I go on a lot of blogging absences, mostly unannounced. The problem with long hiatuses is that when you try to get back on track it’s difficult because you don’t know where to start or how to oil the machine. I barely have readership anymore so I rely on the fact that I am now blogging for myself. I guess I blame all the other micro-platforms for making me lose my ability in full-time blogging. The need to construct sentences and paragraphs are turning out to be quite tedious. My life is starting to take a backseat. I’m now back to weekends at home after constant partying since the end of last year. It’s a good change of pace, and I feel like my old self again. Listening to more music, watching more shows and movies, communicating with more people again.. but also leaves room for more thoughts that aren’t always pleasant. The perks of music blasting and alcohol constantly pumping your veins is its ability to be able to drown out unwanted feelings and …

Here I am on my phone while waiting for all the backup restoration to be done. I am back! The blog blacked out for the most part of the month because we were getting hacked here and there. And because—two sentence construction errors later—I have the best host ever, the process of putting everything back to its rightful place was near flawless. Lots of email exchange and a new webhost provider later, here is a fresh Otherworldly. Hope you like it!

I’ve probably mentioned this a lot in my blog posts or just to myself in general, but oftentimes I wonder what has changed in my life, or what’s new and I’m always left with the “same old, same old” initial answer. Then I give it more thought and I realize, so much has changed. 2014 has been a very interesting start for me. 2013 ended with new-found friends who have started becoming so dear to me, only to find out that one of them is leaving for good by the start of February. I wish her the best of luck and life, but I am saddened because I am also “physically” losing a good friend who I have grown to love in the consecutive weeks we all hung out in December. I’m excited for what the rest of 2014 will bring. I used to always be apprehensive when a year starts, but this year I will try my best to just finally go with the flow. Let my fears become a part of me. Things …