Mephitic Palavers

"What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate."

-Henry David Thoreau

For the past two years, my life has been in a constant state of flux. From one idea to the next, my mind wanders between endless deserts of change in a search for some great unknown. Where is it that I am going? When will such a hunt end? What will ultimately be that which will define me?

I started back to working on websites this weekend. There are two sites that I would like to complete and running live by the end of September. The first one, the site I have made the progress on, is lugubrious-delirium.com. This is my personal homepage.I am trying to develop a theme similar to a mental asylum, an institution of my mind. I plan to have this serve as a personal web portal and a tool to fully explore the contents of my mind. The second site I would like to complete is the alumni association site for my college fraternity. This second should be much simpler and need little to no updates once it is fully functional and online.

Another thing that I have been occupying a good bit of my time with is reading. So far this year I have probably read more books then I have in the last 10 years combined. Most of the books have been soft and social sci-fi books, which I absolutely love, and a few have been straight science books, for example on space, physics and zombie survival. One of the science books I have recently read has made a huge impact on my life. It has convinced me to take better care of my body by exercising regularly, eating healthier and taking heap of various vitamins. I do fell better physically than I have in recent years.

There are a few things that I would like to spend more time on, that mainly being writing. I feel that if I ever want to fulfill my dream of getting a few novels published, I need to start devoting more time to perfect my art. At least my new system of daily to-do lists seems to be helping me allocate the necessary attention to what I would like to accomplish. I just need to be responsible and avoid those nasty time sinks as much as possible.