And I hope I won’t be for a while :P. Anyways I’m sure many of you are wondering why I completely dropped off the face of the internet for a bit and what happened.

For this I will need to go back over a year ago and the many changes that happened in my life. I met the girl I absolutely love and was going to marry, the problem is I filled my life with so many activities, that fitting time in with her and maintaining my work and gaming schedules got increasingly difficult. Then the worst happened and I got laid off from my job not long after I proposed to my now wife. So not only did I have a wedding coming up, but I also didn’t have a job. From January until May of 2013 the many job interviews and attempts failed and finally in May we decided we might have to move to find a new job. I was able, with the help of an old co-worker, to get a job in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) which required us to move immediately. This is also the time we moved in together, so we were combining 2 apartments worth of stuff into 1 new and slightly smaller apartment. With the new apartment the only place my desk with all of my recording/gaming equipment would fit is in the living/dining room area that’s basically next to our TV. This, in turn, causes difficulty in being able to record video. In order for me to record I would have to basically make my wife hide out in the bedroom to watch TV while I was recording. This was far from ideal and caused a lot of tension between us. It finally blew up and after a very heated “discussion” I realized it was best if I gave it a break for a bit. Sadly I miss it and I really want to get back into it.

This leaves me to the situation I am in right now. We can’t currently afford a place with an “office” where I can put my desk, computer, and recording equipment where it’s quiet and I can record. The only option I’m coming up with is building some sort of mobile recording rig with a laptop that can handle recording games and a portable USB microphone/headset that has good audio quality. Sadly that option is also not free.

So this is basically what’s going on and why I haven’t put out a video in a while. I’m not dead and I’m not burned out on doing YouTube. I still love doing it and miss it. I appreciate everyone that understands my situation, and I continue to do things I still can do like my servers and I’m still active in communication with the rest of the Mindcrack guys who already know of my situation and have been very supportive.

Thanks :)