simplification can be complicated

well, at least it has been for me.

lately i’ve been intentionally going out of my way to detangle the complex interweavings of what has become my life. it's not an easy thing to do, i'll tell you that. alot of times it requires that you have to say no to many good, yea, even great things. and i, myself, have a hard time doing just that. unfortunately, it's taken me 25+ years to figure that out.

i once heard a story about the philosopher voltaire and how he scoffed at isaac newton's hypothesis that man would one day travel over 40mph (this was back in the olden days, mind you). he claimed that man's heart would stop at such ludicrious speeds (ha!). and of course christians love this story because voltaire was supposedly an atheist and his home would later be used to print bibles out of. chalk one up for the good guys.

the funny thing is, there's some truth to voltaire's statement. think of how much we cram into our lives now that we can zip around town at the push of a pedal and can get our work done at the click of a button. how much more stuff do we tack on to our schedules just because we can fit it in? i'm beginning to be of the mindset that our human bodies and minds just weren't meant to handle such a toll. maybe that voltaire fellow wasn't so crazy after all.

in fact, wouldn't our lives be so much fuller if we worked more on sharing our time and spent it less?

i'm a serial archivist

there, i've admitted it.

basically, i'm all but addicted to the act of archiving. maybe i should have become a librarian or some form of historian tasked with the strict keeping of records and the timely submission of important data into the ol' trusty vault.

really, all i did was buy myself a brand new external hard drive for the filing and/or archiving of all my most valuable digital things (i.e. music, photos, etc.), but i think the fact that i'm so excited about it is what's most disturbing (at least to most normal human beings outside of my head).

so as we speak i'm backing up my ipod. sure, laugh now but when all you kiddies' ipods inevitably explode, you'll be wishing you had archived too.

maybe pathological is a better adjective. 

wee bit o' catchup

before i [re]kick this thing back off, a few orders of business:

1. first off, this hummingbird theme is a template. an original one should be coming shortly. but do enjoy it's spring-y flavor in the meantime.
2. i'm not an everyday poster. however, i did pay some money for this so i'm hoping that encourages me to post what i will now refer to as "frequently".
3. the goal of this site is to inject some creativity back into my daily routine. i've lacked a creative outlet for several months now and i feel it's negatively affecting my q of l. that would be my quality of life, fyi. lol brb
   
4. my other goal in this is to begin being more honest with myself (and others) about myself. my previous b-log lacked alot of my truest feelings due to what i perceived the reactions of the people reading it would be. in two years time i've learned to not care as much about those reactions.
5. in addition, i'm also keenly aware that there's a high probability that i will be the only one reading this anyways.

so there's that.

well here we all are

about two years ago (or there round abouts) i gave up this whole blogging rigmarole never to return again.

or so i thought.