The obligatory intro post (not really)

So where and how to start. The beginning never feels the right place for me. It will only make sense to go back there from the middle. When we've gotten to know each other a bit. How about two truths and a lie? You get to pick the lie. I will bring the cake!

The First truth.

I think I'm going to write this thing for me. Not you. Assuming there is or will ever even be a you. In my current state of thought the chances of any you is infinitesimal. So writing for you would be a very tiring endeavour just on the off chance you show up. I'm also not a journalist, philosopher or industry guy so what would I be writing at you anyway.

Don't get me wrong though! If any of you show up and want to tag along, great. I will cherish and try to entertain with words. I'll be writing for me, but dancing for you. On that front, you won't even have to read this! It will be posted 3 seconds before some actual content! What content? you say?

Games content!

The Second Truth arrives here.

I'm not sure I can promise that's entirely what it will be about. At least not consistently. It will, largely, be about games and life around games. It might not always be.

I've been feeling the need to do this writing for a while. I'm retired but it isn't through choice so im not really old enough to be. I spend an awful lot of time trapped in my own head. I love games. I get at least 28 hours a week alone. I'm not using it purposefully. What sounds like a dream of free time to play games can quickly become a fairly lonely place.

The Final Truth. It has been hiding here all along!

I can promise it will always be honest and open. My biggest barrier to connection and sharing is self-censorship. I don't always say things I'm thinking or feeling. Outside of some close friends. Even then a line is carefully trod to keep things from getting too existential. 

So you can look forward to heart on sleeve, skin in the game posts. Trying to find the, as close I can give at least, authentic me.

Someone Lied.

Which one is the lie then? I'm going to deviate somewhere so all of them? Or none of them, yet. I think I'm going to write this for me. I can't promise what it will be about. I can promise it will always be honest and open. They all feel true but I suspect one of them will reveal itself as something else eventually.

Oh. But the cake was a definite lie.