I’ve discovered that I rather enjoy writing. My audience is probably only me at the moment, but regardless, I have personal satisfaction as I find it a very cathartic experience. My mind is working and thinking about things in ways that I haven’t experienced in years. I’ve always known that I’m an overthinker. I analyze situations in every possible way imaginable and because of my imagination, sometimes my ideas are pretty out there. It should be noted that I also tend to overcomplicate situations, overanalyze them, and completely miss the most direct solutions -_-;. But anyways, I find that writing my thoughts down leaves my mind mentally satisfied. I wish I could convey my thoughts better in written form but I’ll assume that will come with time and practice. I’ve got quite a few rants that I’ve saved up in my head over the years, it will take time to write them, and write them well, but I’m excited to get the ideas out there. I never would have assumed I would like to write. I hate reading. I did poor in English (it was certainly no math or science). Would I consider this a new hobby? Hm. I just might.
Archive for January, 2010
Writing and Overthinking
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 11:57 amTime
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 9:32 amThese last 3 weeks, I’ve tried my best to use every moment in some sort of productive way. I’ve been dubbed “Productive Warren” and I enjoy the title. While it will be impossible to catch up on the 397 days of playtime from World of Warcraft (yes, you read that correctly, 397 DAYS OF PLAYTIME) since March 2005, I’m really doing my best to live each moment to the fullest. Ugh, how cliché.
I’ve set certain goals out for myself for the near future. I figure as long as I stay in productive mode, I will slowly but surely accomplish them. The enemy, as always, is time.
****SIDE NOTE****
One of the reasons why the Flash is one of my favorite superheroes ever is because he has infinite time. He takes naps while fighting criminals. He runs errands in seconds. He reads books in seconds. It’s a power that I always wished I had. Regardless of whether or not he’s productive, for him, time is hardly an enemy.
I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting old or not, but my old philosophy of staying up late to do work doesn’t seem to apply anymore. While it’s possible to do this for a short period of time, I’m finding that maintaining this pattern long term results in a dull mind. After I’ve re-read the same sentence over 3 times, failed to determine it’s importance, I know that my mind is dull and I should just stop. I have to avoid that type of scenario because although I’m awake, I’m not productive. In the future, I will attempt to try getting more sleeping so that my mind is sharp.
It’s counter intuitive because more sleep = less time but if the productivity is better because of the sleep, it could have better results. I’m aware that the last few paragraphs might seem obvious to some and that they may have figured this out years ago but for me, in the past, I always believed my mind and body could push through it.
Time. You are the enemy. I won’t ever defeat you. But maybe I can use you.
If we work together…maybe we’ll become friends.
****SIDE NOTE****
I just realized that this might be one of the reasons my favorite movie is Back to the Future. If properly done, time is not the enemy here either. Hm, I’ve given myself something to consider…I will evaluate this new thought.
Dwarf Hamsters
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 6:01 pmI have 2 dwarf hamsters. Throughout my life I’ve had 7 total. I love them because they’re supa-kawaii (cute) and I envy their lives. I watch them like people watch fish. They sleep all day. They’re active all night. They eat. And they sleep. They have no stress. They don’t travel. They live in a clean environment (most of the time). They have food and water at all times without having to worry about it.
While their general life-span is only 2 years…I believe I would like to be reborn as a dwarf hamster. Not that I believe in that sort of thing. But if I did. Either a dwarf hamster, or a rabbit. Or Kirby. Because Kirby is cute as well. He floats like a cloud. He rides stars and steals people’s powers. This post originally had something important to it…but…I don’t know what happened.
:S
Movies
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 11:55 amUpon my recent liberation from my 5 year hibernation of reality where I dreamt of the gorgeous land of Azeroth (= after 5 years of playing World of Warcraft), I’ve rediscovered an enormous amount of good movies that I’ve missed.
I’m keeping a list of movies here that I intend to watch soon.
Movies to watch (in no particular order)
Footloose
Reservoir Dogs
Godfather
Rocky
Rambo
Punisher
Predator
Aliens
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
Grease
Snatch
Big Lebowsky
No Country for Old Men
Gran Turino
Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels
SweeneyTodd
LA Confidential
Crank (maybe)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Casablanca
Watched Movies (and date watched)
| Burn After Reading | 02/03/2010 |
| Lost in Translation | 02/02/2010 |
| Beetlejuice | 02/01/2010 |
| Shawshank Redemption | 01/26/2010 |
| Quantum of Solace | 01/25/2010 |
| Wolverine | 01/24/2010 |
| Casino Royale | 01/23/2010 |
| 12 Monkeys | 01/22/2010 |
| Groundhog Day | 01/22/2010 |
| Pulp Fiction | 01/21/2010 |
| Se7en | 01/21/2010 |
Is the glass half empty or half full?
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 10:51 amI’m new at this. I’m not a good writer. I’m not a avid reader.
I have high standards and I’m a perfectionist. Which actually prevents me from doing excellent work as anything I attempt, if less than satisfactory, is abandoned. I’ve left a wake of unfinished projects in my life, constantly looking for new challenges and interests.
I’m content being excellent at a few things and completely horrible at everything else. Geography, History, Politics. I’ve got absolutely no interest in any of these, despite how much if affects my life. I’m always silent in these conversations as I have absolutely nothing of value to say, other than a joke to mask my stupidity.
I’ve yet to determine whether or not I’m an optimist or a pessimist. It usually depends on the day, but today seems like it could go either way.
Hm. I just took a quiz regarding the above, and surprise surprise:
You Are a Realist
You don’t see the glass as half empty or half full. You see what’s exactly in the glass
You never try to make a bad situation seem better than it is…
But you also never sabotage any good things you have going on.
You are brutally honest in your assessments of situations – and this always seems to help you cope.
I swear that on another day, I’d get something else. I’ll have to test this again later….