fell together.

My parents are concerned because Kristen, my girlfriend, isn’t sure what she believes religiously. She comes from a different background, you know? And it’s so hard, these days…everything is so hard. But she’s a good person and I love her dearly…so, what else do I need to say?

Anyways, my mom freaked out on me several days ago and now Kristen doesn’t want to come to Christmas with my family (and I can’t really blame her)…it just sucks because my girlfriend is going to have to spend half of the day alone at home while I see my family (who will be in from out of town). So she’s depressed and my family is all grumpy and I’m just stuck in the middle of it all…it makes me wish, so bad, that after school I end up moving farther away so I can just focus on a career and, while keeping in contact with my family, let them know that my life is my own to live and I have to make my own decisions in it. That’s all there is to it…

Speaking of school, I’m looking into taking classes with Devry Online so I can just finish up, get my degree, and get a move on with my life. That’ll rock. I’m thinking of going into Game & Simulation Programming. The gaming industry is huge and there is always room for expansion, so I figure it’d be a sweet way to turn my interests into a career. I’m going to give it more thought, but the way I see it, I’ve got time.

Anyways, I’m going to leave you with a picture of my little pug, Havok. He’s an ornery mess, but I love him nonetheless.