Ah,
the
direct approach. Since you asked, I moved to Charlottesville in
August '06 to play in a rock band. Then that tanked rather
unexpectedly and left me to focus on personal creations rather than
collaborative. Make of that what you will; I'm quite interested to
see where it goes.
On the whole, I'm recently making an effort to stuff as much
activity as I can stomach into the spaces not spent sleeping or in
a cubicle. Be it known that "activity" here includes
reading in
coffee shops and
intense bouts of
introspection along with the requisite
nights on the town, various
and sundry
creative endeavors, and
gym
patronage. These days I find myself keenly aware of time's
relentless passage and thusly compelled to fight tooth and nail
with my procrastinatory nature. Sometimes I am successful.
Tickling
the ivories, apparently (I make no claims of virtuosity, but I
can hold my own). Crafting a cohesive, listenable song. Cooking an
acceptable
vegetarian meal, when necessary.
Defending opinions. Avoiding sleep.
Eesh, color me stumped. Upon meeting someone new it usually doesn't
take me long to embarrass myself. So, probably that.
I've avoided filling this bit out long enough. Here are five, no,
ten of each:
Books: The Lord of the Rings, American Gods, Good Omens, Watchmen,
The Grapes of Wrath, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Dark Knight Returns,
House of Leaves, The Prophet, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
Genius
Movies: The Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight, The Seventh Seal,
The Fountain, Citizen Kane, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth,
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, City of God, Santa Claus
Conquers the Martians
Music:
Nine
Inch Nails,
Peter Gabriel,
Sigur Ros, Bright Eyes,
Portishead, Amanda Palmer, Dead Can Dance, The Decemberists, Mos
Def, Bad Religion
Food: Anything and everything to further dispel the myth of the
necessity of animal products
This was ludicrously difficult, and doesn't come close to an
accurate cross-section.
Music (which I
hesitate to include given its misplacement as necessity by so
many). Reason. The perpetual possibility for
self-improvement.
Wikipedia. Any work of
(any kind of)
art I
have not yet consumed. Hope without regard for logic.
How to make a piece of music I'm constructing actually work
(conclusions thereupon scarcely being reached at anything
resembling a convenient time). Peak oil. The imminent zombie
uprising. How neato it would be to have a
TARDIS. Ways to un-dissolution myself
towards politics and
working for positive
change. Why so many of my waking hours have to be devoted to
building course books for MBA students (I allot around 40 hours a
week to thinking about this).
thankful for not having to be up at a respectable hour the next
day.
I'm quite certain that I'm quite delusional.
you read this far and still think it worthwhile. But not if you
just skipped to the end. I'll know.