Yeah, so I woke up yesterday from further near-sleep thoughts of cosplay techniques and ideas to come to the conclusion: You know, my existence feels like a classic midlife crisis, but in my floundering for some way to recapture purpose and youth, I don't actually let myself go splurge on the expensive trips/hobbies/cars/whatever that you hear tell ( Read more... )

I have reflected before on a certain quirk of my psyche that leads me to often abandon things before getting into them. On could argue it saves me from a lot of mistakes in life. One could also argue it prevents me from livingMost recently, this hit me when conversational mention with my hair stylist about an upcoming trip to Denver Comic Con got ( Read more... )

Ah, what to say ( Read more... )

Well... That was a thing that happened.

I have no plans for it whatsoever! That's not abnormal or anything, so that's fine.

I got to watch the local production of Rocky Horror Friday night. They regularly do "themes" for the yearly (?) local show, with actors dressing up one way or another. This year was a cowboy/Western theme. Overall, it was sort of a mixed experience, but a positive ( Read more... )

Leaves are falling and the weather is cool, but not cold. It definitely feels like autumn.

I look forward to the end of the election season, though there's no telling how that'll all shake out in the end. For a time, I considered third-party presidential candidates, but I reached a conclusion much akin to John Oliver's assessment.

WoW goes on. I ( Read more... )

I kind of just want to curl up in bed and ignore the world ( Read more... )

This little rant/reporting of John Oliver's on the current state/progress of journalism stripes particularly close to home. I've never claimed to be a journalist, but being involved in a newspaper for many years, I've seen this.

Journalism

It's been a long time since I was truly excited about the Olympics. Now, in a general sense, I look upon them as a fiasco of money (which leads to corruption). For a host city, it means a lot of attention and building projects that range from rushed to ruinous. It's just so wasteful ( Read more... )

I take my first "vacation day" off in over two months in order to take a long weekend and try to feel rested, and what happens? A terrible night of sleep, to start with ( Read more... )