I know I’ve been slippin…truly I do, but, I have been doing some proactive things, some of which will not be mentioned right now. The biggest thing that I’m gonna speak on is the re-design of illpoets.com. Something I feel is way past due, especially because the site had expanded so much since the last rebuild. In fact, the navigation of the site was kinda iffy because it had expanded past what the site was designed to do at that time. The rebuild process is going to be slow and tedious because I’m the only one doing it, and because I’m trying to design with the thought of how the site may expand in the future. Needless to say, I’m really excited to see how it’s starting off, as it looks very clean and well done. By far my most well thought out plan since I tend to do everything on the fly and not really draw things out that much.
The process this time around involved a lot more thought and planning, and the joint is gonna be right, ya’ll. I’m sure folks are gonna be hatin’ on this one even more than the last design. If all goes well, the joint could be up as early as May, maybe even sooner if I hit a really good groove. It took me a lot to get psyched up to do this, but, now that I’ve started, I’m going to see it through.
Aside from that, I’m making a commitment to get back in shape and start drawing again. Personally, I’m tired of nearly everything in my on-line portfolio on leethepoet.com; most of the material dates back to circa ’97- ’98. Dog, that’s almost seven years in some cases! I definitely need to get some material that better represents my abilities at this stage in my life. Just don’t know exactly where I’m trying to go with these talents right now. I’m almost scared to see how rusty my art skills are right about now…
The getting back in shape is a spill over from last year. For the first time ever, I had made the commitment to run on a regular basis (I hate running unless I’m doing something like playing ball or trying to escape a really big dog), and just when I started last year, we got ht with a 1 ½ months of straight rain. Seriously! I think we had maybe 2- 3 days tops during that period where it didn’t rain at all, and they weren’t consecutive either. So now, if I ran the length of a football field, I’d probably want to keel over because I’m carrying about 20 25 pounds of extra weight these days. Yup, your boy is about 205- 210 lbs right now. Actually, I don’t mind the weight, I even like it, but I need to learn how to carry it. It’s definitely not pretty right now. So, seeing as though a neat freak like myself doesn’t need to do any spring cleaning, I figure I’ll do some spring training. I’ll let you know how it goes…

First one to the 50 yard line and back wins!