Have you noticed I haven’t written anything in months?  Aw, you’re sweet, I knew you’d notice!  You flatter me, really!

Seriously though, new Google job is not inspiring me to write in my blog.  I’ve been thinking, why is this?

First, I realized, working makes me Tired.  Having a job after 4 months off really drains a person.  I have to think ALL DAY.  Sometimes when I get home, I can only rally myself off the couch to go buy eggs so we can have scrambled eggs and rice for dinner.

Second, now that I’m back in the land of the employed, I’m definitely Not Bored.  Now that I actually have productive stuff to do, I feel absolutely no motivation to volunteer at any animal shelters, or enlist in psychiatric experiments, or prove that I can walk every street in the five boroughs.

Third, I have always known, programming computers Uses My Creativity.  No complaint here – having a job where I actually get to be creative is fantastic!  But ever since I got my first programming job at Marchex back in 2004, I noticed that when I’m satisfied with my job I don’t draw, or paint, or play musical instruments, or cook new recipes, or write.

But finally – and this is the kicker!  My new job is absurdly cool.  I really want to write about it and tell you all about how amazingly cool it is!  But the truth is, we’re supposed to be careful about what kinds of things we share outside of the office.  So, I’m always wondering… “Can I really post this picture of the softshell crab sandwich I had for lunch?” and, “Is it ok to talk about the scooters?”… resulting in zero posts getting written.

Well luckily for me, the New York Times wrote about it for me today!  So if you’re curious what it’s like to work at the Chelsea Office, take a look at their article.  And, now I can move on to writing about other awesome New York stuff that has nothing to do with my job.

And yeah, its totally a lame excuse, because as you know I hadn’t written anything in the month and a half before starting my new job either.  Don’t give up on me!