*picks himself up* *dusts off the brain dumper*

Hope everyone had a great summer. Personally, I took a long break from updating the headspace... as you might have noticed. I suppose I'm back in the saddle now for whatever that might be worth... so... without further ado...

Things have been good. I can't say that I have accomplished much this summer but I have certainly spent a lot of time doing it. I've worked alot, played alot, and generally managed to squeak out from under that nagging sense of business unfinished and responsibilities neglected that so frequently plagues me. Hopefully I can hang on to this attitude for the rest of the year. We shall see.

My 26th birthday is a scant month away and you know what that means... Well.. Ok... you probably don't. My mother used to say, half-jokingly, that before I could get married I had to be 26 and be able to cut bread without mangling. I must say that I've had the latter firmly under my belt for quite some time. The former... well.. that's another matter. Until Now.

Now. I have no plans to marry in the immediate future. I would, however, tend to agree with my mother that 26 marks something of a milestone. I really do feel like, if nothing else, I have a much better understanding of myself now than I ever did at say 19. I suppose that's to be expected but it seems like something more in this case.

I still, much to my embarrassment, can't tell you what I like and that bothers me... a lot. What sorts of things have you decided you like? Is it something you just know? When did you know? Are the things you like the very same things that make you happy?

One of my favorite words is satori (see the definition). I can't say that I think I'm any closer to some kind of personal satori but I think being able to identify the things that make me truly happy would get me one step nearer. *hums closer to fine*

I wish I had something a little more coherent to talk about. I apologize. Bear with me, however. I'm just getting up to speed. In three more updates I'm sure I'll be able to put you to sleep with something much like my previous facility.

-Loop

Extra

GO BUY AKIRA ON DVD or, so help me god, I will thump yer happy ass. It's good... really good. It's weird. It's _the_ anime classic. It's Akira.

If you haven't seen _Final Fantasy, The Spirits Within_ please allow me to recommend it. Be warned, however, that it's a videogame plot... and a shaky one at that. What you really want to see is the CG. Ohhhh the CG. This movie is visually stunning. I would venture to say that it presages a new age of film making. If nothing else it certainly lends new credibility to the animation business. Especially for the ages 12 and up market. Good stuff. Hats off to Square Honolulu.

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what i want...
personally, i don't have any idea what i really want, on the large scale, right now. i believe that i'll have it figured out eventually, but in the meantime, i believe we go with what makes us or others (and thus us, selfishly enough) happy, and in my opinion, that's not all bad... i know the sorts of short-term (though not limited to short- term) things i like... good food, good company, good conversation, books, computers, etc.... and i think the rest will come along in due time. am i an idiot? when we're dead, perhaps we'll know. :)