but the world fell down with some people still around
there is love, there is love to be found
with the gods all gone and the souls making sounds
in the worst way, in the worst way, in the worst way
- Lisa Germano, From a Shell
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does anyone else ever get the nagging sensation that they're not part of the world that they should be? the feeling that you know what you have to do with your life to make it fufilling, but you can't quite make it there? and it drives you nuts being within breathing distance of the activities which would make you whole?
or am i just finally losing the little part of my sanity that i have left?
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and is anyone else out there a total media junkie? and i dont just mean like tv and movies. i mean a TOTAL media junkie.
i did a rough count earlier and i estimate that in the last decade i have:
- read between 65 and 75 books
- bought 40 to 50 art books.
- read probably about a thousand comic books and graphic novels
- bought (not burned) at least 200 cd's
- bought (not copied or burned) around 50 vhs tapes and 65 dvd's
- bought (not burned) 12 dvd sets of tv shows
- not including the 35 random things i own by dave mckean (art books, comics, vidoes, tarot cards, etc. he's an artist that works in multiple mediums.)
i'd like to know that i'm not the only one out there that is obsessed with media stimulation in any form that it comes in.
btw, with the stuff i just listed above, i'm not trying to toot my own horn. i'm proud of the things i've done and the things i own, but i know you all could care less. this list is to give you an idea of what i mean by media junkie. i didn't want people to post and say "dood! i read a couple books in high school, bought a comic one time, and watch the soprano's 24/7! i'm a media junkie too!"
know what i mean, vern?
there is love, there is love to be found
with the gods all gone and the souls making sounds
in the worst way, in the worst way, in the worst way
- Lisa Germano, From a Shell
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does anyone else ever get the nagging sensation that they're not part of the world that they should be? the feeling that you know what you have to do with your life to make it fufilling, but you can't quite make it there? and it drives you nuts being within breathing distance of the activities which would make you whole?
or am i just finally losing the little part of my sanity that i have left?
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............................................
......
and is anyone else out there a total media junkie? and i dont just mean like tv and movies. i mean a TOTAL media junkie.
i did a rough count earlier and i estimate that in the last decade i have:
- read between 65 and 75 books
- bought 40 to 50 art books.
- read probably about a thousand comic books and graphic novels
- bought (not burned) at least 200 cd's
- bought (not copied or burned) around 50 vhs tapes and 65 dvd's
- bought (not burned) 12 dvd sets of tv shows
- not including the 35 random things i own by dave mckean (art books, comics, vidoes, tarot cards, etc. he's an artist that works in multiple mediums.)
i'd like to know that i'm not the only one out there that is obsessed with media stimulation in any form that it comes in.
btw, with the stuff i just listed above, i'm not trying to toot my own horn. i'm proud of the things i've done and the things i own, but i know you all could care less. this list is to give you an idea of what i mean by media junkie. i didn't want people to post and say "dood! i read a couple books in high school, bought a comic one time, and watch the soprano's 24/7! i'm a media junkie too!"
know what i mean, vern?
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Interestingly enough, whereas I used to be just like that, in the last 5 years or so, I've gone from voracious reader, overindulged TV watcher, and prolific artist, to none of those. I guess there's a few things to blame for that, I'm a web designer, which often taps all my creative juices, I have a TiVo, so I watch not nearly as much TV, and the Internet, which takes up pretty much all of my idle time now.
I love music, I enjoy reading, art books get me squishy in the toes
And Gonzoe I know what you mean by the whole nagging sensation...I get it all the time...and I believe that if you do not achive your dream before a certain time you lose all sanity and that is all I have to say about that Vern