Just Ed Things

“Allow myself to introduce……..myself.” – Austin Powers

Call this me trying to get back into writing. Not the first, second, or third time I’ve given this an honest effort.

Call this me having a fallback when I inevitably get sick and tired of social media; I’m off Twitter, I’m one stupid decision and a messaging app transfer from being off Facebook, and BlueSky isn’t exactly a clear sky itself. You think you NEED it until you go a few days without it, and you realize, no matter how ingrained you think you are in it, you’re really not.

But really, I just wanted an outlet for my thoughts that is within my grasp. If I want to write a short post explaining what this site is gonna be, away I go. If I want to write a LONG novel-sized thought-dump, I’ll go for it. If I want to write a review or endorsement of something I enjoy or even didn’t enjoy, I can. Though I promise, the “RANT TIME!” phase has passed and you will see more positive content out of me, and most of my criticism will go beyond “I don’t like it” foibles and into genuine criticism. And trust me, I graduated from college with a degree in writing; I know the difference between “criticism” and “being an asshole”.

Call this me having a place to cuss, I guess.

But call this my return to writing. Me putting fingers to mechanical keyboard keys printing words on a scr-…OK, now I sound like one of those hokey Oscar speeches. “Moving pictures printed onto film that tell a story”. Maybe someday I’ll win an Oscar, and only then will I EARN THE RIGHT to give that “vegan” speech….while I have a Savage-sized Slim Jim waiting off-stage, but not off-stage enough that the camera doesn’t pick it up. Then it’ll be the most awkward Oscar moment since that guy that sang “Remember Me” from Coco was flat the whole damn time. Oh, and that Will Smith slap thing….I kinda thought the song was much more awkward. Maybe Pixar will present the best animated film Oscar to itself again? Yeah, that happened too.

I get off track, people, that’s what I do.

My name is Edward Pendleton, and a LOT has changed since the last time I wrote regularly. Hell, a lot has changed in the past year since I stopped updating on Facebook regularly. But, perhaps, a lot hasn’t. Perhaps I’ve grown a bit, matured a bit, changed a bit……..but maybe not that much either.

Get in losers, we’re going shopping.