My personal struggles regarding professional relationships shouldn’t be expressed publicly.
Today’s tough, yo. I think I’m just going to hang out and watch movies all day.
That sounds like a fuckin’ awesome plan.
Burgled standpoints.
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Days are slow.
It’s the years that you’ve gotta watch out for.
Today is one of those rare occasions where, in spite of my recent short-comings, I’m honestly looking forward to facing the day.
My professional relationships have been, to be blunt, less than satisfactory lately.
Squaring up problems in communication, as well as clients who refuse to properly deal with monetary contractual obligations, has been a pain in my royal aching ass, to be sure, but I suppose it’s to be said that without the negatives we wouldn’t enjoy the positives.
Funny story about that, actually.
A bit ago, I went to Bellingham with my room/hetero life mate, Tony, to get shitty with a few buddies of ours. On the ride back, I was hung-over, broke, and trying to sleep in the back seat. The passenger side window was down, creating a lot of turbulence and wind in the back where I was, making me miserable. When he finally rolled the window up, I was so fuckin’ happy that there wasn’t any wind, that I completely forgot about the negatives, and was totally content.
The man who sits for too long wants to stand. The man who stands for too long, only wants to sit.
I guess it’s not THAT funny, but it illustrates my point well enough.
I got drunk and watched Layercake, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Interview with the Vampire, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Juno last night.
Pretty standard Thursday night escapism, I suppose.
You should join me. It’s way less fun with only one person.
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Delicious ambiguity.
Why do we let the thing we don’t have affect the things we DO have?
I want to be an explorer of the world, constantly noticing the earth under my feet, realizing the potential for every ignored trail.
I spend WAY too much time staring at this monitor. A blessing and burden of the cause, I suppose, that I may never see the world, but I’ll never be roundhouse-kicked in the face by it either.
People say that life is short.
Bullshit.
Life is long, and you’re going to have to deal with the consequences of your actions and decisions you make for the next 50 years.
With all the notes and phrases, the signs, the shows and movies, the people I meet, and the smells that remind me of you on a daily basis, I’ll still be DAMNED if I’m going to let you know that I still have a hard time sleeping at night, because when I lay down in bed at night I think about everything. Every. Single. Damn. Thing.
No matter how proud you are, always remember that with the right storytelling, you’ll always be the villain in someone else’s eyes.
My negativity towards past lives is burdensome and completely non-progressive.
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A redefinition of one’s goals.
As a lifelong creature of habit, new beginnings in my way of thinking have always been difficult for me.
There are certain aspects of my personality that have stuck with me for as long as I had the ability to cognitively develop opinions.
However, on the brink of utter social, economic, and decidedly emotional ruin, it seems to pass that the only way anything changes is if we change them ourselves.
My daily life consists of staring dumbly at a computer screen, monotonously repeating actions I’ve done a million times before, without much of an outlet for artistic expression or personal emotionality.
I’m hoping this changes that.
My way of joking is to tell the truth; It’s the funniest joke in the world.
So, without even more baseless, self-involved opining, let’s get down to brass tacks.
Ian-Pope.com has been revamped to reflect a more minimalistic, me-ist agenda, my resumé has been updated to exude a more personal style, (as well as populated with projects that are actually working/online), I started a formspring, a tumblr, a twitter, and pretty much have ended up putting every last sordid detail of my life available to the clamoring masses of the internet.
I’m REALLY hoping that this doesn’t end up biting me in the ass.
I’ll keep it coming if you keep coming around.
Take care, big cat.
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