Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Mission Statement

For the moment, andster.com is no more. We'll see what the future holds, but for now it doesn't look good. With a new blog and a new address comes a time to refocus. One regret that I have about the old blog is that too often it got bogged (blogged?) down with personal crap and lost its focus as a magic blog.

Above all else, this is a blog about magic. It will contain my thoughts about magic in general, product reviews, magic on TV, and stories from my personal magic life.

What I'm going to try really hard not to do is write about family, friends, relationships, jobs, what I did today, etc. unless it's somehow tied in to magic. I used the last blog as kind of a brain dump which was good for me, but not good for the blog. You come here to read about magic, not how tired I am. I might do a personal blog or journal or something in the future, but I sincerely doubt there's enough interest to actually publish it.

I'm also going to make a concerted effort to not write about what I'm going to do (yes, I realize the irony here), but what I have already done. Too often last time I would find myself writing that I plan to do A, B, and C and then never following through with it. I think a big part of that was that I wouldn't update for weeks on end, then feel compelled to just write something to have content. These first few posts are going to come sporadically, but when things settle down I'd like to get onto a regular posting schedule. Not sure what that's going to be, but that's my intention.

I've been really torn about keeping the Andster persona. When I first started blogging, I was pretty adamant about staying anonymous. I still value my privacy so I don't think I'm quite ready to "come out" just yet, but I also know there's enough information about me out there that would make it pretty easy to get doxxed. That's my own fault, I know. Andster kinda bled into my personal life and things commingled and now here we are. I'd still rather not broadcast all that information through here, but I figure if you want to know badly enough, email me and ask.

I think that's all I've got for now. Check back tomorrow for more. Now, I'm going to enjoy my birthday.

- Andster


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