Memento
Sometimes when I sit introspectively and review the conversations of the day in my head, I think, “Why didn’t I acknowledge when Sally told me that she was in love with Jack? I just sat there and then changed subjects. Why the heck did I do that? And now I’m remembering that she looked at me funny when I didn’t acknowledge that. WTF?” So I think it all stems from some dormant brain problem that is slowly surfacing as I get further into... Read More
Inelastic
I’ve spent the last few nights watching The Pacific on Blu-Ray with an air-sick bag close by. Television programming is so repetitive with rehashed themery that it has become a blister on the minds of most viewers. Shows like The Pacific are the rupturing of that blister into a gore fest of hyper-violence. I found myself cringing for most of the miniseries until about half way through the disks when I adopted a sort of withdrawn third person view of the scenes, remaining... Read More
The haze of the drink
You have to lean your head against something with your eyes closed and the closest thing is the cold beer in your right hand. So you lean into its curve, your face falling into the slope of its neck, and sleep flows like the liquid in the bottle as the music is swallowed by your ears and down into your chest. Your left hand looks for a place to fall between the greasy shot glasses. Your eyes open and she’s still across the room with another man curling her hips to... Read More
Smashed Android
Hey blog. It’s like 3am. I am obviously not going to fall asleep any time soon despite a killer-busy day today which ended at 10:30pm. I don’t know what PM stands for but it feels like post mortem after the longer days. So I was laying in bed just now thinking, I should write to you and see how you are doing and see what’s new in your life. My life has been like some kind of comedic play lately. I’ll try to give you the brief version of my story: So... Read More
Jury Rigged
A while ago, I was requested to serve my country in one of those most boringly intimidating ways possible…jury duty. This was my first time being called up and I have to say that I was nervous about it in the way that one is nervous about failing the written test at the DMV. At best I’d be certainly bored and annoyed by the lines; at worst I’d be stuck there for weeks, my life and possibly job torn asunder. As it turned out, as soon as I got there, I was... Read More
Adaptive Preference Formation
You can’t reach the grapes so they are probably not ripe anyway, right? This attitude is known as Adaptive Preference Formation. It’s what we do, as humans, to justify our failures. The other day, I had to do a photo shoot where I KNEW that most of the photos were never going to be used. It’s what I call a “Political Shoot” where I am asked to show up an event in order to demonstrate to the attendees that the corporation believes the event... Read More
