I haven't been around much lately due to a couple of different projects I've been working on.  One of which is a very small time writing gig with Examiner.com.  I'm the 'Atlanta Game Lifestyle Examiner' and while I'm not exactly paying the bills with it, I am trying to improve my professional writing skills and gain some knowledge and experience.

The only problem with writing professionally is that you have to sound professional.

If you know me at all, you know I'm really not great about reigning in my opinions or my language, so this has been a bit of a challenge.  

Last night I posted an article about my disgust with an episode of Intervention about a video game 'addict'.  I was livid about what I'd just seen and I wanted to share my trench mouth view with my friends.

And let me tell you it was so nice to be able to do that.

Today I wrote up a much more tame piece for my Examiner page.  You can read it here and see the difference if you'd like:

Video game addiction and Intervention

I actually put a little more effort and research into it to further prove my point and there's not one swear word to be found so I guess it's probably a better article than what I posted here.

But I gotta say that I have missed you guys; even the ones who don't agree with me from time to time.

OS may have drama running out of every orifice, but it's also got a whole lot of talented writers and kind readers.  I'll take the drama any day if it means I get to rail on some idiots in my blog.  It's an open community, we're gonna piss each other off.

I'm glad to be a part of it.  I may not be here as much as I'd like, but I always find something interesting to read or write about when I come back.  

I love being me.  And you guys let me do that whenever I want.  Thanks for leaving a light on.