She's back, I'm back

After a 10 day visit to jolly old england, my girlfriend is coming back stateside. I'm going to pick her up at the train station this evening and I am very excited to see her again. I talked with her last friday and though she sounded very tired on the phone, I could tell that she was happy. I just hope that she can take some of that postive energy back with her and hold onto it during the upcoming semester. It's going to be tough, I know that she's up for the challenge. She just doesn't show it all the time.

Speaking of challenges, I've decided to give myself one, and I have my friends to thank for it. I received a business card holder complete with buisness cards as a christmas present. On the card it read "Al Josef, Writer." Simple, huh? Simple enough to make me realize that I've been neglecting a big part of myself.

I AM A WRITER.

That's what I am, not just a journalist or data entry monkey. I need to write more whether it be fiction, poetry, non-fiction or whatever. Since college, I've shied away from fiction and poetry and other artistic forms of writing because I felt that I didn't stand a chance making a living that way. That still my be true, but I still feel the desire to express myself on the written page and so that's what I'm going to do, for at least an hour each day, beyond what I normally do with my blog.

So here's to putting the poet back into samurai poet.