{"id":40906,"date":"2015-09-10T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T02:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=40906"},"modified":"2020-07-16T22:56:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T02:56:19","slug":"when-real-life-gets-in-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=40906","title":{"rendered":"When real life gets in the way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Especially after an event or a convention where I circulate cards out to try and steer people into visiting my website, I admittedly try to put on a little bit of a face for a little bit, to be slightly more interesting or engaging, to try and get people to possibly become one of my site\u2019s regular six readers, and not necessarily just be a tourist to view and download pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n

I try and post fairly relevant, or at least interesting things as fluff posts while I arduously slave away at trying to get my photos up as efficiently as possible, so I don\u2019t lose the attention and potential repeat visits from viewers during the week(s) after said events\/conventions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Believe me, I have a lot of things I\u2019d like to say about Dragon*Con, and I\u2019m the type of nerd that jots down thoughts and notes, so I don\u2019t forget them, and can revisit them when I\u2019m in a more appropriate frame of mind to be writing about them.\u00a0 And there are several things I\u2019m eventually going to write about the convention, but very recently, I\u2019ve admittedly been downtrodden by several things, and positive face in light of potential new viewers be damned, ultimately my brog exists for me to write out the things swirling around in my head, even if they\u2019re not always the most positively entertaining things out there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Basically, I left Dragon*Con in a fairly positive state of mind; as is often the case after a convention where I took a lot of pictures, I\u2019m excited to get home and unload my camera and get to actually look at the pictures I took, and relax, gather my thoughts, and prepare for the week(s) of trying to come up with content for my site, as well as the long process of individually processing photos and trying to get them looking the best and up as quickly as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Things eventually began going downhill; superficially at first, like watching my college football season basically end after the very first game of the season, on account of Virginia Tech\u2019s QB Michael Brewer having his collarbone broken in a loss to #1 Ohio State.\u00a0 The following morning back at work, the domino effect of having my work phone blown up all weekend from people who don\u2019t seem to grasp the concept of weekends, much less holiday weekends, caught up to me, and I had an absolutely dreadful work day that made me question my choice to switch jobs, after business hours work, as well as the necessity to have worked some from home, more or less derailing my personal after-hours leisure time.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, those problems became nothing at all after a conversation I had with my mother during a phone call that I had intended on being a routine catch-up call, where it was revealed to me that a family member had a recent surgery, and long story short, the dreaded C-word came into play.\u00a0 Details are still sketchy due to a lack of information as well as the typical language barrier between my parents and I, but there\u2019s sparsely a mistake when it comes to interpreting cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that I\u2019m pretty detached from my family, mostly on account of the distance I live from everyone else, but this news was still disheartening and absolutely deflating.\u00a0 The thoughts of a worst-case scenario are frightening and depressing, and naturally would be best served if they never come to fruition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019m not sharing all this information because I\u2019m phishing for sympathy or trying to sadistically rain on everyone\u2019s reflective post-D*C period.\u00a0 Believe me, I\u2019d rather be writing about my own D*C thoughts or a satirical reflection of how lucky Ohio State was to injure Michael Brewer.\u00a0 I\u2019d rather not have a gray cloud in my head when looking through the pictures I took of hundreds of costumers, selfies with numerous friends, and some stunning pictures of the mythical girlfriend, and reflect,\u00a0 reminisce and process with clarity.<\/span><\/p>\n

But this is what happens when real life gets in the way from time to time, and people like me feel the desire to write about it, because life isn\u2019t always sunshine and lollipops, and even the bad things are worth reflecting on.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s doubtful I will bring this up again any time\u2026 soon.\u00a0 Because in spite of the wet blanket, I also want to get back to a sense of normalcy, where I don\u2019t have to feel upset about the world, upset with my job, and where I can write random things about conventions, wrestling, League of Legends, and the stupid shit Atlanta does sometimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

And if you are a new visitor, hoping to find some pictures of yourself and are instead greeted with this wall of text with a downer context, I kind of apologize in advance and maintain the promises that I will be working on pictures, and they will be up within somewhat of a reasonable two-week turnaround, tops.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s reckless to say that real life is\u00a0always\u00a0<\/em>bad, because it most certainly is not.\u00a0 But damn, can it really hit hard from time to time, when it comes to bad news.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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