Been a minute...

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Well, beloved fans and bored people, it's been nearly a month since my last entry. I apologize for my blog disappearance.

I've been thinking about contributing factors to my disappearance and have come up with the following list:

1) Recent traveling. It's not like I've been traveling hardcore like consultants do, but make no mistake that recent traveling alone can account for just over a week of non-blogging. Trips to Brussels, London, and DC.

2) Facebook. I hate to say it, but a website that I've grown to love and respect so much (Zuckerberg's face may as well be plastered all over my desktop) has contributed rather significantly to non-blogging time. I am addicted to it. FB is probably the main source of me selling out on myself. With uploading pictures and providing my comments for each one, it's done nearly half my blogging right there. Instead of writing about an event and posting the pictures on my blog and online at Picasaweb or Kodak Gallery, I'm uploading all new photos to fb. Nowadays, people are saying, "Upload those pics on your blog" more so out of a respected tradition, but they immediately follow-up with, "AND MAKE SURE YOU TAG ME ON FB!!" And instead of writing about how I feel, I can now update my status to "Imran is sexy" (I feel that way quite a bit). The fb phenomena is crazy, but moving forward I'm going to ensure that fb time no longer infringes blog time.

3) Social demands. Being who I am can be, well, difficult. On any given day, AJ will want me to himself in Elmhurst, while the STL duo will require me downtown. Meanwhile, there are demands from The North Side crew, Sarosh, and the "Do Me" crew. And let's not forget Erik, too. I'm even in the process of trying to holler at good ol' Anish aka "Dumb Day Dave." Sigh. I have to stop. The thought of me being so popular and cool, mashaAllah, is beginning to tire me...

4) Working out. Well, as of the past two/three weeks, I really can't use this as an excuse anymore. But, it was a valid excuse initially for non-blog'age. I was into this whole existential phase for a good month in my life where I wanted to eat healthy and work out. It was a total out-of-body experience, dude. Then shortly before Belgium, things kinda slowed down and then all together stopped. (InshaAllah, I'm looking forward to geting back into the mix soon.) But, basically, I'd get home from working out and was just too tired to blog, so I'd look at the latest fb updates instead. InshaAllah, when I get back into the work out groove, I will make sure that this, too, doesn't impact my blogging.

5) Timing. By the time I feel like blogging again, it's gotten to be pretty late or I'm distracted by something else (sleep).

I think that's it. Why I'm acting like this blog is so important to so many people including myself is beyond me at this moment. Or why I'm acting like it's been months upon months since my last entry is equally mind boggling. But it's late and the words and thoughts are flowing like a river, so I'm just going with it...

I'll see you guys on here soon. Go on, hold your breath. It won't be that long...

:)