OK, so I’ve returned to rainy NYC, and it seems like the fun’s over for now – at least until I save up enough for my trip to Peru and Bolivia.

I was thinking of putting together some sort of lessons-learned, pithy insights kind of post, but my brain really can’t handle that right now, even after receiving steady infusions of yerba mate throughout the day, and I suppose that will have to wait until my pithiness centers have reactivated.

And so what oh what shall become of AoBN?

Well, surely a struggling freelancer in Brooklyn can still have adventures, right? I mean, they may be somewhat less glamorous – like wandering the city to find the supermarket with the lowest prices for bulk ramen purchases – but they’re still adventures, after all, right? So we’ll see. My current schedule will give me a lot more time to take photos around the city, so I may do something with that. Or perhaps I’ll use it for additional, extended bouts of navel-gazing. Or maybe – just maybe – it will sloooowly faaaade awaaaaaaaaaay…

Either way, thank you for your visits. Especially those of you who kept coming back for reasons beyond a sense of obligation as family/friends/Dept. of Homeland Security officials/etc…

In the meantime, I will be reactivating Let Us Rejoice, my Tumblr link-blog, where I post the kind of silly shit that really doesn’t require much additional comment. I will have many, many, MANY pictures to post to my Flickr site, and these will slowly but surely be making their way on there in the weeks to come. Oh, and I have every intention of making good on my threat of assembling a proper online travel diary. I’ve registered a domain but will not announce until there’s something there, so for those of you with too much time on your hands – rescue is at hand!

Finally, my plug. As I’ve already mentioned, I’m out on the freelance market once again – so if you know of any writing/editorial opportunities that suit a reasonably brightish “young” go-getter with 6+ years of journalism/publishing experience and 12+ years of work experience in life sciences research and related fields, feel free to let me know. I’m primarily interested in writing work – and strictly freelance for now – but I’ve also got some experience under my belt in manuscript editing and other aspects of print/online content development. Oh, and rest assured that I’m not nearly as prone to the cavalier use of random epithets in my professional work. OK, plug ends.