Bunions
Teabags
Humming (bird)
Irish Whiskey
Robots
The pictures I've used are obviously not ones I've taken or drawn
(mostly) and have been harvested by me over the last 10 years or so back
when I saw the internet and all the content in it's gaping maw as a
giant pile of "free". Those viewpoints have changed for sure, and if I
could credit the pictures to people I would. I used to take music all
the time from other peoples digital libraries, those who would foolishly
share their music folder on the corporate or home network would
unknowingly give me a digital copy of all of it. Not only did I realize
this was creepy and wrong, but I wound up with some staggeringly bad rap
and pop music.
Nerd.
Now I'm of a different kind of mind - even digital data (despite having no physical presence or value) deserves the respect that stuff I can lick and touch and smell does because someone did something to make it. I feel the same way about a strangers random smile or being given the bird, or a whiff of jasmine or 2 stroke exhaust on my walk to work. These are all things I can't hold or touch or probably even remember next week but mean something and have value.
Fun.
I like to hug, hugging is good and I've been teased and made fun of for it by many.
Once I was on a date years ago and after a great night of dinner and conversation we were about to go our separate ways and I tried to hug her. She blocked me and said "Oh you're one of those,..." and I laughed nervously and said "you don't know what you're missing" which totally creeped her out and we never spoke again. But I wasn't being weirdly boastful about my manhood, I was just trying to let her know that a good solid hug is so valuable at the right time. It felt like the right time to me.
Dumb.
Thanks for everything, I can say for sure that any of you who have been encouraging or commenting or supportive of this weird and silly experiment have definitely played a part in my life. A life that is all the better for your part.
Nerd.
Now I'm of a different kind of mind - even digital data (despite having no physical presence or value) deserves the respect that stuff I can lick and touch and smell does because someone did something to make it. I feel the same way about a strangers random smile or being given the bird, or a whiff of jasmine or 2 stroke exhaust on my walk to work. These are all things I can't hold or touch or probably even remember next week but mean something and have value.
Fun.
I like to hug, hugging is good and I've been teased and made fun of for it by many.
Once I was on a date years ago and after a great night of dinner and conversation we were about to go our separate ways and I tried to hug her. She blocked me and said "Oh you're one of those,..." and I laughed nervously and said "you don't know what you're missing" which totally creeped her out and we never spoke again. But I wasn't being weirdly boastful about my manhood, I was just trying to let her know that a good solid hug is so valuable at the right time. It felt like the right time to me.
Dumb.
Thanks for everything, I can say for sure that any of you who have been encouraging or commenting or supportive of this weird and silly experiment have definitely played a part in my life. A life that is all the better for your part.
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