Sunday, April 29, 2007

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff...

or so says Harvey Pekar

Some people are able to describe life with its ups and downs, its depressing, uplifting or amusing moments, in such a loving and achingly truthfully way.

I am not.

So after a considerable gap, I'm afraid what I have to report would I'm sure come across as very boring.

In general I've been plodding along very nicely, in my very own way. I've recently realised that some of my opinions of the world may seem very pessimistic, that the way I think the world works and my expectations of what life will bring can appear to be a complete downer.
I think the world has loads of negative aspects, I don't expect things to go brilliantly, and i think people are flawed, very flawed and often very wrong.
Yet, somehow, even as i say these things to me its not pessimistic.
I'm not sad, i'm not upset and I don't worry about these things.I don't think the world is a dreary place.
I'm not sure why this is, and I don't think I'll be able to explain it very well. The best i can do is say that I know that despite everything wrong in the world, the good is better, more worthwhile, stronger, and ultimately eclipses the bad. Not in a fairytale happy ending way. Just in a one good think turns all the bad things into noise, the stuff to get past, through, over, experience and make the good sweeter.

American splendor could be a film about nothing, or something. I thought there was something there, I'm not sure what.

Ramblings I know, but I was told to update!