Sure, why not?
A Short Introduction
I’ve taken stock in a lot of things in my life recently. It started in late December, really. During the Berkeley winter break, I stumbled upon redundantmodule’s master-class graphic novel set in the universe of 101 Dalmatian Street, which inspired me to try to pick up my own pen again. I had written a few plot summaries for what was then titled Glenn Cove back in 2010.
Revisiting those old drafts, I thought of a few new directions the stories I wrote could take. I started working on them in earnest and found myself instead writing thinly-veiled reflections on some of the traumas I had faced in the past two decades.
I decided to turn that around and see a therapist to sort myself out properly. Those volumes are probably not going to see the light of day; they don’t fit the rest of the universe’s tone. They’re so much more hostile than the stories I really want to tell.
Another part of sorting myself out involved resolving a lot of things that had happened to me. I realised that I had been denying myself my true identity. For years, I was The Cat Fox. But that was a way to hide from everything I had been through.
The real me is a Dalmatian. I always have been. I have drawings from the 1990s to show that. It has been amazing what a transformation it has been to my life, and to my mental health, to finally let all of that go. To allow myself to be the dog inside that was always there.
I had set myself in so many rigid ways of thinking, of being, of doing. And it isn’t necessary. I’m finally free.
A New Beginning
I don’t really want to delete The Cat Fox Life. It’s a part of me, and it was a very important chapter of my life. But it doesn’t feel right to write non-tech content on it. That’s what it became, and that’s fine. But I need a space where I can talk about other things.
And that’s what this blog is meant to be!
I might still write new tech articles on The Cat Fox Life, or I might not. I haven’t really decided yet. But I do want to write here, and I want to write a lot more often, and about a lot more different subjects.
Music I’ve discovered! Things I’m thinking about! Cool stuff I found! Life with my three wonderful cats. The unexpected ways medical conditions have affected me and those around me…
There are so many things to write about. The future is finally bright.