I don’t think I’ve written a post about myself since I went to get my hair cut and the “don’t want no short dick man” song came on. But I haven’t written for a while and I feel like I owe an explanation. While I am lazy, that’s not the reason. And it wasn’t because I scored two front-row tickets to the Anhui province men’s bodybuilding tournament (hot photo). I only wish. It’s that I’ve been busy. And not in the way that people are always saying they’re busy. Actually busy. As you may have gathered from a previous post and a conspicuously placed link to the left, I have been involved in the launch of a new online magazine in Shanghai called Small Swords. Initially, it was my hope to keep up Flumesday and this new website simultaneously. But a few things happened. First, I realized that the new website was going to take up a lot more of my time than I had originally thought if it were to be as good as it is. And it’s good. Secondly, and unexpectedly, I have taken an expanded role in maintaining the Small Swords site on top of writing and editing. If you read this site regularly, you know that site maintenance is not my strong suit. I like to write.
I also took a vacation this week to Beijing. While I was in Beijing I got two emails from regular Flumesday readers neither of whom I have ever met. Both noted that they check the site many times a week and noticed that the site had not been updated in a while. One was from a girl named Liz who wrote: “Are you OK? You are missed.” The other was from a guy named Black who was concerned that Flumesday had been the victim of a blogging crackdown by the Chinese government. That would be cool but unfortunately, it isn’t the case. I simply took a little break.
Now that the Small Swords site is off the ground, I plan on putting more time back into Flumesday. Starting this week, I will begin posting as regularly as I can and my hope is that I will strike a balance between these two projects. If you notice that the content of Flumesday is updated less frequently, it’s not because I’m wasting away on my sofa, watching movies and eating Chinese takeout. The time I spend doing that is entirely separate from any of this. It will be because I’m writing for a new and exciting Shanghai publication. And if you like Flumesday, my guess is you’ll probably like Small Swords. And if you don’t like Flumesday, well then, my guess is you probably don’t like yourself.