Like so many bloggers before me, here is my look back on 2009.  Yes.  2009.  Okay.  Let's get to it!  Any time now.  Fine, now type!  Toss those thoughts onto the screen, my man.  Come on, Shane.  Let's do this thing!  Boo-yah!  Write!

(Chirp.  Chirp.  Chirp.)

2009 has been an odd year.  I have learned much about so many things and I have accomplished many, many things.  I have reached goals I thought I would never achieve.  I have let myself be who I really am.  I have helped others accomplish their goals.  Was this reflected in my blog?  Not so much.  It is a little weird, isn't it?  Or am I just giving some lip service to a sense of guilt I have about not writing on my website as I think I should be. I have thoughts and things to give.  Links to provide.  Pictures to share.  I do it all. 

But this website is neglected.  If it had feelings, I am sure it would look up at me with sad eyes and whisper quietly: why have you abandoned me?  Oh, it breaks the heart.  But it is only a website, isn't it?  Those who only read blogs may think so.  But a blog is different somehow.  Not only are you throwing a bit of writing out into the gray mass that is the Interwebs, but you're displaying a little bit of yourself.  You are opening yourself to complete strangers (no, not you, Mommy!) and websites like that deserve a little more respect.  Not a lot.  Just a little.  That is, of course, if you write posts like I do.

I will always remember 2009 as being one of the worst blogging years to date.  I suppose every year for the last few has been less than stellar in the blogging department. I do recall promising from time to time that I would write more (which I have, just not here) and interact more.  I guess I have done that.  So, what have I done that I haven't posted about on this website?  Let's see:

• Started guitar lessons.
• Have written several books (unpublished as of yet, still shopping them around) of poetry.
• Launched some kick ass websites for clients.
• Read a whole lot.

And I bunch of other things that I haven't written about here.  What I am trying to say is that I have been doing a whole lot.  I just don't understand why I haven't written about them here.  I am a blogger, aren't I?  Shouldn't I be writing here more often?  Am I not a kind of spokesperson?

I shall continue this thought process in my next post.  I shall call that next post: Part II.