Pixelgawker

In recent months, my contribution of new material to Pixelgawker has slowly dwindled. “WRITE FOR BLOG” – over the course of last semester, these three words, though often written big and bold, then circled and highlighted, moved further and further down my “to-do” list, eventually landing somewhere between “change oil in car” and “vacuum apartment.” Other tasks and other classes always took precedence over the blog, even when I tried to intentionally pencil the time into my schedule. This absence of my voice from the blog, was not a sign that I lost my desire to write, nor did it indicate that I had run out of ideas. In fact, I had many ideas floating around my head, many of which I thought would serve as a nice foundation to a useful and engaging discourse. But no matter how many times I told myself to write for the blog, I just couldn’t seem to find the time or energy to compose some words into a thoughtful and meaningful essay. So I didn’t.

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