So many thoughts churning this morning. I think I will deliver them to you MMQB style.
Some Thoughts:
- Trying to lose weight is difficult. I’ve adopted a low-carb diet and it has effected my general mood in negative ways, my energy level in positive ways, and my overall weight minimally. It hasn’t been much more than a week (I believe I started on the 8th) and my expectations are very high. My results are not. I expected to lose close to 10 lbs by August. This was never realistic. I have lost roughly six as of two days ago and I weigh so much right now that the six doesn’t even show. I absolutely need to do more than I am doing. I need to add the gym into my regular routine.
- I’ve had every opportunity to write over the past few days and I really haven’t. Instead I’ve watched very bad TV (Electric Sheep on Prime and the Kingsman: The Golden Circle) in the moments I could’ve spent working. There is a lot to be said for vegging out but this is just ridiculous. If I want to write, I ought to be writing. So, why am I not writing?
- Finally saw Sorry to Bother You. This was an experience. As a fan of surrealist cinema (I’ve watched practically all of Cronenberg and Lynch) I was still taken back by the content of this. Bold proclamations were made and laid right out there on the surface. A lot of what was shown/said resonated and I know the director intended us to draw connections to things that are happening right now and have been happening for a long time. They rope you in with ‘use your white voice’ but that really only scratches the surface of what the film is getting at. Surprisingly, I can direct my sci-fi class to the work and feel like it absolutely works.
- I’m not going to go on a political rant here, but I have to say that the marriage between the Republican Party, the Republican news machine, and Donald Trump’s family is astounding. At one point recently Stephen Colbert asked, how dumb do you think the American people are? I think you missed the point here. It isn’t about being dumb so much as it is about being easily convinced to go along with something so long as you think it keeps you as part of the in group, safe, and works towards what you’ve defined as your better interests. Unfortunately, they tend to define your better interests when the reality is that they just want you to listen so they can remain in power working towards whatever agenda keeps them in power and reaping the benefits.