I tried, man. So, you might know I love brain hacks. And not just the self-trickery sort, either. I think I even posted an entry about binaural beats not long ago and how they can tune your brain into everything from sleep to caffeine style inspiration. And there’s heaps of other sound styles like those, too. For example – ASMR. Some people (douche residue, I believe they’re collectively called) pronounce.. Read More
“I always thought Barbie was a slut” – my mom. “I didn’t! I totally loved Barbie!” -me The truth is, I’m lying. I knew something was up with Barbie’s overt sexuality – that no women I’d seen or met looked like her – but I didn’t know what a slut was. I wrote a thing a year or two ago about how Ariel and Pretty Woman were released dangerously close.. Read More
“Don’t take yourself too seriously – no one else is.” I heard this advice not long ago. And it’s true. Anyone I respect or admire is able to step back for a moment and relinquish any attachment to appearing above flaw, defect, or differences that might set us apart somehow. We all know in our hearts that error is natural. Sometimes we trip and fall. Sometimes we ruin Christmas. It’s.. Read More
There are some days when constructing a simple string of words seems inconceivable. Actually – not “days” per se. More like time of day. This mental monsoon of confusion generally doesn’t hit until after halfway through the daily doling out of randomness for you to ingest. I start out in love with an idea or two for hours. It’s not until that moment when I pause to stretch (and suddenly.. Read More
Remember that movie from the 90’s where the babies all talked in a secret language? And were super smart? And the government found out and took them to Area 51 to perform torturous and cruel experiments? Although I may have one small part of the plot confused, I totally remember seeing this in theaters. I was just a kid myself, but I remember having an Angelica a la Rugrats meets.. Read More
So, there’s this article circulating about Shane Carruth’s (Primer, Upstream Color) unfinished screenplay. It sounded pretty amazing. Well – it sounded like it would’ve been amazing – if he’d made it. The layout describes something that sounds like Avatar meets Pi. Remember “Pi”? Another film by a five-star director? No, not “Life of Pi”. I mean the Aronofsky flick. I saw that movie back when I knew even less about.. Read More
Why is it that when we’re consumed with animal adoration, we say, “I WANNA EAT IT!”…? Actually, I’ve never said this, but I get it. My personal reaction is to emit a high pitched squeal as the muscles of my body enter a collective spasm not unlike the final stages of tetanus infection. Although it’s been a million years since I read Mice and Men, I was recently reminded of.. Read More
“I got it from mah mama…” Whether we’re talking about double D’s with a side of sumptuous rump or a femme Mario ‘stache paired with pustulent bacne – most people mean to reference “genetic inheritance” upon uttering this phrase. And for a long time, science has indeed shown evidence that we’re genetically indentured servants, so why bother working beyond that? But, yet again, science has to say “Maybe not…” With.. Read More
When I finally got an at home job, I totally celebrated… …by morphing into Quasimodo. I failed to prepare (buy a decent desk setup) for my new computer based career and I paid for it, ultimately. My whole body became one, singular tight muscle a mere month after starting work. Was it this bad in college? How come my neck, rotator cuff, and back didn’t bother me so much back.. Read More
Yikes. Just seeing these desk-jockeys take to a conveyor belt that perpetually propels them away from their PC’s made me a bit nauseated. Most of them didn’t seem to enjoy it much either. The problem with this setup is the same reason they tell you not to hold onto the sides on a regular treadmill. When we bipedal creatures trot naturally, we counter-rotate (arm swing opposing hip swing). To repeatedly.. Read More