Sanity is Circular

They say you can pass through insanity into a terrible kind of hyper-sanity.

This suggests the "sanity scale" is a circle, not a line.

That means one can walk backwards from sanity, through hyper-sanity and on into insanity.

I think this is my path. To become hyper-sane - hyper-aware, hyper-cognizant, hyper-clear thinker.

Sometimes, when I am rested, and my mind unfocused, I can see the Source Code.

This suggests I am correct, for I have never gone "insane."

But, the trap is that to continue to walk this path "backwards," perhaps I'd slip into insanity.  Then continue thru madness back to health and normalcy.  That sounds dull.

Perhaps I've already gone insane. If I walk the path backwards, but am the only one who understands this is even possible, how will anyone know when I cross the boundary?

I am not Buddha, nor Jesus; they intuitively knew how to cope with this. It is a wonder I have any sanity at all.

#IAmIcarus

The only ZomPoc film that ever made me cry

I hate zombies. I hate them in fiction, I hate them in D&D, and I really hate ZomPoc movies and stories. I hate the creatures, I detest the premise.

There have been a few movies that I liked that happened to contain zombies, and I would have enjoyed them more without the zombies.

Those DC ZomPoc and Marvel ZomPoc stories? Bleah. Well-written, but zombies.

So, I say all that, because there is one ZomPoc movie I actually like. I can't quite say "love," but I have wacthed it seveal times over the last two years, and I keep coming back to it.

"Cargo" was a little indie short about a dad who saves his baby from the ZomPoc.

If this doesn't make you cry, then you have no heart

Cargo

Fiction Friday - Eliminate the extraneous detail

So I'm talking to my filmmaker friend, who wrote and directed one of the most awesome short films in the history of short films, and she was telling me that the crew guys really wanted to build a fire pit on the set of her New Zealand short film, because the guy was out camping.

She vetoed it, feeling that it would just be an extraneous detail. That if people are noticing the absence of the fire pit, or even just looking for it, then they're not even watching the story, and they've already lost them.

I try to keep that in mind. Extraneous detail is bad.

Let us remember Semi-Gov Sarah Palin

I originally wrote this in June, 2013, but I think it remains instructive about many "politicians," and it's always good to remember what a quality person Semi-Governor Palin is, just in case she tries to get herself into the limelight again.

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I do not believe that Sarah Palin will run for the Senate.

I do believe that Sarah Palin will make noises about running for the Senate and probably form an exploratory committee to raise money.

Here are my reasons:

* Sarah Palin is selfish;

* Sarah Palin likes attention;

* Sarah Palin doesn't particularly like hard work;

* Famous people can get paid a lot of money for doing almost nothing;

* Sarah Palin really likes having a national profile and getting paid lots of money simply for being Sarah Palin (a bit like being famous for being famous);

* An exploratory committee would mean people give her money, because they want to see her in the Senate (naïve as they are, she'll take their money, because she is selfish);

* An exploratory committee gets her public attention, which gets her back in the spotlight;

* Sarah Palin is good at leveraging attention into bigger attention - she can use one spotlight to get other spotlights pointed at her (e.g. invited again to speak at conventions, invited again to speak on Fox News, etc.), and all of these mean she gets paid, and gets more exposure, making her famous again for being famous (whereupon she can demand higher fees);

* Being in the Senate is a lot of hard work, even though they only show up half the year (the other half actually does require work, mostly fund-raising), and Sarah Palin doesn't particularly like hard work.

I would really like Sarah Palin to go away, and stop making the world a more stupid and selfish place.

That's what I think. Thank you for reading this far :)

Old Posts Need Love #2 - Three I am Most Proud Of

I write a lot, obviously, and I'm very proud of all of it, but some things I am more proud of than others. My top three (at least at the time of this writing):

Be A Personality
I've been saying for years the secret to success on the Interwebs is to be an interesting person. Interesting content is great, but "Duck Dynasty" didn't get huge ratings because it as about hunting in the woods.

Why I Wake Up (Promises of the Future)
Just a nice bit of poetic prose (not poetry, per se, but you'll see when you get there)

Find Your Voice #3
As it implies, this is number three in a series (it has links to the first two), but this capstones the whole point of the series and makes its own arguments, too.

Pageview today hits 250!?

This one stands by itself. :-)

I'm not making any effort to boost my stats, which is why this amazes me so much. I'm just so enchanted, stunned and flattered that people enjoy my writing so much. I know, I know, I keep saying that. I guess that keeping myself in that permanent state of gratitude and awe means I won't be disappointed if the rate of growth slows, and it also means I constantly have something to be excited about :)

Musical Monday - Halestorm - Mz Hyde

It wasn't like he didn't know before he committed for life.  He's embraced the variety of the madness, which is a good thing. Yep. I'm a lucky lady.

I love Lzzy Hale's voice. Just something about the harmonics is great.  Plus, she has such incredible passion - you can hear it in her voice, and see it in every video. She loves the music, and she loves performing.  I bet she and the band are living a surreal (if working their butts off) life. I hope they have even more success, and continue to have fun.