I know what you're thinking... "Oh great, here she goes listing off a bunch of excuses on why she hasn't updated in forever!!!" And, well, you're partly right. But first, a story:

Last night I stayed up until 5 a.m. with one of my housemates to support him in writing a paper. He had a 12 page research paper on leadership (which he had started earlier that day) due today between 3 and 4 today, and he had a meeting in Columbus (hour and or so away from Wooster) at 9:30 or 10 a.m. I helped him stay awake during his paper writing process and had some thoughts on  procrastination -- something that I do on a regular basis -- which lead me here: My podcast.

This past summer I worked my butt off at Kmart (and almost got fired), went to Wrockstock, a Convention, visited family in Arkansas, and worked on the HPA podcast (Andrew if you're reading this, I can't log into my HPA email address which is why I haven't responded in a long time). School started and I had to juggle pipe band with my school work, started my Junior IS (thesis paper for my major) and had my grandmother's worsening health to worry about. Needless to say Wizard Rock and this podcast took a back seat on my drive through life. I haven't really listened to it, except the once or twice I listened to the latest shipment of the EP of the Month club, or the live albums I bought at the Whompy concert I went to last month. I feel rather disconnected from things, and I know it's my fault. Only problem is I sort of dread the amount of time and effort it takes to get back into the know with this kind of stuff. That doesn't mean I don't want to do it, I just keep putting it off. Procrastinating, if you will.

But, I have started the return to Wizard Rock. Today I started going through my gmail inbox and have already replied to those who sent me messages here on myspace. Last week I preordered Jingle Spells 2 (go do so if you haven't already), and today I purchased Siriusly Smiling on iTunes (again, go do so if you haven't). I will slowly begin responding to my emails over the next week, and might (that's a huge might) begin working on another show, but no promises. It's exam week.

Most importantly I want you guys to know that I do want to do another full length show. I miss you guys terribly, and I miss listening to new music and uncovering those hidden gems of talent. I haven't forgotten you, don't worry, I'll never forget you guys! But sometimes I get sidetracked along the way.

So I don't know if you would call this a real update or not, just know that I'm at thinking about you loyal listeners out there. I am very sorry you haven't heard from me in so long, but sometimes you have put off the things you love most when you don't want to.

In other news, my 20 page Junior IS I had to write was about Harry Potter. I explored how J.K. Rowling took creatures from mythology and made them her own in order to further the plot and develop the characters. It kind of sucks because I procrastinated throughout the whole thing, and wrote most of it in the wee hours of the morning over two separate all-nighters, but if anyone is interested in reading it let me know. I hope to update it, and add more to it over winter break because I'm not 100% happy with it. But I am pretty proud of it, and proud of myself for finishing it. Next year's big ass Senior IS project is already being thought up so hopefully it'll be a bit more put together...

Anywho, I've gotta go do the dishes and clean the kitchen so I can cook dinner for my boy. It's my Christmas gift to him since we're poor college students and he'll be in another state during the month long break. As for his gift to me, he's taking me to see Twilight. Something he's not overly thrilled about, but I still haven't seen it (and it gets me out of the house while my room mate throws a party for her fellow physics majors....).

Questions? Comments? Leave 'em here or send me an email and I'll get back to you (hopefully sooner rather than later)!

Live, Laugh, Love,
~Ashley

P.S. It is snowing like crazy outside and my housemates and I are going to make a mini-snowman for the drunks to knock over tonight. Yay college!