Listening to a podcast on the origins of life I find myself thinking about life itself, the things I’ve accomplished and the possibility of more. It is no secret that I’ve hit a bit of a dip and a plateau, though not in that order. I came to a realization that I needed more out of my life. I need to eek out every bit of opportunity, intelligence, and advancement I can before I check out. In other words, I have to start remembering how to be ‘me’ and give a shit about the universe.
Caring means doing and researching and striving for understanding. This is, and the complexities that define human relationships are the basis of my fiction. This is also why reaching into the zeitgeist has been so difficult lately and has begun to reflect an inability to, in the fantastic, connect with the real.
Soon I’ll be headed back to NYC, and taking that opportunity to reconnect with what I find to be the world’d most important city (how could I not–I mean i’m from there). It’s been less than a year since I was in that hallowed space and that trip was not one in which my mind was in the right space to absorb the energy the city has to offer. I will do so this time. I will write free of obligation and reconnect with the soul of what I do.
Some Thoughts:
- ISIS is destroying ancient ruins, burning people, and chucking gay dudes off of buildings. Can someone explain why every group in the middle east and beyond (including Israel) isn’t banding together ID4-like to wipe these creeps off the planet?
- My first born officially decided to adopt the flash as his football persona/alter-ego. Gear soon to follow…
- Speaking of football, Brandon Marshall is likely to be a Jet. I like the sound of that.
- Thanks Neil DeGrasse Tyson et al for the best podcast ever. Bronx Science continues to represent.
- Presently redesigning my bedroom and I’ve come to understand that home builders offer extreme large bedrooms for basically no purpose whatsoever. I have space for nuthin.