Contrary to popular belief, I find writing about myself difficult.
I was born and raised in the Southern California area. If you asked whether I consider myself a blogger or a journalist, well, I was a blogger first, then I went to school to become a journalist. I became obsessed with the news at the Cal State Fullerton Daily Titan.
Along the way, I met this guy who wanted to be a freelancer at the Daily Titan while I was news editor. Fast forward 20 or so years, and we are a happy family of five.
As for this here blog, I’ve had my online presence since before blog was a word. I had been blogging straight since April 1998 — even though some of those blog posts have been made anonymously, while I was a newspaper reporter.
In the 20 or so years of working online and in the news, I have seen the content business swing back and forth wildly and sometimes predictably. Seeing where it is now, I decided in recent years to lock down and limit my social presence, and remove all my content from public view.
Just like the internet, this state of things likely won’t remain permanent, but that’s where it is at the moment.