It's been weeks, I'm pretty sure even months, since my fingers have passionately tapped across the internationally beloved Qwerty keypad to do something that I love more than most other petty, expendable things in life, and that's blogging. In my defense, though, I've been quite busy. Since summer, my sophomore year in high school's started and I've filled my life with Debate and homework and college level courses and yada-yada. If you noticed the horrifying gap between when I posted YouTube videos, you'd see that there was this void between the fall of 2011 and the spring of 2012, and it is that way for a reason. My Debate season never ends. In fact, in my eyes, it started Autumn 2011, and will continue until Spring of 2015, when I graduate. But I had Debate tournaments from October to February last year, which is why I was virtually inactive, also because I had to balance extra-curriculars with friends, family, homework, etc. Vlogging and blogging got sort of shoved aside. Which is why I don't really even have a legitimate domain for this blog yet. I started this site in winter 2010, and had intended on purchasing a .com domain name, but after my life getting so full and such, I found myself not wanting to pay for something I didn't really use as frequently as I hoped I would. It simply seemed wrong and useless to me. In March, I picked back up with making YouTube, and made some throughout the summer, but then--and this shouldn't be a surprise--school started again, and my YouTube videos ceased to flourish. It really sucks, I know. I really love getting in front of the camera and talking and such. But August meant getting hard to work again, and not only have I been unable to post on the blog or make YouTube videos, but I haven't really been able to read a lot, which saddens me beyond belief. Since school started in mid-August of 2012, I have read 7 books, and abandoned 3. Among those seven, though, is perhaps the most-anticipated book of 2012 for me: The Casual Vacancy. I never wrote a proper review of Jo Rowling's newest novel, and I doubt I ever will, but I did give it 5 stars on Goodreads, and it's probably my new favorite standalone novel. I'm currently juggling Fahrenheit 451 for school, as well as The Devouring, Tiger Lily, and The Mark of Athena for pleasure. I'm also waiting for my copy of Beautiful Redemption to come in at the school library so I can wrap up my adventures with Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes. Since I've last written to you, I've seen the Perks film, discovered Imagine Dragons, Marina and the Diamonds, The Lumineers, among others; had a successful post-novice Debate career, and much more. And as I write now, I truly feel the gap that my lack of blogging has left. I wish I had been around to write a review for The Casual Vacancy, or to vlog about different social aspects currently irking me in this bothersome election. I suppose what I'd like you to take away from this, in part, is that I want to change this site a bit. Not only do I want to find the money and will power to invest in buying a proper domain for this site, but I'd also like to change the whole feel around The Potter People. I'm going to try to post one video (whether it be a review or vlog) per week, put out an episode of the podcast once a month, and make at least three blog posts (reviews or not) per week. I already plan to hop in front of the camera Monday afternoon (mainly to give the same sermon I give now) and make my first proper vlog in months. It's gon' be cray, I can tell you that. I do, though, wish that YouTube let their users change their usernames; that way I could change mine from PotterPeoplePodcast to ThePotterPeople, or perhaps I'll succumb to the pestering demands of YouTube to use my actual name, and sync my Google+ account with my YouTube. Ha, never gonna happen YouTube. It's too mainstream.
So while I've got you here, and while I stick with the thought that making a new paragraph was the right choice to make, I may as well wrap things up. I promise to be around more, if anyone actually really cares about that (cue sad teenage indie music). Until my activity becomes more prominent on the internet, you can watch me on the tube, follow me on Twitter, follow The Potter People on Twitter, follow me on Tumblr, and subscribe to the show on iTunes.
Good-bye.
