I have been neglecting this blog quite a bit. Sure, I have my weekly "Boughts & Thoughts" post, but like always, I get lazy and don't really feel like posting other stuff.
Laziness mainly took over during the first half of October. It was just work in the day, then come home to play video games. But once my friends' wedding took place, I've been feeling like I have drifted away from all of my friends from high school (and middle school) over the past few years, so it was time to reconnect on a more regular basis. Frankly, I missed them (everyone together now, "Awwwwwww..."). Not to take anything away from all the great friends and acquaintances I have met through the comic book hobby, but these are friendships have been going on for the last 11 years or more.
I have been doing a lot of thinking over the past two weeks. Thoughts have been ranging from friends, family, life, video games, comics, sports, and various random shit. Some thoughts were very important ones, others were just flat out pointless. There have been days where I have been depressed as hell, other days where I feel like I'm on top of the world. I can't really explain it, it's just been weird for me.
One of the thoughts that has been, where I am going with this comic book hobby? I know I won't be giving it up, because I still enjoy the hobby. However, let's be real... there is a lot of crap being published. Most of which I don't buy, but some of which, I do. So, I am expecting myself to cut down even more than I have been, just to save some funds.
To add to the comic book hobby, is the sketch collecting. Something that I truly enjoy, but it what the bulk of my funds have been going towards over the past few years.
Expect me to cut down significantly on those as well in the new year. And I say new year, because I won't be able to attend the November 22nd Hobbystar Toronto ComiCON, since I will be in Los Angeles for my cousin's wedding, which takes place on that day. So, unless something else pops up (store signings, etc.), from now until the end of the year, I think I'm done for the year.
Don't expect to see a whole bunch of sketches from the conventions in the new year. I'll probably be more selective when it comes down to it, whether that means spending more on single pieces, rather than getting several smaller pieces. Or, if it just means getting less of those smaller pieces altogether. I haven't fully decided yet.
Heck, I don't even know if I'd go through with any of this, since this could just be a feeling I have now. But yeah, the feeling I have now is that I just don't have the desire for it right now.
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