Intermission
There will be no Theory of Life today. I most definitely should have lucky gotten last night. All indications are that I most definitely didn’t. As we all know, theories of life are for closers. I’ll be back soon enough with the usual bullshit.
In the meantime, I am going to show the same courage that virtually every other blogger does and actually reveal a little bit about myself. My theories will soon become a bit more controversial so, if any people are actually reading this, they deserve a little context.
Here are four things about me that are significant for this site:
1) I am separated and will eventually be divorced. While the experience itself isn’t especially pleasant, I can definitely say that the process has done a great deal to speed up my own long journey of self awareness. Sometimes unpleasantness makes us better people, and this explains in part why I finally got off my ass and started this site.
2) I play a lot of poker. Many people think this is a terrible habit (see #1 above) but poker, like divorce, has been an excellent source of self improvement. The number one reason why I have grown to love poker is that it has a very direct way of being honest with you about your own shortcomings. We don’t always listen, but over the long run, the game speaks the undeniable truth. Like unpleasantness, sometimes vices make us better people.
3) The actual reason I have created the Book of Mark is unforgivably arrogant and self indulgent, which is why I won’t be hurt if nobody reads it. I have really and truly, over many years, developed my own life philosophy that I plan to unveil. I am going to pull back the curtain, come out say something substantive about what I believe the meaning of life is and why I live my life the way I do. This web site is nothing more than a handbook for how to live my life and why. I’d like to make it sound nobler, or even interesting, but it is what it is. All of these theories are actually tied together, and they are all meant to play a key role when my philosophy of life is unveiled. I like the idea that when I die I will have left this behind. I am not even concerned anymore about whether it makes me look like a complete idiot. I may well be an idiot, but at least I will have given it a shot.
4) I got drunk last night. Last night was on of those times where I decided to “live in the moment”. Sometimes, in order to live for today, you make decisions which will compromise how much you will be able to enjoy tomorrow. Yesterday I lived for today, and now today has become tomorrow, and I clearly remember sacrificing tomorrow some time yesterday. In other words, I am hung over, and this afternoon I will watch soccer and eat soup. I’ll get off my couch in time for tonight, but right now I am enjoying an intermission.
In the meantime, I am going to show the same courage that virtually every other blogger does and actually reveal a little bit about myself. My theories will soon become a bit more controversial so, if any people are actually reading this, they deserve a little context.
Here are four things about me that are significant for this site:
1) I am separated and will eventually be divorced. While the experience itself isn’t especially pleasant, I can definitely say that the process has done a great deal to speed up my own long journey of self awareness. Sometimes unpleasantness makes us better people, and this explains in part why I finally got off my ass and started this site.
2) I play a lot of poker. Many people think this is a terrible habit (see #1 above) but poker, like divorce, has been an excellent source of self improvement. The number one reason why I have grown to love poker is that it has a very direct way of being honest with you about your own shortcomings. We don’t always listen, but over the long run, the game speaks the undeniable truth. Like unpleasantness, sometimes vices make us better people.
3) The actual reason I have created the Book of Mark is unforgivably arrogant and self indulgent, which is why I won’t be hurt if nobody reads it. I have really and truly, over many years, developed my own life philosophy that I plan to unveil. I am going to pull back the curtain, come out say something substantive about what I believe the meaning of life is and why I live my life the way I do. This web site is nothing more than a handbook for how to live my life and why. I’d like to make it sound nobler, or even interesting, but it is what it is. All of these theories are actually tied together, and they are all meant to play a key role when my philosophy of life is unveiled. I like the idea that when I die I will have left this behind. I am not even concerned anymore about whether it makes me look like a complete idiot. I may well be an idiot, but at least I will have given it a shot.
4) I got drunk last night. Last night was on of those times where I decided to “live in the moment”. Sometimes, in order to live for today, you make decisions which will compromise how much you will be able to enjoy tomorrow. Yesterday I lived for today, and now today has become tomorrow, and I clearly remember sacrificing tomorrow some time yesterday. In other words, I am hung over, and this afternoon I will watch soccer and eat soup. I’ll get off my couch in time for tonight, but right now I am enjoying an intermission.
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