Still alive

So... even though I started a lot of posts in the past year, I haven't finished or posted any. I don't really have any reason for it, other than maybe I keep thinking that they might be a little boring or uninteresting.

Well, I've been in the fleet for almost a year. I've been sick on three different classes of ships, and learned a lot. There have been good times, sucky times, and downright shitty times. And, no, not all the shitty times have involved red hats. I had a chance to try my hand at actually being a leader, not with peers but with actual subordinates. I've even managed to get a bit of warfare stuff in. Those of you who don't know me personally probably don't care about what exactly I've been up to--and those who do know me either know already or don't care--so I'll skip that.

When I started this blog, one fall afternoon all those years ago in my room in Fort Sauvé, I intended to "chronicle my life as a Naval Cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada (and) also chronicle my training." I think I didn't do that very well and, in any case, my experience was anything but usual, and doesn't paint a good picture of life at RMC. Besides, I'm now a Sub-Lieutenant in the fleet, and I'm sure there are other subbies out there, on both coasts, who get bored occasionally and start writing about their lives. Mine is particularly bland.

Since blogging about my life is probably not interesting to most people out there, and isn't terribly relevant. Instead, I intend to realign--and restart--my blogging in a new direction. Though I'm not gifted in prose, brains, knowledge or experience like Lex and Cdr Salamander, I like their style of blogging, and if I'm going to keep writing, I think I should try to emulate their style.

In any case, it's high time I start this thing again.