To discuss updating me on your Situation. But not The Situation. Your blog situation.

One of my unofficial resolutions* has been to get back to semi-regular blog commenting, something that I sorely lacked in the latter half of 2009.

* By not making it official, I don't feel guilty when I fail. Other unofficial resolutions: Working out more; submitting story ideas to magazines; putting money aside in savings; getting cast in the next season of Jersey Shore by virtue of my audition tape full of Italian stereotypes, up to and including eating a big plate of lasagna like a human Garfield.

But as I got back into commenting, I noticed many of you have:
A) Stopped blogging forever
B) Stopped blogging for several weeks/months, and are now writing again
C) Completely changed your Web site design
D) Changed your blog to a new address/name

While there are cool things like 20-somethings Bloggers to help keep us up to date on what everyone's doing, I think most of us get overwhelmed with it all and fall into a lapse of not blog reading/writing, and then completely miss all the changes going on.

So, to help out, I'd like to invite anyone who has done B, C, or D (A people, it was nice knowing you) at some point in 2009 to comment and let everyone know what's been going on, so that we can check it out.

New web site - what's the address?
Resumed blogging and want people to start coming back?
Just started blogging and are looking for people to come by?
Filming a soft core porn movie and are camera shy?

I'll keep checking the comments and start adding to the post as people (hopefully) tell me what's going on. I gotta update my link roll, anyway, as it's as out of date as a "Saved by the Bell" reference. Time out!

Let me give you a few to get you started:
Hautepocket, who at one point rocked my world with a co-Q&A feature, is now at karlieanne.wordpress.com
LBluca77 moved on over to So ... This Is My Gig.
One of my favorite overseas bloggers, Miss Smidge, moved to a new site.

Updated from comments:

• Cavy will have a new design on her soon-to-be self-hosted site, caviandra.com in a few weeks, so check back on that soon.
• Fellow SBTB lover StealthNerd (who got married in '09!) took a five-month break from blogging, but is back in action at shenaniganist.wordpress.com. And, to be a true overachiever, she also started another blog, streetcake.wordpress.com
• One of blogging's best commenters, Heather, took some time off from blogging, but said she's back in action.
• Just as a mention, I started a reality show blog in 2009, Real Blogger of York County - it's more P.C. than this blog, since it's for my newspaper, but I do interviews with reality stars and more.
• Herding Cats updated her site, which today featured her plan for 2010. I can't even figure out my plan for today.
• Dominique is a new blogger.
• Jurgen Nation started blogging again, and also resurrected a art/literary submission site (not to be confused with a sexual submission site. That involves whips, you know), indieink.org
• Libby, who was an "on and off" blogger in '09, is back in '10. Jess says she's back, too, although she says she's taking it "one day at a time," which is what you say to a guy that is good in the sack but has no personality.
• FunnyGal KAT is wondering why she gets no love for being consistent. OK, fine, we love you.
• Jen Tsk is back in action at Confessions of a Secret Keeper. I hope her secret wasn't that she's back in action, or I just ruined it.
• P has been blogging all the time, but wondering why people with private blogs haven't invited her to read. Help her out by sending an invitation to pollypoptart79@yahoo.co.uk
• AmyXXOO had to stop blogging for a bit in December, but give her a break, she had a baby. That was my excuse, too.
• MinD is hoping to start blogging regularly again at A MinD in MoTown. I suggest she try that yogurt Jamie Lee Curtis always is trying to sell.
• Jenners, whose blog popularity seemed to soar in 2009 at mrsfligs.blogspot.com, is trying out a new blog commenting system. Go try it out, and by that I mean, go comment.
• Sam I Am, one of the few bloggers who knows me in real life, wants to return to blogging soon; she got married last year, so cut her some slack.
• Clairebear decided to get rid of her much-abridged blog address, grlshakeswrld.wordpress.com, and move to girlshakesworld.com
• Kimmers swears she's back to blogging now. Make her uphold that promise at kimmersforlife.typepad.com
  
• Expect regular posts again at Harmful if Swallowed, says Emmeline.
• Elisse, who just wrapped up a whirlwind decade, is back to blogging, too, now at Hip Deep in Pie (which sounds delicious).
  

