playing {with food}

I’ve been a bit absent because of, well, a lot of things.  Work on my dissertation has made me realize that I actually do like research, it just has to be my own research and not somebody else’s data that needs analyzing (and that doesn’t seem like a crime).  Additionally, I have realized that I currently don’t have enough of said research on my vita to be competitive when it comes to an academic job search . . . (and now I see exactly why my advisor said, “Are you sure you don’t want to take an extra year?  If you want to go into academia, you really should take an extra year.”)  So this realization has created a bit of an uproar involving rapid recalculations and re-thinkings of current plans and whether or not said advisor knows what she’s talking about and realizing that she probably does and really liking Athens and really hating the housing market and all sorts of things . . . but we can talk about that later.

The other reason I haven’t written much on this blog is because I have been trying to get another blog up and running.  I have been wanting to have a content-based blog for a while (as opposed to a life-events/ranting-based blog, as this one is), but I just didn’t know what to do.  After some great comments regarding my food photography from several food magazine/blog editors, I realized that I may have a previously unconsidered talent for food photography.  Additionally, my friends are always impressed at the meals we have at our house, so a natural combination of the two would be a food blog–duh! But because I want my blog to be helpful to people, it didn’t make sense to advertise it right out of the gate, because how helpful is a single recipe?  So, I wanted to wait until I had several appropriately-photographed recipes up there so that it would look at least semi-substantial once I advertised it.  And interestingly, despite the lack of advertising, people have been regularly finding themselves there after google searches, so I guess that’s a good sign.  (Who knew that Buffalo Chicken Salad and Homemade Tortilla Chips would be so hot right now?) Anyways, all of this is to say that I will now be maintaining a second blog,

at www.implayingwithfood.wordpress.com

So go over and check it out!!  And don’t worry, I will still be using this blog for day-to-day updates and rants of the variety that my family, friends, and secret internet stalkers (hey, no shame) would be interested in.  But for right now, you should go play {with food}!