Oh yeah-- my blog!

Errr.... . . . .


Well, what to say--


Funny, is life.


When I started this blog, I committed to writing in it regularly. I have apparently failed in my commitment to do so, and, what's more, I didn't even let you all know what was going on. I just up and disappeared. Kinda rude, actually. Sorry!

I guess life started happening so fast that I couldn't stop to comment on it. I tried to a few times, but by the time I had formulated a decent post on my life's or world happenings, the news was already hopelessly outdated. Plus I didn't feel like it-- something in me had changed. I found that I had stopped obsessing over the news, political commentary, or current events as I have done for years-- all of a sudden I just didn't care too much. I felt strangely detached from it all. Can't really explain why, but I think it has something to do with being much more present to the life I'm actually living, which I suppose is a good thing.

Anyway, excuses excuses . . . . the bottom line is, I should have posted something just to let everyone know where I was at. So, again, sorry about that!

Here's what I think-- life will be a little calmer, maybe, over the next month. My new business partner (see below) is going to take a few weeks to get her life in order, and we need to set up an office that can accommodate the both of us before we can really sink our teeth into things, so I should be a bit more available to post. But I am going to leave off of the old format of regular/daily posting and instead just jot down the occasional idea, poem, or tidbit as it hits me. That's all I can offer right now, I'm afraid. However, the Mookblog has turned into a nice community of voices, and I'm heartened to see some great posts from GT, Layli, and Russ while I was MIA-- thanks guys. With such a fine cast, I think that the Mookblog will continue to perform a valuable service as a forum for interesting thoughts and mookness all round, and I look forward to many more months (dare I say years?) of entertaining and insightful web logging.

Here's to keepin' the faith.

And now, a couple of updates for ya:

a) The Yakety Yak Wireless Store idea crashed and burned, but not before causing me to drop out of all but a few of my classes in anticipation of signing a lease that then slipped like sand through my fingertips.

b) My ex-neighbor has since hired me to work as a marketing consultant/loan processor for her mortgage brokering business. She's been mentoring me through the industry for the last few weeks (which has swallowed up much of my time as of late). Seems like a potentially lucrative arrangement, though we are still ironing out some contractual logistics.

c) I have acquired two lovely little kittens who introduce themselves as Charlie and Sammy. Charlie's a grey and white tabby with soft brown undertones, and Sammy is almost all black except that in the right light you can see that he has stripes. They are adorable and wonderful and I am highly allergic to them. Ah, how we suffer for love.

d) I have decided to give myself a new middle name: Christopher. I really really like it, it suits me very well, and I need a name that doesn't sound like Klingon to people I do business with. Don't worry, this hasn't now become the Chrisblog-- my first name remains Mukhtar, and I am still affectionately and oh so Mookely yours.

Cheerio!

Mookie