THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A BORING MAN IN A BORING TOWN.

i think i had a great sleep. feel good. feel awake. feel a big sore zit brewing on my nose. 55 years old and still getting zits. bald. grey. zits. adhd. anxiety. saggy skin. saggy balls. some people get all the breaks and others have to do so much and work much harder at life for little results. little money. life unfair. i need a sip of coffee.

i was in the city yesterday and it felt great. i felt great. the city is filled with so much energy. so much vibrance. so many pretty people wearing pretty clothes staring at pretty buildings. groups of people out on patios enjoying life while the suburbanites sit on their couches watching shitty tv.

why do people choose to avoid the excitement and culture of a vibrant city and, instead, opt for the boredom and dullness of a dull suburb with dull people and dull dogs? the city brings hope. the city brings excitement. the city of dreams and culture and hot girls and handsome boys and unique restaurants and unique buildings. unique streets. unique people. unique coffee shops. unique bars. unique architecture and unique lives. i love the city. i love cities. i am bored stiff in the suburbs. boring people. boring houses. boring restaurants. boring bars. boring trucks. boring clothes. boring. boring. boring. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A BORING MAN IN A BORING TOWN DOING BORING THINGS AND DRINKING BORING BEER. and then one day that man gets diagnosed with a debilitating disease and he slowly begins to die. dying a slow and painful death. sad. lonely. scared. can’t sleep. can’t find joy. can’t fuck. can’t eat. can’t play sports. can’t live a wonderful life. and he can’t even jerk off.

LIFE IS SAD.

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT YOU CAN.

LIVE LIFE.

don’t listen to the experts.

just got home from working two jobs and it is 8pm. i started my first job at 4am. i have no money. no excitement. no trips planned. no elaborate dinners and no pension. i am almost fifty-seven years old and I have less money now than when I was thirty-six. i am tired. i am sore. i am bored. i am old. i am lost. always lost. always bored. always hoping for a new day to save me from the last day but the new day always ends up being the same as all the other days. miraculously i am not depressed nor am i anxious. i have adhd and, possibly, ptsd and hints of bipolar disorder but i have accepted these impediments unlike most of society. i have accepted them and accepted our lack of resources for anyone who suffers with mental health issues. i don’t want to sit at a desk anyway and i don’t want to wear a name tag. i don’t want to shave and i don’t want to wear a suit. i don’t want to have sales goals to reach and i don’t want to go to company christmas parties. i don’t want to wear fake clothes and i don’t want to have a fake smile. i don’t want fake conversations and i don’t want to sit in any more GODDAM BORING SALES MEETINGS LEAD BY SHITTY MANAGERS WHO OFFER UP NOTHING BUT STATUS QUO QUOTES AND STATUS QUO INSPIRATIONAL SPEECHES. i like free beer and free wine. but if someone gives me a free bud or a free molson canadian i won’t drink it. i am not an alcoholic but i have been called one many times. i have also been called a pig. i have been called troubled and i have also been called funny and strange. i think i am a good guy with a big heart and a big soul but not everyone will agree with me. i watch lesser people get ahead and lesser people get jobs that i should have gotten. i have watched lesser people win awards and lesser people get rich. i don’t know why. it is NOT from my lack of effort nor is it from my lack of intelligence. i get bored in boring jobs and most of the jobs i have had over the years have been boring. i have read numerous self help books and seen numerous psychotherapists. i have taken many pills and i have listened to many experts on life. my windshield was broken the other day. i was driving at a normal speed on a normal road when a normal dump truck passed me and unloaded various rocks and pebbles from his truck. of course one hit my car and now i need to spend 500 dollars to fix the windshield when i don’t have 500 dollars to fix it. i also don’t have money to pay off my telus bill. i work three jobs and have very little money. i don’t watch shitty tv nor do i listen to shitty music. i am doing my best to avoid eating shitty food and i had knee surgery 8 weeks ago. my knee is still swollen but i am exercising again which brings me joy. i want to visit portugal and i want to go to new york city. i want to live forever but i know that won’t happen. i will miss my daughter when i die. i wished we never had to die. we spend our whole lives with people and then, one day, they are gone…forever…my feet are sore. i continue to work and i try to continue to love. i also continue to exercise. the acting industry bores me. i chose the wrong career. choices we make when we are younger can come back to bite us hard and bite us relentlessly. am i the only one who feels this way? i wish more people were honest and more people were vulnerable. i wish we still had strong communities and strong families but the chase for money or the need to work to survive has lessened community and lessened family get togethers.

there are horrific wars going on and horrific acts of violence. do the politicians care for human life?

sick.

sad.

lost.

alive.

passionate (used to be?)

bored.

bored.

bored.

i love real people and real conversations and i wished we all got along.

money.

money.

money.

time.

time.

time.

go.

go.

go.

don’t listen to the experts. they are wrong.

listen to your gut and listen to the birds chirping outside.

i got a sunburn today. march 13th.

time for bed.

tomorrow is a new day.

