Life is chaos.
Things happen. Details change. Choices made.
Every minute. Every hour. Every day.
Constantly.
Who I Am
Doors Behind, Roads Ahead
The end of December is a time of introspection for many of us, on both a personal level and also of the world at large. We look at all our wonderful times of the past year: the accomplishments we made, the places and events we experienced, and the magnificent people we’ve shared them all with. We also throw a cautious glance at the moments that were not as wonderful – the painful instances and losses we had to endure – in the hopes that there was some significance to the suffering. We then take our pencils out and start jotting down our new “resolutions”… what we will do more of, do less of, or simply do better in the coming year ahead.
This past year was a difficult one for me. Everything seemed like it was going so well as the year began. So many of the goals I had set out for myself those decades past were finally falling in line. I felt relaxed; I felt happy. I was ready to tackle the world…. THIS WOULD BE MY YEAR.
Stones in the Stream: What’s in a Name?
I love history.
Along with science and technology, it’s one of the pillars in my Pantheon of Eternal Geekdom. I read books on American and world history, collect historical pictures of my hometown, and watched the History Channel religiously until they followed MTV’s lead and replaced everything with reality shows.
History is about learning how (and why) we climbed from the humble origins of Homo Sapiens to the dominant beings that we are today. It’s about learning from all of those souls who have gone before us; about revering the heights that humanity has accomplished, but also learning from humanity’s past mistakes… or at least trying to. I wish more people felt this same appreciation.
Life in the Bubble: Dealing with Introversion and Social Anxiety
One of the things I want to accomplish with my blog is to really start opening up about myself. I have spent all of my life feeling misunderstood… by not only the people I interact with, but even friends and family. I have been alive now for almost half a CENTURY, and yet I feel like I have not done enough to define to the world who I am, what I believe in, and what I stand for.
I could let it all pour out right now and write my entire autobiography here, but not only would it take quite a while to write, it would also be an unbearably long and boring read.
So what I am going to do is, every so often, I am going to make a post that focuses on one facet of me. One part of who I am. A slice of me that’s a little more digestible in one sitting. Over time, the individual pieces taken together should make a fair representation of me… or at least that is my hope.
So for this inaugural entry I will start with an easy and obvious one: I am an introvert.