The beginning to a beginning.

I feel like it's over here, for the most part. This chapter is closing and there's only room for a few more hacked out notes or messages. And I'm okay with that. I'm not ready to say this is over and bury it for real, but I am ready to open a new segment of my life and open a new segment of my life up to everyone. Something a little more honest and a little more obvious.

I can't promise the metaphors will disappear, but I can promise to try and make this more approachable, more viewer friendly, and certainly more interactive. I want this to be about more than just me; I want this to be about us, and figure out how far we can get together. See what we can uncover if we're all digging in the same spot, instead of shoveling the dirt from our respective holes right back into each others.

Really, I just want to make this fun again.

I mean, it's time to be honest. I'm not just well past ten anymore. And it's time to accept the responsibility that accompanies this new stages of our lives. Less hiding out behind the words and believing that all the important work in life will happen later.

So this is it. Dig out your motherfucking passwords and get ready for the experience.

Check out allofthelights. A community blog. A foray into a world of group dialogue which I in no way expect to start out with any sort of bang or enthusiasm. I do, however, invite you all to join me in dropping the charade and giving this whole thing another go. A brand new start with a fresh outlook. Maybe you haven't been like me and don't find anything childish or archaic about how you used to write, but maybe you have and you do. In any case, consider this the proverbial extended hand.

The idea behind this blog was just to wade through all the bullshit we all put in our stuff. Everything's encrypted these days, and we all grew tired of, well, not having a damn clue what we were saying to each other. I just want to have something concrete. A place for legitimate discussion of the opinions I grew to respect and admire you all for. It's not going to be my 2AM dumping ground. I'll leave this place up for that.