What and Where I've Been

Over the past 10 years I've been making mead and studying trees. Also working as a software and web developer, beekeeping, camping, gardening, and writing. But I haven't posted anything here because I've done it other places. Blogs are not my forte. I liked participating in forums sometimes, but those days are over. Twitter is alright.
I don't work a 9-5 job, haven't in over a year. I do freelance web development work mostly (hit me up if you're a small business looking for a custom e-commerce website or you just have a cool website idea). And of course I listen to metal and go to a lot of metal concerts. So...that's my life. Wow I just realized I moved to North Carolina about a year and a half after the last post. I've lived here for 9 years. Alright, well I'm going back to the forest now.

The Space To Run

I don't think this blog format works very well for longer pieces, so here is The Space To Run on my dA account.

Trying Too Hard To Be Immortal

Another one from 2011 that I finished recently.

Trying Too Hard To Be Immortal

I whispered to the world

And said my secrets safe with you

Closed my eyes and turned

A golden key

Laid down to rest

But somehow

The earth had found

A way to be untrue

My secrets never mattered

To a mother cold as you

And no matter how I wished

Beneath stars or sinking moon

Not an answer

Just a promise

Of an ending coming soon

So I wandered through a thousand lives

And lived them one by one

Closed my eyes

They slipped away

I forgot where I'd begun

The Road Is Moving

Don't let life beat you into thinking there are rules you have to follow. You get one life - this is it. If you really want something, don't give up; fight for it, take it.

I turn around

But nothing's there

We're running so fast

We forget where

I've gone so far in this lifeline

I need a new life

But where to start from?

We've been here so long

After awhile

We forget the beauty

Of the moment, the unknown

It's burning right through me

I gave you time

Time didn't care

Now who's waiting

Who's around the corner?

We're so far past a dead end

Feels like a start to forever

Where am I going?

The road is moving

After awhile

We forget the beauty

Of the moment, the unknown

It's burning right through me

Boldly

Going through the past 6 months of random stuff.

Boldly

As the moon rose

As the trees spoke

Swaying smoothly as the heart

With a beat that is red

and delicious

With fire coursing

and melting

Its way through time

Our fire, we felt

We cried that it belonged to us

But time and fire

Never knew our names

Our precious youth

and hidden games

That vanish, untraced

Yet we lay, boldly

Beneath the stars

Surrounded by emptiness

and beauty

For a moment

Boundaries

Its been far, far too long since I've posted here. Thanks for reading. This one's for those who love, who hate, whose fantasies can and will never be reality.

Boundaries

Hands and fingers feeling down

Cross the boundaries I laid

Sparks shatter my soundless world

Fulfill the wish I should have made

I want to feel like this forever

Lost in your loud world, all color

Dreaming through a lonely vessel

Living just to touch each other

Watch the dark hide your desires

Wrap yourself in reds and yellows

Lay yourself across my threshold

Forget the world and all its troubles

But time was slow and we were fast

Our fears rained down to drown our flames

We passed the day, refused the night

I thought of you and laughed and cried

All that's left this thread of words

It's strong enough to pull you in

Or tie me up, make you a prison

I watch your mouth, it cuts my hands

Inception and Vanishing Complexity

Recently everyone has been going crazy over Chris Nolan's new supposed masterpiece Inception. I saw the movie last week and I must say it was very well done, however I do not think it is nearly as original and brilliant as some enthusiastic reviewers say. The story was actually quite simple and nowhere near as complex and far-reaching as something like The Matrix or Fight Club. The appeal is very personal and psychological, as is Chris Nolan's style, but I digress. The reason I believe there is such praise for this movie is quite simple. People want to be made to think. This is what Nolan's popularity really conveys to me, as this is a thought-provoking movie, but not extremely so. I think that, at least at some level, people are just so sick of being presented with simplistic action or romance that is completely transparent. This has been the case over and over again in the past few years. There is a trend toward less thought-provoking movies. Last year saw a couple sci-fi gems come out in the form of District 9 and Moon. This year Inception is the only movie I have been willing to see in theaters. This trend towards less complex and unique movie plots really makes me wonder if people actually do want less thinking and more visceral stimuli as entertainment. Then I look at the popularity of "reality" television and know it must be true. A wise man did once say that people would rather be content to live in ignorance and stupidity than go through the labor of gaining more knowledge. Is this contentedness positive or negative? A small part of me wants to have sympathy for those who wish this kind of contentment, but I know if everyone was content to remain ignorant our country and our civilization would not have gotten very far in the first place.