There and Back again...weekend road trip

I have just gotten back from a long overdue visit to misbeHaven and TXGunGeek, and am officially fantastically pleased with my new (used) 2003 Chevy Tracker.  Also, it was fantastic to see aforesaid miscreants, and hang out.  We got to see Despicable Me this morning, and I found it to be very funny....loved the credits.

Pathetic, or bored?

It was a dull Sunday afternoon, and the heat waves were radiating off the asphalt like the refuse off an angry sun.  A grasshopper on a nearby potted plant chirped in a half-hearted attempt to add depth to the flat street noise that orchestrated the scene.  I flicked my pencil at a few stray specks of dirt or cigarette ash that decorated the table behind my favourite coffee shop.

I was bored.  Bored and lonely, but at the same time royally tired of people.  Quite a conundrum, and so I had compromised by coming to the local coffee shop, somewhere I could have the illusion of company, but have no obligation of interaction.  I had a notion I should be doing something artistic, creative, or intellectually challenging, but really couldn't find the focus needed for any of the above.  Hence, the employment of my pencil revolved primarily around moving, removing, or otherwise worrying any stray substance found on my table, instead of inscribing anything at all on the blank pad of drawing paper at my elbow.

My brain was a fevered jumble of thoughts that defied expression, but consisted of teenage misconceptions, random emotional baggage, and a general discontent with life in general.  Nothing new to mankind, or even to myself, but it served to make me irritable and restless and generally unable to focus on anything in particular.  So I did what every bored person should do, pulled out my computer and surfed the internet.  There I found out that The Cove is still being banned from theatres in Japan, the 2005 Toyota Celica, while lighter, isn't supposed to handle as well overall as the Acura RSX, Songbirds learn their songs while they sleep, and Craigslist personals are still as lame and amusing as ever.


Flicking my pencil a final time, I gave a world-weary sigh, and glanced around for a fainting couch where I could demonstrate my disillusionment with the afternoon in general.  Finding none handy, I gave one last discontented flick with my pencil, then packed up all and sundry of my belongings which surrounded me, and with a melodramatic sigh, exited the establishment, disappearing into the billowing heat waves.


(No dictionaries were harmed in the writing of this totally random, slightly fictional, and otherwise just plain weird blog entry.)

Furthermore, etc.

From a technical side of the blog - I heard some of my family had problems posting comments.  If anyone experiences difficulties posting on the blog, drop me an email, and I'll see if I can figure out why.  I heard a rumour you may have to view the preview before you submit a comment, but haven't checked into that yet.

Obey. Consume. Stay asleep.

As I was people-watching at Kerbey Lane tonight, the thought occurred to me:  Everybody says they are searching for "the right somebody" to complete their life, somebody to love, somebody for them to love.  But from what I observed tonight, people don't appear to be searching so much for someone who will love them, but rather someone they can be comfortable around.  That is, they want someone who will "accept them for who they are", and tell them how beautiful, smart or accomplished they are.  In addition to someone who will make them look good, whether by way of money, good looks or a cool car. 

But wouldn't someone who really loved you be someone who would accept you for who you are, tell you your strengths, talents, then just as honestly, your weaknesses and faults, and encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and onward to become more than even you imagined?  Someone who sees what you could be, then do all they can to help you become that?

Only goes to show how lazy we are, and how much we crave anything that will keep us asleep, and comfortable.




Also, on a totally unrelated note:  this is just fantastic - I shared it on Facebook, but for those of you who don't like to deal w/ the previously mentioned internet monster, here it is.

A small beginning

I realize there are far too many blogs out there to possibly keep up with, and it's unlikely that I'm going to find much to say that hasn't already been said. But this will give me a place to practice vocalizing my opinion, and honing my writing style, so here I am.

I'm not sure how often I'll update...I used to post notes, or blog, if you will, on Facebook, before it became "game central", and communication with friends became an electronic "poking", giving virtual presents, or begging friends to contribute to their various causes. I always thought a web site meant to keep up with friends would be more communication based, but once again, I underestimated the laziness, decreasing intelligence, and short attention span of the general populace. Kind of sad, actually. Anyways, I'll update whenever I have something to say, I suppose.

So to the blogging community - Hail, and well met!