WELCOME TO THELOZONE.COM'S CELEBRATORY POST FOR A YEARS WORTH OF WAXING CAPRICIOUS

One year ago today, I figured out how to connect a domain name with server space. With that lesson, I began a certain web log called Leftover Chinese. I tried my hardest to reveal as little as possible about myself. I wanted to avoid a "log" type set-up. All the while keeping you entertained with pointless events, random thoughts, and an unfocused writing style. I haven't sat down to read the past year of posts, but I bet I let a lot of more stuff go public than I want to. This is probably more of a diary than a collection of scatterbrain thoughts. I guess that was inevitable. Hopefully, this stuff entertains. I'd hate to go zero for three on my goal for this page.

This brings me to you, the reader. I didn't really think that many people would read this. The internet is a handy place to be very private while knowing anyone with a computer could reach this page. Writing this page for what I perceive to be an audience of zero is what has kept me focused on being as pointless and interesting as possible. When I hear people I barely know tell me that they read this roughly once a week, I get spooked out. I guess knowing that mere acquaintances know more about me than I do them spooks me out. At the same time, knowing that people know more about me than they should is exactly why writing this weblog is fun. Strangers and those I barely know know nothing about the 3D version of me....but I bet they've been entertained at least once.

As I look to keep this thing going, I ponder the direction. Keeping this fairly random can probably get boring for you to read everyday. While I try to scatter the subjects, I bet there are a bunch of things I always bring up (see: sitting on the bus). I think I can make this more enjoyable for you and me if I started a few features (ala "This Being..."). Perhaps a bi-weekly series of something going on around me (Remember October?). Whatever I do....prepare for either more entertainment, or a step toward being a homogonized blog. I close this anniversary post with a cliche'. Yes...I'm closing the year by stepping in the wrong direction with my first cliche: the closing quote:

In closing, gentle reader, I'd like to thank you. `What's that?' you say? Me thanking you? No, it's not a misprint, for you see, I enjoyed writing this book WEBLOG as much as you enjoyed reading it."

-CM Burns

THANKS READER(S)

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