the last is the really unique thing. in my entire life, it's been extremely rare that i've actually been able to fill my 15 waking hours. i always have some hours which end up devoted to boredom and/or depression and/or time-sucks. but amazingly, with this lifestyle, not only have i filled those 15 but i've filled another 2 of my 9 sleep hours, meaning that i'm underslept. i value sleep highly, but this is such a unique experience i don't even really mind.
oh, i almost forgot. the biggest reason i don't blog while in a happy relationship? fundamentally, i can't deny that blogging is a mating ritual. like everything else, it's a chance to show you who i am and maybe you'll like this person and maybe we'll live happily ever after and wouldn't that be nice. i don't think of it consciously this way (okay, i rarely think of it consciously this way), but if you think about it, it's a neat way for you to get to know me without any pressure or anything, since i don't even know you're there. in an amazing stroke of fate, this is what drew the love of my life to me, even before i was really aware of her existence.
but anyway, i think all blogs, all personal publicity, is either consciously or unconsciously some kind of mating ritual. and the fact that i don't really blog when in happy relationships -- not really on purpose, just that my instincts aren't to blog -- is as much due to that as to any of the reasons above.