First things first, bad news. A renowned writer passed away the other day. Peter David is probably best known for writing numerous comics over the years and he wrote a few dozen novels. Most of his work was in science fiction. A number of people whose opinions I trust in the field were big fans of his. I’m not personally familiar with most of his work but he did write a couple parts of the DC/Marvel crossover in the mid nineties. I had gotten my hands on the trade paperback around 2000 or so. I really enjoyed that story. That’s where I consciously started to understand multiversal theory and how to conceptualize analogous characterization. Skills that have clearly served me well all these years working in retail.
I think I’ll need to make this a short post. I fell behind working on things around the apartment and started writing this later than I planned. And then I started watching TV again. I had noticed the other day that my baseline existential dread felt considerably lower than usual and then I realized that I haven’t watched through How I Met Your Mother in the last two quarters and haven’t in turn been reminded about my life dreams and ambitions so long ago ripped away from my grasp as my youth was flushed down the cosmic toilet by circumstance of my finances and stolen opportunities…have I mentioned lately how happy I am my “mother” is finally dead? So, just so happy!