If you help me with this, a baby Jesus gets its wings.

P.S. As part of my re-entry to Blog Land, I came across Joshlos' amazing post on a girl we evidently both appreciate. Our secret is out. Might as well admit it.

To discuss a blog swap from across the border

This might not be "timely," per se, but since when am I good with timely? I still use Full House references. Anya at On & On and I were paired on the 20 Something Blogger swap, oh, a little while ago. But we're busy, trendy people (well, at least she is- check out her awesome coat) that can't be bothered with "time." So, here's Anya's guest post, where she uses French words and the phrase "Lord love a duck." Golden. Mine can be found today here.
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Hello Everyone!

I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to introduce myself to you lovely folks and to be a guest blogger on the type of blog that makes me keel over and laugh until my ribs hurt. My name is Anya from salutchouchou.blogspot.com and I'm a twenty-something Canadian gal studying to be a speech therapist"

Now you can’t say I’m not giving you ample warning- I’m not nearly as funny as Andy in writing. He seems to have a certain je ne sais quoi in his manner of writing that I definitely do not possess; the ability to reveal the hilarity in the simplest and most routine things. That being said, I feel rather inspired to give this a try and I will. Right now. Watch out.

I’ve spent a bit of the day thinking about the things in my life that I find to be very normal but that others might find just…well…odd. Here are a few for starters:

1. I’m absolutely disgusted at the thought of all the germs that must be living on the bottom of my handbag. After all, I do put it on the ground everywhere - in lecture, on the bathroom floor if there isn’t a hook (ewww)…etc. Most women probably don’t give it a fleeting thought however, I’ve made it a bit of an obsession. I’ve recently bought a portable handbag hook that I now carry everywhere with me so that I may hook my bag onto whatever table-top/desk/chair that I find nearby. I probably come off as being a really stuck-up germaphobic chick when you see me in the coffee shop however, my bag has less germs than your bag... so there! (I realize now that the last sentence definitely made me sound both stuck-up and germaphobic…)

2. Only the very privileged get the chance to see this one. I have a morning power dance. I call it the Awaken Anya. I’ll give you one little hint as to what it might be like though – think Sandra Bullock in The Proposal. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, it really is hilarious so do check it out!

3. Being an avid reader, I have a love of words. Occasionally, I’ll be in conversation with someone and they’ll use a word that I haven’t heard in a while and I’ll just zone out. A friend very kindly explained that my eyes glaze over and I have this distant and somewhat freakish look on my face when this happens. Needless to say, conversations don’t last very long when you find yourself speaking to a person that looks like they’ve suddenly gone deaf and mute. I apologize to everyone I’ve done this to and to those that might have the pleasure of having this happen to them.

4. I’m also a bit eccentric in speech (when I’m not lost in dictionary-dream-land). I love using expressions that I find in books or things that I’ve heard over the years. A work colleague and I have recently realized that we have a shared love for expressions such as “Holy Christmas!”, “Holy Teapot!”, “Lord love a duck!”, “son of a biscuit eater!” and “Sweet elves of Christendom“ (From Jane Eyre). The last time I used one of these to express utter surprise, I had to use another right after to properly express my shock at the way my friend spewed cola out of his nose from laughing so hard.

5. When I get tired, I go completely loopy. I don’t just collapse into bed like a normal person. Instead, I run around my house singing Frank Sinatra whilst terrorizing every and anyone who comes my way by making them dance or sing with me. It’s embarrassing really. At least I know that I don’t even need a sip of alcohol to carry on like a drunken maniac. This works well for me since I’m a very broke student with a very limited budget for bar hopping.

So there it is. A bit of me in a nutshell. I personally think we’re all a little crazy – some are just more hesitant to admit to it than others. In my opinion, it is important to be able to laugh at yourself just as a gentle reminder to keep life as airy and fun as possible. Surround yourself with things and people that make you smile. Let yourself be silly. We must concede that the Joker might have a good point - “why so serious?”. Letting some laughter in could take practice however, Andy’s blog is a good place to start =)

Hope you got a kick out of my post, and me. See you around!