YOU’RE ALIVE???

stuffy nose but great sleep. murphy laying beside me. love. unconditional love. bored. run today. coffee today. write today. read today. more coffee. dog walk. cut the grass. clean the house. bored. drink. maybe a hike. the highlight of my day. maybe visit my mom. maybe visit my brother. maybe go to tom’s.

maybe.

maybe.

maybe.

long drives to get anywhere. maybe i’ll cook a nice dinner. no i can’t because my family won’t eat it. they have something against me BUT i POWER through.

life not slowing down.

avoidance.

avoidance of love.

avoidance of purpose.

avoidance of talks.

dull.

boring.

bored.

old age comes fast.

some are old when they’re young.

wasted lives and wasted youth.

brilliant ideas going to waste.

my follow up or my follow through on ideas isn’t or aren’t as good as my ideas. need to slow down and do one thing at a time.

social media work.

website work.

blog work.

youtube work.

finding out how to publish books work.

simple and clear.

slow down.

make lists.

cross things off of the list.

repeat.

consistency is key.

sara has become dull.

blocked heart and a blocked soul.

scared.

afraid.

afraid and scared.

WE WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK OF US.

FUCK THEM.

DO.

BE.

BE REAL.

BEAUTIFUL DAYS.

BROKEN HEARTS.

SUICIDE.

“YOU’RE ALIVE???”

walk with bob.

“love you.”

“love you too.”

out the door she goes to get Taylor. bring Taylor to work. then back home. sick. tired. sick and tired. my bum is wet. i don’t want to walk with bob but if i don’t walk with bob then murphy doesn’t get a good walk.

torn.

twisted.

tongue tied and twisted.

sun beaming down. windy. sunny. warm. nice. noisy. noisy cars. noisy trucks. noisy kids. noisy planes. noisy dogs and a tired and sore hand.

busy mind today.

still cannot do my daily tasks.

good at exercise but not good at structure.

read and write.

read and write.

read and write.

act.

direct.

what sets me on fire?

do what sets me on fire but i no longer know what that is.

do’s and don’ts of life.

spelling errors.

grammar errors.

time wasters.

talkers with nothing to say.

boring dull factory workers who hate their jobs.

why do it if you hate it?

buried all alone and mostly forgotten. my bum is still wet. wet couch. too lazy to get up.

comfortable.

HUMAN CONNECTION.

HUMAN CONNECTION.

HUMAN CONNECTION.

ALL I WANT IS HUMAN CONNECTION.

LOVE AND LOSS AND GRATITUDE AND GRACE.

my bum is getting wetter and wetter.

how many people care about life?

how many people care about money?

how many people choose money over human connection?

i ran over a squirrel yesterday and killed him. killed her. sad. felt awful. that squirrel had a mom and a dad. i wonder if the parents are looking for their baby?

human loss.

human suffering.

dying animals.

dying plants.

dying dogs.

dying purpose.

what to do?

PURPOSEFUL ART.

walk with bob.

dangle the carrot.

finished my first week run as art director on some shitty feature film. lots of money. zero art. zero passion. rudderless and chaotic. insanely dull and meaningless. lots of nice people but no fire. no vision. no substance. no art. one of many productions like this. the industry is filled with boring people making boring movies. movies that offer nothing unique. nothing interesting. nothing passionate. rule followers and pencil pushers. ART? NO. smiling faces and stressful faces. serious faces. dull faces. plastic faces with plastic hearts and empty souls.

what has happened to our world?

where have all the good films gone?

where are the real people?

where are the real jobs?

who are the real leaders?

what are they doing for you?

rising inflation.

rising food costs.

rising house prices.

rising gas prices.

stagnant wages.

lost jobs.

lost careers.

lost friends.

lost people.

lost lives.

lost confidence.

lost energy.

lost hope.

when hope fades, lives fade.

tangle or dangle the carrot.

let people try to catch it and then pull it away fast.

make quality product.

make quality art.

tell powerful stories.

authentic.

my hand hurts. old age becoming a sad reality.

DO.

MOVE.

JUMP.

DIVE IN.

ALLOW AND LET GO.

ARTIST.

PASSION.

STORIES THAT MATTER.

drugstores and doughnuts.

stuffy nose. always a stuffy nose. blurry head. blurry eyes. always a blurry head and blurry eyes. seeing old dull people walking into church. bad outfits. bad hair. bad manners. short. fat. why do these people go to church? are they afraid? do they think a fake god will fix their dull lives?

sad and forgotten.

buried underground.

drugstores and doughnuts.

bad coffee.

bad jobs.

bad towns.

bad cars.

bad wives.

bad lives.

out of shape.

out of money.

out of options.

big trucks and small dicks.

dick evans.

tommy moulsdale.

dan horrocks.

bruce wood.

great guys.

great times.

lost youth.

forgotten youth.

life continues to move. continues to excite. continues to change seasons and change weather.

hot girls.

torture.

married and following rules.

watching girls and watching trucks.

edgy.

cold.

refreshing air.

refreshing thoughts.

life is full of opportunity and love and hope and then comes loss and sadness and fear and anxiety and dirty minds and broken hearts.

“KEEP WRITING. KEEP YELLING!!! KEEP DOING. KEEP HOPING. KEEP MOVING.”

move lots and then be still.

STILL.

STILL.

STILL.

“be still my bleeding heart.”

lots of love.

connect.

shrivelled up faces.

shrivelled up lives.

bad drivers and bad personalities.

bad manners.

bad kids.

bad sex.

bad houses.

bad beds.

bad music.

bad tv shows and bad movies.

BAD.

BAD.

BAD.

bad grades.

bad clothes.

bad memory.

bad breath.

bad teeth.

bad form.

bad worth.

bad work ehtic.

ethics and morality.

rules made up by old white dull religious rich rodents.

rodents.

snakes.

maggots.

puppets.

sheep.

DO NOT LISTEN.

DO NOT LISTEN.

DO NOT FOLLOW.

DO NOT FOLLOW.

DO NOT OBEY.

DO NOT OBEY.

DO NOT SUCCUMB.

DO NOT SUCCUMB.

DO NOT FAIL.

DO NOT FAIL.

DO NOT DO.

DO NOT DO.

THE DO’S AND DONT’S OF LIFE.

rules and fools.

nine days since the last time i wrote. nine long days on set. working on a shitty product that most take seriously. lots of money but no artistic ability. the world is filled with them. stuffy nose. aching back. lots of wine. lots of food. working long hours leads to lack of exercise. lack of healthy eating. lack of life. lack of structure. lack of love. lack of family. lacking in art. lacking in life.

big pockets filled with big money.

just like BIG signs for real estate agents.

and big signs for mayoral candidates.

BIGGER means louder and more money with more confidence but it rarely means better product. hollywood is filled with frauds who believe their own hype.

the real artists with real things to say about life are filled with demons and insecurities and booze and drugs and, yet, must somehow break through.

grammar and rules.

rules and fools.

tools.

blues.

booze.

mules.

big poos.

loud moos.

everything comes in twos.

and nothing is found in zoos.

back to the grind tomorrow but I have one day to be creative today.

set aside some time.

breathe.

meditate.

read.

run.

have fun.

fun in the sun.

this is the best time of the year.

sore belly.

shitty food and too much booze.

slow down.

smell the coffee.

see my family.

read and write.

CREATE.

FILM.

be aware.

be alive.

be present.

be real.

be loving.

be caring.

be empathetic.

be happy.

be sad.

be authentic.

don’t listen to them.

make my own choices and my own decisions.

i have made many bad ones over the years.

can i still trust myself?

“to be or not to be. that is the question.”