A funny take on the Electoral Map by Chris Harris and Stephanie Chen:

My birthday came and went and I didn’t even write about it here.

What does that really mean?

It could mean that my life is so full and rich that I don’t have time to sit down and write about it.

It could also mean that everything is great and wonderful and I have no need to pour out all of my feelings and thoughts on this blog.

It could be that I just want to keep some things to myself and enjoy them all on my own without anyone knowing about them.

It could be all of the above and more. I’m forcing myself to write this because I feel I’ve neglected my blog and I know my Mom checks it religiously every day and is probably disappointed when she doesn’t see anything new to read.

Although I’m sure that Twitter has filled in the void that my neglect of this blog has created.

But Twitter is not quite the same as a blog. It’s snippets of real life here and there. The mundane and the weird. It’s a way to stay connected with short spurts of information. We get to learn who is happy, who got a job, how they are doing.

For that Twitter is great. But if you want to get into someone’s head, then the blog is the way to go.

And I just haven’t had the need to have someone get into my head recently.

Life is still good. Yes, there are some roadblocks here and there but you just drive around them and forget all about them until the next one creeps up on you.

In the end those roadblocks are there to remind you that life, while good, can change at a moment’s notice and it’s up to you to decide how you will handle them.

And the best approach in life is to look for the good in everything, have a positive outlook in life and be happy with what you have.

I know I am.

Every day.

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