Mom (Lament)

"I'm not as young as I was two months ago."

That's true of all of us, Mom.

Christie

The other night I pulled Tool's Lateralus out of storage and gave it a spin for the first time since letting you borrow it some 15 years ago. 

The memory of you it elicited felt like an unborn baby kicking me in the guts.

Perspectives on Death

The closer you get to the end of life, the more you realize what little time you have left, and how quickly those remaining moments slip into the ether.

I'm sorry, Mom. I am learning this lesson against my will, as are you.

Renée

How old was I when you realized I would fail to meet your expectations?

Apryl

I look you in the eye and see everything that could have been.

Dreams (Of Neoliberal Sheep)

In my opinion the importance of acting, all too often, is lost on people. Their dreams forever exist as just that – dreams – with no corresponding course of action to bring them to fruition. As a result, they forever inhabit a kind of half-life existence, never fully realized. What’s worse, people can’t understand why they are so dissatisfied with the outcome of their lives – it’s because they’ve never fully engaged with the potentiality of their dreams! I see this all the time – I have been guilty of it myself – and it is one of the saddest scenarios I know.

Scott

I'm 35 years old and this trip only ends one way. There is a lot of work that needs to be done between now and then, to pave the way for the generation to come, so "kick back and relax" isn't on my to-do list. I don't have time to be useless like you.

Keep your unsolicited opinions to yourself.