A Re-Introduction To My World

I am participating in Stephen Tremp's Re-Introduce Myself Blogfest. Which is weird since I never really introduced myself once or a first time. But that is merely a matter of semantics now...let's move on.

Preface~

       I am going to eschew delving into my personal stuff and focus on re-introducing my blog. However, here is this much...I am a 32 year corporate man who is striving to make more time for writing and photography. To that end I admire all the sites I follow that pertain to both those talents. Now on to the show!


I was born a poor black child...oh wait, that one's taken already...damn, so is "Call me Ishmael".  Well I can always take the tried and true "12 Step" approach...Hi, I'm Chuck and I'm a blogger.

I started this caravan of weirdness on January 16th, 2010 with this post following the earthquake in Haiti. I was not sure where I was going to go with this new blogging experience but it had begun. The name for the site, Apocalypse Now, came to mind after giving some thought as to what I would call this creature. My brain wrapped itself around the Mayan 2012 hysteria and then immediately went to one of my favorite movies (as well as the first thing that always comes to my mind when I hear the word Apocalypse (capitalized or not)), Apocalypse Now was born...or maybe reborn.

As you might guess, any form of Apocalypse Now (AN) as a blog/site .com name, was taken long ago. Nothing usable with that name variation came to mind except what eventually ended up being the site address>>> apackalipsnow. Out of my warped mind came a jewel. At least I could still title the actual blog page with Apocalypse Now so some degree of normalcy could remain.

Now what to write about. Whoa Trigger...my mind was a runaway freight train on that thought. For lack of a better term I am "all over the place" when it comes to stringing two thoughts together. I blame this on 30 years of corporate business structure that had me keep a rather large amount of "plates" spinning at all times...with the occasional WTF crisis thrown in just to test the nerves. So my thinking was less linear and more three-dimensional...all the time. Elevators and escalators. Chutes and ladders. You get the idea. Still what to write about?

Since I am well past the 100-word mark in this post there is no sense stopping...we are going for broke and breaking a big blogfest general rule. Sorry, I type like I talk. Long-winded and somewhat repetitive. This also comes from a work environment where at times it seems like I would have better luck training monkeys...or my dogs. At least when they don't follow direction I know it is because they literally don't understand a fucking word I am saying. I digress.

I knew from the beginning of this blog that any straight line theme would eventually take a detour or complete derailment. Not sure how or why this would happen (other than items above previously noted). So I dove in with a political and current hot topic, the Haitian earthquake disaster. My first post. I think it is still some of my finest work to date. If you have not read it please take a minute and check it out. It is still relevant.

Here are a few other early offerings that saw little of the light of day, that I still enjoy reading:

Taco Bell Diet

Reality TV

Diet Coke

Charmin Toilet Paper

Maybe you have a demented uncle you could point this way to keep him occupied.

Not having any readers or as I came to understand them, Followers, I continued on with some witty, comedic and completely random posts on various topics I christened "Today's Apocalypse Signs". That is how I pre-titled each blog post until the recent failure of the Apocalypse to actually occur.  In addition to being Apocalypse signs they were also evidence of how far off center our society had gotten...and some damn funny acts too!

A funny thing happened after I started gaining some small degree of following...I began reading the sites of my followers. I knew very little of blogging etiquette but was a decent enough guy to understand reciprocation. Sex taught me that! So little by little I saw what others were writing and posting.  I found funny sites, photographers, writers, and they began to influence my thinking and creative process.

Fast forward through a couple A-Z Challenges and the gaining of many friendly supportive followers and we arrive at today.

I don't know where my direction will go now that the Mayan thing fizzled but due to all the friends I have made in the blogosphere, I will continue moving forward and hopefully to entertain and inform.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!