People: A Case Study

Yeah... So, I was gonna try to get at least two posts a week out on this thing. So much for that plan. I actually had about half of my next post written, when the cat decided to use my brand new laptop as a springboard and trashed it, and that just wrecked the whole plan. But, late or not, here I am, armed with coffee, a smoke, and way too much shit on my mind.

So, last time we covered romance, coming out to my folks, and my need to get out of my nuerotic cyclcle of mass bullshit.

I've always had a touch of OCD, not too much more than your average citizen, but of late, it's been kicked into overdrive. At first, I thought that this was a side effect of my semi-depression, but I've been feeling better of late, and I'm still just as nuerotic about cleaning and organization as I was when I the most down. There are far worse manifestations of OCD, of course, but up at 2am scrubbing the kitchen sink when I have to be up for work in six hours isn't particularily healthy.

As part of my plan to get out of my recent funk, I promised that I was going to start being more creative again, and I've been doing pretty well on the front, my notebook has seen a fair bit of writing and terribe sketches in the last month, and I've got a pair of web site designs fleshed out that I really like. Hopefully I'll be able to sell those, the extra cash would be great.

Ready for a sudden subject change? Good, here it is.

I've not slep well for years, I'm pretty good at being in bed at a decent time, but I'll lay there and stare at the ceiling, wondering about anything from the eventual heat death of the universe to the prevalance and effectiveness of advertisements. Recently, though, I've found myself considering people more often than not, and I've formed a theory that I'd like to put to the test. I've decided to stop writing people off as stupid, or more correctly, stop writing them off as uninteresting. It seems utterly insane to think that any member of our species has managed to make it through life without a story, or without putting enough thought into a subject that they can't be interesting speaking on that topic. My current job has put me in touch with a fairly broad sampling of people, and while not all of them are likeable right off the bat, I'd be willing to put money on all of them having at least one subject that I would be interested in hearing about.

For a while, I wasn't sure what to do with this idea, but after tossing it around in my head, I've decided that I would like to do a show, I've got the basic equpiment to do a podcast already, and I think I know how to keep it fairly interesting. I'm thinking of calling it People: A Case Study, and after I get a few episodes set, and hopefully get some people to listen, I'd like to open the topics of discussion and possible guests to the community. It would just be regular people, speaking on a subject that captures their interest. I don't know if I can make it fly, but I certainly would like to give it a shot.

Oh, and for the record, if anybody reading this has thoughts, suggestions, or thinks I'm a rambling idiot, make sure to let me know in the comments.

I almost forgot, I'm going to be heading to NYC this coming month. I'd love for somebody to suggest some stuff for me to do while I'm there, since I've got no idea what to do with myself while I'm there.