screaminglife

It's my birthday tomorrow, and on top of that, it's my fortieth. I'm feeling a little grumpy about this, in part because I think it's expected, but mostly because my birthdays tend to inspire some rumination on my part and a hell of a lot has happened over the past couple of years.

I don't feel 40. I completely changed my life and my headspace...
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And so, here I am: house sold, moved into a new place, by myself once more. I finally got my cat back yesterday after half a month of being in a state of transition between the house and new apartment, bookending a trip to San Francisco.

I feel good. Good without qualifications. It's been longer than I care to admit since I felt like I...
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In San Francisco for the first time this week. I'm here on business, so I fear that I'm not getting the best sense of what the city is. Not really any time to be a full-on tourist, either.

It's nice to get a break from the stress and drama back home, but I'm excited to get back. Have to pack for my move next week...
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I ended a 7-year relationship back in October, and have been dealing with the fallout since, including the sale of a house and trying to arrange a new place to live. I have a lot of feelings about this, but the short version is: it's difficult and frightening but it was the right thing to do and I've never doubted that in the months since....
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There's a documentary film I've been involved with over the past two years. It's about the significance of physical artifacts. I produce a spinoff podcast, on which I frequently give my cohosts grief about how important they think physical things are. I think stuff is largely overrated.

This afternoon, I'm going to write about the two objects that make me a hypocrite.

I was fourteen...
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We took a family vacation to the American southwest back when I was about 11 years old. I have a lot of fond memories of that trip, but on some level I'd always worried that my fondness for the region was coloured by nostalgia. Was I old enough to truly appreciate the beauty of the desert? Would it hold up if I ever came back?
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It's said that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Change, though? That's a constant, too. Also entropy. The places and objects we value inevitably decay.

For nine years of my life, I attended a rural public school. It ceased to exist as the new millennium began, the victim of cutbacks and downsizing. I can't tell you what the building has been for...
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I have, for a couple of years now, found it increasing hard to find time to play guitar for pleasure. I only ever seem to play when I'm performing. If that sounds terrible or lame, it's because it is.

Aside from grabbing the acoustic for a few minutes here or there, I've also made an effort to start playing my electrics more. I love my...
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The quality of the sets this weekend has been incredible. So many gorgeous ladies and great sets, period, this last little while. It's amazing to see so many SGs and hopefuls just *killing* it. Never been happier to have a membership.