I feel like I’ve been forcing myself to post on Tumblr lately. Pretty photos and inspirational quotes are all well and good, but I don’t know…maybe I’m tired of it.

Here are some things that I have been watching/listening to/reading/thinking about/etc. in my real life:

• Dune by Frank Herbert
  I can’t get it out of my head. I was driving not too long ago, on a very tight, one-lane road with medians on both sides. I once crashed a car into a median, plus I’m a little claustrophobic. But I just repeated in my head, “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” I made it through okay.
• The Flaming Lips’ Embryonic
  I forgot for a long time but have recently remembered home much I adore The Flaming Lips. I’ve been saying for months now that there hasn’t been any music that has really spoken to me. Oh Flaming Lips, you have. I feel like my heart beats in tune with “I Can Be a Frog”. Let’s run off into that psychedelic robotic sunset together.
• The Silmarillion by Tolkien
  I know! I’ve been reading this for like…a month now. I keep re-reading parts and am slowly getting through it. Nonetheless, the first part, the Ainulindalë, is a great and imaginative creation story. The rest, so far, has been equally as good. Especially for someone like me who just eats up anything that even remotely sounds like mythology.
• Clash of the Titans
  The guy who plays Perseus looks like Jim Morrison. A little.
• Infinite v. Finite Reincarnation
  I just don’t believe that there is an end to it all. The end of human beings, maybe. The end of our souls? I don’t think it’s possible. Nirvana? I don’t believe in it. If transcending everything that makes me feel alive is the goal, I’m not reaching toward it. Stagnant is what my soul would become. How can you grow when you are not moving or changing? My soul is infinite.
• “Should my novel include a prophecy?”
  Every great epic tale has had a prophecy. If, for nothing else, but as a literary device. I don’t know. That question is still kind of on the back burner.
• Christmastime
  I know I’m not religious, but Christmas is still a nice holiday. In fact, it’s probably my favorite holiday. I love to give gifts. Maybe it’s cheesy, but it really does give me that warm fuzzy feeling. However, our funds are pretty tight this year and I may not be able to go home for the holiday. But I’m really not worried and it doesn’t get me down because I know I’m not alone.

This has been a nice chat, indeed. Care to go on another walk with me, someday?