Distant But Here
I get angry at myself. There’s a lot to be said for humility. It’s nice having no expectations in particular of yourself and thereby being able to surprise yourself – not, that is to say, having low self-esteem, but avoiding…
Category Life in the Machine
Meaning It
Children will believe basically anything. That’s their job. At some point later in life, there’s usually some form of disillusionment, and we learn to distrust the motives of others, to believe that we are being manipulated. Afterwards we find that…
Lighthouse
I took a vacation. This vacation ended up being artificially extended by a nasty cold and some other medical issues at the start, so now as I sit here it’s been two weeks of more or less complete non-productivity at…
Going Viral
I got zero works done this week due to being sick. Sorry no words today. Here is the now-traditional consolation music: I’m going to be traveling next week so I might not be able to write then either, but I’ll…
Passing Time
In 1995 when Chrono Trigger came out, I would have just turned 12. I stayed up through the Summer nights of Sacramento, playing until 5 in the morning on the cracked naugahyde couch in my dad’s living room. 20 years…
Adventure Time
Adventure Time feels like a very lonely place, and I don’t think that’s happenstance. Adventure Time takes place in a world where everyone is unique. Everyone is created in some special way and shape, special made for the specific destiny…
Myself
We aren’t ourselves, really. Over our lives, a persona is constructed around us. For some of us, that role fits us well, and for others less so. Sometimes the gender doesn’t match. Sometimes we don’t really want the things we’re…
Perfection
The arguments against perfectionism are well-established at this point. It’s easy to spend forever trying to make something better, to improve it by repeated half-strides towards some theoretical optimum. It’s easy to get trapped in that mindset and thereby never…
Sizzle
It’s been really hot, I don’t have air conditioning, and I feel like taking a break. Yes, I know this is ironic after last week’s post. My phone tells me it’s supposed to be like 10-20 degrees cooler this time…
Anniversary
Three years ago this month I started this blog. It was a hot Summer day like this, because that’s how years work, and I’d had a few solid shots of vodka for no reason in particular, but that probably contributed…