Overheated Fry
Stephen Fry’s latest blessay is incomplete, inaccurate, repititious and belaboured.
He admits as much (at least those last two) at the end of the post. So, why did he still post what he knows isn’t work done to the standard of his previous blessays? It’s not like he has any obligation to post them on any sort of timetable.
I know my posts suck, but that’s fully in line with my track record in blog-world.
Update: After noticing 10 referees from Fry’s post (not insignificant in my world), I wonder if I should write a fuller review. Wouldn’t want to offend anyone by not offering the basis for my opinion. . .
I am having a crisis.
Today I found out about the illustration of Joshua Middleton, http://joshuamiddleton.com/
It blows me away. I watched an 8 minute movie of him drawing a goblin. I almost cried. I hate my life.
I keep telling myself that I’m overreacting. That everything is okay. All the signs may point to a total cluster eff, but I keep pretending there are good things in my life. And then I get a glimpse of How It Could Be and I see what a waste my life has become.
I have dug myself a very deep hole. I get good at denial and feel like maybe things aren’t so bad. Then a bird will fly over and I’ll realize just how far down the hole I (still) am. I can make peace with the hole, but it is still a hole.
And I am still alone in the hole. Which makes sense. Why would anyone want to suffer the way I do?
This is probably all just because my birthday is coming. You know how it is. Another year is coming to an end and I’m obviously questioning my place in the universe.
But I have the same bad feeling about this that I had in high school. If I stay “here” it will be the end of me.
“Keep smiling for me.” -Massive Attack, Butterfly Caught
Jesus, Ethan. You’ve said stuff like this for as long as I’ve known you. But this sounds worse than I’ve heard you in ages. When are you going to decide to change things?
Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.
Thank you Grant, for Getting It.
Yes, you should.