Folks, an apology is due. I had a wonderful talk with someone today and with their help I realized lately I’ve been dwelling far too much on the negative side of things. It’s clear just from reading my last few posts that this is so and yet I didn’t truly realize it until now.

Although I took last night’s appearance as a disaster, I spoke with someone who actually watched it and they had nothing but positive things to say. Today I saw a healthy gathering of protesters in the square (it was an all-purpose protest as they were talking about ACTA, Rosia Montana and the government) and I even took some photos. Yesterday I met a fan who made a very large detour in his traveling schedule just to meet with me and not only was he a great guy but he had a lot of illuminating things to say. I’ve got a warm and nice apartment to live in and my animals are healthy and despite the increased heating bill thank goodness I am doing well enough financially to pay for everything. I even just watched my documentary for the first time on the big screen, which was pretty damned cool.

So in reality I’ve got lots to be positive about. It’s no excuse but it’s an easy temptation for me to work too much, to not relax and meet with my friends and fans and other good people and to not always take things too seriously. I’m just one of these people who find it easier to work than it is to relax, which is probably one of the reasons why I continue to live here – as I’ve noted before (often with disdain), people here are quite good at having a good time. And frankly that’s not something that comes naturally to me and is therefore a much-needed “lesson” (so to speak) I continue to learn every day here in Romania.

My cable is elsewhere but starting tomorrow I’ll be uploading some photos I’ve taken recently. I always have to keep reminding myself to post more photos instead of lengthy written posts so stay tuned for the pictures. I also plan on buying a new computer next week so I can finally do the video editing I want to in a timely manner. Tomorrow I’ve also got an interesting post (written, no pictures, sorry) about information cascades,which I think is quite interesting. And I’m sure that the show from last night will be available online soon and you can see for yourself if I was judging it too harshly, as I believe now that I was. So all in all, life isn’t so bad and I’ll do my best to remember that :)