Some days (nights) I have no ability to focus on one thing for any considerable time. It is at these moments I fall upon the structure of Some Thoughts in order to fill the ten minute term. Tonight is such a night.
Some Thoughts:
- The Kobe death continues to resonate. I am not going to write about it all that much other than to say that it does remind me of the fragility of life on the one hand and of how we never really accept death as part of life until we are late in life or if we’ve dealt with death far too often as young people.
- It strikes me that the above feels like a very American way of viewing reality.
- Speaking of reality, I am more and more convinced that we are not the only sentient species in existence. The idea that space, while possibly finite, can have so many goldilocks planets that we can observe and have no life anywhere is silly. Imagine how much we CANNOT observe.
- The more I prepare for this novel, the more I recognize that religions are largely built to preserve existing power structures and tend to enable the worst of us. Furthermore it allows for a certain type of person to be oppressed and controlled. I’ve been thinking about this in regards to the novel and in regards to magical orders.
- Big word blitz this weekend. Need to cover 7500 words.
- Settling into the job. Loving some of it, and hating some of it. I refuse to turn into an ass in this place or let it overwhelm me. I also refuse to do a crap job or kick the ball down the road.
- What bugs me most is that I don’t feel like the things I am most excited about in this opportunity are practically meaningless to the leadership. I don’t really believe that leadership wants to be there.