Echoes

Well there were no submissions this week.. so no Echoes to share.

But I do have something I gotta say:

I want to apologize for last week's The Brian Factor. I know that it wasn't the greatest thing ever written and truthfully, I think it's shit.

In fact, looking back, I haven't been feeling anything for a while. I phoned in everything this past month and I've just been burnt out ever since.

I keep remembering a lesson I learned a long time ago:

"Whatever you do in life, do it with Passion"

And that's what I've always done ever since, anything I do, I do it with passion, because I firmly believe in what I'm doing and if you have passion in your heart then a person can pretty much accomplish anything they set their eyes on. What we do in life will be what defines us in the end and I want this to be a defining part of who I am.

But this last month... My passion has turned into obligation.

Between here and my life on the outside, I'm spreading myself too thin and I feel like I'm reaching a breaking point.

So to help nip this in the bud, I'm taking a leave of absence from The Brian Factor, effective immediately.

I'm taking about a month off to recharge the batteries and just to think and get my head sorted out a little.

I know that I don't want this post to be the only thing we all see for the next month, so I left specific instructions to Marie and that pretty much means that for the next month, it's all from her.

I asked her to post up a "Best Of" next week and I even asked her to do her own edition of TBF which should be up in a couple weeks, and I know she wanted to wait it out before she did an edition of "Brian's Song" but I'm kinda hoping that she'd be willing to cover that as well, but we'll see. I may try to have H.C. or Emile come in again and host another edition or something. So I guess you'll just have to tune in every Wednesday and see what's the mystery grab bag surprise.

I know that everything will be fine while I'm gone, I've known Marie for a long time and I know she won't let me down. So I will talking to you guys again in about a month but just cause I'm gone doesn't mean I don't care or that you should all jump ship as well.

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder..."

So Until Next Time,

-Brian Rodriguez