The Chelsea Chamber

The Chamber Reopens

"And should I then presume?
And how should I begin?

Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets
And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes
Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows?"

-from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot



How difficult it is to begin again after such a long period of inactivity in the blogging world. I'll not go on at length about why I stopped blogging (preoccupation with other matters?) or what I have been doing since my last post so very long ago (living), for I seriously doubt anyone cares much about that... besides which I truly can't be bothered.

I won't claim that the decision to resume my writing (if I can be permitted to call it such) was a particularly heavy one. I attribute the decision neither to the haranguing of former readers nor to the sudden appearance of matters that require blogging about; rather this post is mostly the result of simple impulse. I must admit, that I hesitated before reopening my blog (as Jenn called it, "alone and crying in a corner"). I wasn't sure if I wanted to resume this activity of what can be called little else if not an act of self-indulgence and vanity, especially since most people who cared to read my ramblings in The Chelsea Chamber have forsaken it on account of its long and unexplained hibernation. Then it occurred to me that this fear of sparse readership can be eliminated (or at least assuaged) by the satisfaction resulting from self-indulgence, and that self-indulgence, shamed and disreputed as it may be, it not really that terrible a thing.

So, in short, I have decided to resume my little chronicle, remount my cozy little soapbox, and spew my overflowing words (with which I find myself so often burdened) upon cyberspace once again... for little reason apart from the fact that I want to.

Now that I've justified my actions in what is probably an excessively wordy fashion, let's get down to airing out this musty Chamber with a post or two!

...Beginning with a random picture, because I like pictures:


Curious? Confused? Fear not, the answers will come. For now, though, I shall take my leave of you. My blogging muscles are all out of shape from disuse, and the effort required to produce this post has all but exhausted me.

Exit Chelsea, Stage Left.

posted by Unknown @ 3:09 PM