Ghost Blog!

 I command you to go to hell and sit on a red hot coal, and wait for me, until it snows! 

I've been a bad blogger! I said once a week and its been... (let me look) 12 days!!! Holy crap I suck. What can I say besides a the main ingredient of "I've been busy" with a dash of "I've been lazy" thrown in for good measure.

I promised Melanie that I would work on something for her website in the next few days. Even if she has another guy giving his opinion. I'm shocked. Nay, appalled. Where is my agent, and what is he doing about this faux pas?

I suppose I have only myself to blame.

But anyway, I've almost reached a point where I have a little bit of breathing room. I'll try to get something up here within the next few days.

You know, for my multitude of followers...

-NG

I don't want to come back down from this cloud. It's taken me all this time to find out what I need.

Time to kick my bad habits... 

I'm coming down off of the high of a good day. I've been doing a lot of things at my job lately that has some creative juices flowing. It has felt so good to finally feel positive after such a dark period. I started feeling better over the last two months or so. Before that I was just trying some days, and going through the motions on others.

I would like to say that I don't particularly like being single. I've never been one of those roguish men seeking conquest after conquest. Of course its nice to feel wanted and have everything that a relationship entails, but I have to admit that I needed to be single for a while. 

You see, I came out of a long term relationship over a year ago that turned dysfunctional towards the end. It was really hard to let go and move on, even after everything that happened. I became jaded. I became selfish. And I became anti-social. I probably needed to do those things for a while. Hell, it took everything that I could muster to not become self-destructive. Maybe I did all of those things so I could build a temporary shield around my psyche. But all of those things, well, they simply are not me. 

Writing has been therapeutic, even though most of what I have written won't be seen by anyone else's eyes but mine. The last thing that I want to do is make this blog about that past relationship. Its time to put the past behind me and move on. I feel that I have a lot to offer a woman. I've been inspired by Melanie to think of a list of what are deal-breakers in a future relationship. I suppose I'll try to work on that at some point. 

Mental note: Add making a list to the list. 

I don't feel 100% quite yet, but I think I am close enough that I can actually contribute to a healthy relationship. I will say, it feels nice finally being me again.

What's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy shit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?

I love Super Troopers!

But our shenanigans are cheeky and fun.

But that is not what this blog is about. I decided to name this Nice Guy Shenanigans because I expect this to be a bunch of random, crazy things.

Honestly, I'm not really sure what I am going to talk about. My friend Melanie suggested that I start a blog, so here I am. More than likely I'll continue to lurk over at her place, but perhaps I'll attempt to post things here from time to time.

I am going to remain anonymous for now. But that does not mean that I will not engage anyone in conversation. (That means you, ladies!) :p

I'll make no promises. This isn't the first time I've tried to start one of these. But since I'm attempting to create new habits for myself, maybe I'll stick to it. Its also nice that I have Melanie encouraging me.

Maybe I'll try for once a week.

But, for now I have to reply to some comments and write my next response to a relationship question.