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In the tradition of not basing the "start of a new year" on January 1 (after 18.5 years of school schedules, it's just a habit I'm not ready to start yet), I've decided to consider today, July 17, a renewal of sorts. It was one year ago today that I started working at AP in Cleveland, and I figured one good beginning deserved another.

I've been missing the ol' blog lately, especially because I completely believe that the more writers write, the more naturally it comes, and I've really been slacking off in that department lately. But more importantly, I feel that I've lost touch with some good friends for a myriad of reasons, non intentional, of course. But between geography, work schedules, relationships, family and general summer rhythms, I've been missing some people.

That being said, I thought I'd restart the ol' blog for two reasons: To try to share a bit of what's going on in my life with people I care about in hopes that it will rekindle some sort of sense of involvement in one another's lives, and you know, to have a place to write about daily observations, events, rants and (hopefully) a bit of humor, too. I was also really hating the LJ functions and decided to try out a new blog for the fresh start. Hopefully you will agree that this layout is much more pleasant.

So in a nutshell, my summer has been a whirlwind of work, work and more work. Between AP's hours and weekends at the restaurant, it's been a little difficult to catch a breather. And not to complain, but I think that if it keeps up at this intensity for much longer, I'll be a good burnout candidate.

Luckily, on Friday I leave for Miami for my very first work-sponsored travel. After spending a day with a friend from BU who lives down there (you may know him as J-Lowell) and picking up the seventh Harry Potter book (!!!), I'll be joining up with the 13th incarnation of the Van's Warped Tour. Living on a tour bus for 12 days, I'll travel between Miami and Cleveland, setting up AP's tent every morning, selling subscriptions, setting up band signings in our tent, taking photos and video, blogging on AP's official Warped Tour site, making friends with the bands and getting sunburned beyond recognition. Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked. It'll be a great change of pace, I should get to see some friends in Chicago, and it'll be nice to do some physical labor instead of sitting in my too-cold office.

I'll also be hitting up four cities I've never been to (Charlotte, Virgina Beach, D.C., Scranton) and one of which I've only seen the airport (Cincinnati). I also get a day off somewhere between Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Woo hoo for a free day in the upper Midwest.

Anyway, more info on Warped will come soon, I'm sure. And I'm still building this blog and figuring out the functions, but I wanted get a first post out there in hopes that I'll rededicate myself to this activity for a bit. And to give you another procrastination site for those hours at work between setting your fantasy lineups and checking the Onion.