"I don't want you to be the guy in the PG-13 movie everyone's *really* hoping makes it happen. I want you to be like the guy in the rated R movie, you know, the guy you're not sure whether or not you like yet. You're not sure where he's coming from. Okay? You're a bad man."
-Trent, Swingers
Fuck it. No apologies, but just a disclaimer. I've been "gone" for awhile. That doesn't mean I haven't been thinking and plotting and working and honing my craft. So this is the new blog. Welcome to a new beautiful day.
I set out into the blogosphere with good intentions. ("The road to... where again?") A pleasant little arts journal with some cynically biting riffs on my "daily life", that's all. Just a place to unwind in, and let all that extra observational dryer lint collect. I thought it would keep me happy.
"Nosce te ipsum." Indeed. Grander schemes and greener pastures and the answers on the other kid's test... They all have a certain allure to them, a gilt edge that catches my eye immediately. So the red Asian flower is gone. (Moment of silence... there. Thanks.) Much like the rest of the content forthcoming, I'm not sure what will replace it.
I have this habit of tackling challenges that I have no business tackling. With no formal training, I co-hosted a drive-time radio show. With no more than 36 hours of film competition under my belt, I started my own. I often find myself in improbable situations, armed only with my rolodex of contacts and my headstrong stubbornness. Sometimes it works out great (i.e. making up my own college degree) and sometimes... eh, not so much (sorry, Heidelberg waitstaff).
So, why not blogging? Why can't I be the one to innovate and swim upstream and pave the way and [insert cliche here]. I think I have something to offer, if only I can deliver.
In the meantime to restart some dialogue here, I'll field comments on this:
"Do you believe in talismans or good luck charms, and therefore, conversely cursed items? As in, the actual physical item causes said good or bad luck in the owner/wearer/handler's life?"
