I’m feeling good about the start of the semester and I randomly decided to turn back to 2.187, because the title caught my eye: The New Plan. Boy, was that a doozy to fall back into. I was trying to figure out next steps in my life (aren’t I always ?) and lamenting on my laziness and the idea that I was always the guy who, if not for laziness, could teach any subject if, “teach any subject if given enough lead time to plan a lesson and learn the stuff he doesn’t know.” So, here we are. I’m teaching Video Game Narrative, Introduction to Comic Book Writing, and Game Studies 202. All of these are new builds and necessitate me not being lazy. All of this while still working on a fantasy epic, a sci-fi novel, and trying to build a viable offense and defense for Madden that actually makes sense from a scheme (hurry up) perspective while acknowledging the difference between game logic and real world football mechanics.
Oh, and I’m building another massive Minecraft castle. Really just trying to finally complete a legitimate version of the one from the Minecraft exploded builds from top to bottom. I also want to do something cool with the Castle grounds like below:
I’m on a hill facing a village on a peninsula, so I’m not sure how that is going to work out… but I am clearly rambling at this point, so I will move on. The idea is: I’m not lazy anymore. I’m not sitting around doing nothing. The things I do matter and engage me. They may not matter to anyone else, but they matter to me and they fulfill me. I think that is important. I think it is important that I give my all to these endeavors, so I do just that. Half-ass is lazy. I’m going hard.