#hope.

i am still here.

no money in the bank. cheques waiting to come in but the money comes in slower than it goes out. how do we start making more money more consistently? there has to be a way out of this financial mess. keep doing the consistent work. keep up with the morning pages. keep up with the meditation. keep up with the training. really “get on” my notanotherphony work. book an appt with my doctor to see a psychiatrist and accept the long waiting list but if you have no money you have to accept what you get.

BRAINSTORM IDEAS.

TELL MY STORY.

COMMIT TO TELLING MY STORY.

WRITE OUT DAILY GOALS.

WORK.

DO THE WORK TO TELL MY STORY.

PUBLIC SPEAKING EVENTS.

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES.

OVERCOMING THE SYSTEM.

OVERCOMING MY DAD DYING.

OVERCOMING MY NANA DYTING.

OVERCOMING MY MOM’S OVERDOSE.

OVERCOMING BEING SEXUALLY MOLESTED.

OVERCOMING ARRESTS.

OVERCOMING JAIL.

OVERCOMING REHAB.

OVERCOMING FORTY YEARS OF THERAPY.

OVERCOMING BAD BOSSES.

OVERCOMING BORING TOWNS.

OVERCOMING BLACKOUTS.

OVERCOMING POVERTY.

OVERCOMING MISTAKES.

OVERCOMING SHAME.

OVERCOMING PAIN.

OVERCOMING FEARS.

OVERCOMING ANXIETIES.

OVERCOMINGF STAGEFRIGHT.

OVERCOMING BAD TRIPS.

OVERCOMING BAD ADVICE.

OVERCOMING INJURIES.

OVERCOMING REJECTION.

OVERCOMING LIES.

OVERCOMING DECEPTION.

i am still here.

changing my mindset from a failure to a success.

LOOK AT MY WINS.

LOOK AT MY RESILIENCE.

LOOK AT MY PERSEVERANCE.

daily work.

time flies when you’re bored.

tired. woke up tired. one bottle of wine and one beer last night. not sure what time I went to bed. seem tired. seem bald. i am bald. really bald. really tired. need to cut my hair. need a performance coach.

NEED TO CONQUER MY FEARS

NEED TO CONQUER MY ANXIETIES.

how does one conquer his fears?

how does one conquer his anxieties?

how does one conquer his phobias?

how does one stop caring about pleasing people?

how does one stop people pleasing?

INNER WORK.

INNER WORK.

INNER WORK.

constantly doing inner work.

keep going.

keep persevering.

PERSEVERANCE.

RESILIENCE.

STAY HARD…STRIKE THAT. STAY SOFT AND FUCK “STAY HARD”.

do manifestations work?

be committed to doing the work.

MY WAY.

GET OUT OF MY OWN WAY.

write.

blog.

vlog.

youtube.

podcast.

films.

my films.

growth mindset.

learn and grow.

fuck the system.

engage in activities that move me.

engage in activities that shake me.

engage in activities that touch my heart and touch my soul.

WHAT DO I WANT?

WHAT DO I WANT?

WHAT DO I WANT?

so much boredom.

so little time.

time flies when you’re bored and you don’t know what you want.

offer more.

fight the system. fight the ideas. fight the dull opinions from dull people in dull jobs. social justice warriors becoming comical. fighting for such little issues while major issues go unnoticed. people loving the sound of their own voice while sitting on top of their own pedestal. leave the peasants alone and create. create art that matters. create art that challenges people. challenges systems. challenges opinions. such boredom in our entertainment industry. such a fake industry with fake product and fake people with fake opinions.

focus on myself and connect with other artists. create and fight. fight and conquer.

FUCK EVERYONE AND FUCK THEM HARD.

the majority of people are asleep and follow dumb rules made up by old rich dull people.

GO.

GO.

GO.

be better than what is out there.

be better.

offer more.

have an opinion.

have convictions.

mastery in my own way.

daily routines.

daily writing.

daily running.

daily vlogging.

daily connecting with other filmmakers.

daily ideas.

daily goal setting.

daily actions.

do not be another phony.