Personal Musings
Posts about me
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Tattoo
I got my first tattoo when I was 17, the second when I was 18. I’ve yet to get a third. To this day I’m still not 100% sure why I got a tattoo, although I do know that I am happy with them and don’t regret the decision at all. Typically, if you ask…
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Crash
Tense. Adrenalin pumping. Muscles flexing, pulsing with each wave. Thoughts ramming through my head, cascading across reason, slamming into nothing. Driving now. Hands tight on the wheel, music loud, leery, aggressive. Angry at the van cutting me up, angry at the woman on her cellphone. Angry at the cars not going fast enough. Risking. Not…
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If
Situations, reactions, altering perceptions, skewing reality, imagining. What if…? My usual tactic for falling asleep is to plan my day, think about what I’ll be doing tomorrow. Sometimes it backfires and my mind races away from me, into situations that may not happen, that I dread will EVER happen, yet I find myself catching up…
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Manly man?
S/he. Interesting piece. I have always found it easier to make friends, with women, and tend to shy away from the more ‘lout-ish’ kinda guy. I do watch and play football, but it really is only a game. I do drink beer but it’s not a contest. I do flirt with women, but that is…
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Grandpa
13 years ago The memory of my grandfathers death occasionally pervades my dreams. I hardly knew him. I knew an old man in a wheelchair after 4 strokes. Not the laughing centre of attention he was. I remember watching people stand at the side of the road looking at the funeral procession. I remember thinking…
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Perception
I wonder. I imagine. I replay scenario’s and moments, trying to re-engineer past events. How many things would YOU do differently? Am I the joker in the pack? The philosopher? The quiet self-assured one? Or do I strive to be all three and more? What are people’s perceptions of me and why do they matter?…