“Meesa back!”

Hello there! It’s me, ya boi Matthew. I’ve returned to the blogspace to get back into writing — something I’ve always enjoyed and haven’t made time for lately.

The idea of resurrecting my old blog, which I did for fun back in college, came to me almost out of nowhere today. I have no idea how long I’ll stick with it this time, or how often I’ll post, but I decided it’s best to just get (re)started and figure out the details later.

So here goes!

Although I wanna go for a bit of a different angle this time around, I’m leaving my old posts up. It’s good to be able to look back on your old creative work and see how you’ve grown, despite the occasional cringe. Maybe I’ll add a note on a few of ’em just to give an update on how my thoughts or feelings on a subject have changed, but otherwise, please feel free to peruse my older writing. I’m still pretty proud of a lot of it.

This time, I plan on more of a focus on movie and game reviews, maybe with an occasional life anecdote or reflection, maybe a poem or short story here and there. The central theme driving my writing, though, is finding the goodness and truth and beauty reflected in pop culture, and sometimes even in your own backyard.

Stories of all kinds have inspired me since I was a wee lad, and I’m excited to share my thoughts on them. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with anything I write, my hope is that you still enjoy, and that fruitful conversation about art of all kinds — from film to animation to the tree outside your window — will always be encouraged and celebrated.

With that in mind, last thought for now. The title of this blog never actually meant anything, I just thought it was funny. But maybe now it can loosely make reference to how the depth of humanity can be found in art. Creativity is a part of what makes us human, and that’s worth sharing.

See you soon!