Old Friends and Years Gone By
It's been a tough year so far, only ten weeks or so into 2007.
But there's more about that in a bit.
Today is the one-year anniversary of my new program to improve myself. It began auspiciously, with my first of many morning walks taking me home just before the microburst that left quite a path of damage and destruction that cost my community millions of dollars when it was all said and done. I walked nearly every single day between that day and the middle of November, when it got too cold to get out there before 6 AM. I switched over to inside exercise on my inherited Total Gym. Today, after having lost 24 pounds total, I'm still nineteen pounds lighter than this day last year. Having gained only five pounds during the holiday season is a really nice change in my life as I'm used to being a lot heavier than I am now.
2006 was all about getting my head together, getting my life back on track. Prepping, if you will, for the end of my youth and the beginning of my Middle Age. Now, if I can just get rid of my Middle Weight, I think I'll be very, very happy.
2007 is about the long haul, about making my art the way I want to, and building some sort of legacy for my son and in my career.
Most of this really belongs in my quarterly review, but the first part of the year has truly been mixed. My grandfather passed away, I have reconnected with an old friend (Hi, Kirsten!) and another old friend has passed away, causing me to think about what's really important to me. I am excited about another project, so much so that a couple of off-hand questions have put some pressure on me to actually complete it. More on that when I get the script done.
So, while I've been away, there are things cooking. I'm hoping to complete two major projects this year, lose more weight, and improve my standing at the day job. I am head over heels in love with Mrs. Ajasont, and even the cats are nicer to me. (That's a long story, though. Typically they are very abusive, preferring Mama to The Guy. They view me as something of an insurgent in their world. Unless I'm feeding them at the crack of dawn every day. Like I said, long story for another time.) I'm even relieved that I'm not travelling as much this year as I have the last two. That gives me more time, and I'm looking forward to slowing down and planning a little more.
I've been reading a bit more, too. Right now, I'm in the middle of a collection of Somerset Maugham short stories and a collection of P. Craig Russell's short comics. I am not sure that Warren Ellis' NEWUNIVERSAL is the kind of comic I want any more. The story itself is interesting enough, but I'm distracted as I read it by the 'casting' that artist Salvador La Rocca has indulged in. I'm taken out of the story by the appearance of Johnny Depp and Christopher Lambert being confronted by Sean Connery. I wish that LaRocca hadn't gone that route. I might be enjoying the book a little more.
Or maybe I'm getting old, as Travis and Rob might point out. But I'm going to see 300 today. Does that mean I'm REALLY old?
But there's more about that in a bit.
Today is the one-year anniversary of my new program to improve myself. It began auspiciously, with my first of many morning walks taking me home just before the microburst that left quite a path of damage and destruction that cost my community millions of dollars when it was all said and done. I walked nearly every single day between that day and the middle of November, when it got too cold to get out there before 6 AM. I switched over to inside exercise on my inherited Total Gym. Today, after having lost 24 pounds total, I'm still nineteen pounds lighter than this day last year. Having gained only five pounds during the holiday season is a really nice change in my life as I'm used to being a lot heavier than I am now.
2006 was all about getting my head together, getting my life back on track. Prepping, if you will, for the end of my youth and the beginning of my Middle Age. Now, if I can just get rid of my Middle Weight, I think I'll be very, very happy.
2007 is about the long haul, about making my art the way I want to, and building some sort of legacy for my son and in my career.
Most of this really belongs in my quarterly review, but the first part of the year has truly been mixed. My grandfather passed away, I have reconnected with an old friend (Hi, Kirsten!) and another old friend has passed away, causing me to think about what's really important to me. I am excited about another project, so much so that a couple of off-hand questions have put some pressure on me to actually complete it. More on that when I get the script done.
So, while I've been away, there are things cooking. I'm hoping to complete two major projects this year, lose more weight, and improve my standing at the day job. I am head over heels in love with Mrs. Ajasont, and even the cats are nicer to me. (That's a long story, though. Typically they are very abusive, preferring Mama to The Guy. They view me as something of an insurgent in their world. Unless I'm feeding them at the crack of dawn every day. Like I said, long story for another time.) I'm even relieved that I'm not travelling as much this year as I have the last two. That gives me more time, and I'm looking forward to slowing down and planning a little more.
I've been reading a bit more, too. Right now, I'm in the middle of a collection of Somerset Maugham short stories and a collection of P. Craig Russell's short comics. I am not sure that Warren Ellis' NEWUNIVERSAL is the kind of comic I want any more. The story itself is interesting enough, but I'm distracted as I read it by the 'casting' that artist Salvador La Rocca has indulged in. I'm taken out of the story by the appearance of Johnny Depp and Christopher Lambert being confronted by Sean Connery. I wish that LaRocca hadn't gone that route. I might be enjoying the book a little more.
Or maybe I'm getting old, as Travis and Rob might point out. But I'm going to see 300 today. Does that mean I'm REALLY old?