Prologue: It's pronounced "in-fi-NITE-ummmmm"

Hello. My name is Cameron, and this blog will (hopefully) never end. The title is little more than a play on my nickname and the latin phrase ad infinitum, which means "without end." See what I did there? 

For those who know me, I enjoy writing as much and, at times, more than I enjoy talking. And oh, how I do love to talk! Except I'm not too fond of the sound of my voice, and I'm sure that my loved and liked ones would agree that I could stand to exposit less and circumscribe big words/phrases more. Unfortunately, I don't know how not to use them in casual conversation, so here's your checkpoint. Okay, I'll concede it, your off-ramp. 

Still here? Coolness. 

I'm suddenly reminded of a quote from a spy novel in which the villain has just outlined the first part of his master plan for a group of gangsters he hopes to recruit. Then he said: "What I have said so far, if repeated, would be taken for the maunderings of a lunatic." While I'm not quite a villain, I echo the sentiment that the above is a perfect snapshot of my style and sensibilities. (You'll notice I didn't deny the part about being a lunatic...) 

What happens now is that I start narrowing my potential audience by divulging the categories to which I belong. So here we go:

• I'm a newlywed. Mrs. Wife and I celebrate our first full year in exactly 1 month. Love you lots, [INSERT NAME]!!! 
• I'm 30 or under. Okay, I'm 30 but still feel under. I guess I'm a millennial, although I prefer the term "yuppie scum." 
• I'm the only child of a single parent. That means I'm not exactly better than, but am CERTAINLY no worse than all only children with both parents. Trust me, there's empirical evidence to support this.
• I live in California--Southern California, at that. But in the county that's laid back and beautiful (San Diego), not the one that's almost as bad as Los Angeles (Orange County) or the one that is Los Angeles.
• I got my name from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. (Please note: I am neither Caucasian nor inheritor of a crimson Ferrari. Yet.)
• I'm Batman!
• I'm not really Batman.

I'm also an aspiring novelist, full-time government employee, moderately entrenched comic book reader/moviegoer, dancer, and other things that merit and will eventually occupy their own posts. All except the work thing. Not for nothing, but we've got pretty clear ethics rules about prattling online in a way that might reflect poorly on the Company--which, in my case, represents the community. 

To be honest, I haven't made a habit of consistent online musings since the days of MySpace (you see? I'm still spelling it the way it looked in 2005!) The idea of jumping back into the overcrowded digital public pool of blogs is a little daunting, and I don't even have a focal point to all of this yet. But "the more things change, the more they use and repeat literary cliches." I just quoted myself. 

Ultimately, I've got a unique voice worthy of at least a sampling. And whomever chooses to partake of this blog in doses or decides to completely feast on it will get the best I can offer. Ad infinitum.

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