Back in college I had a bunch of buddies come over to school for the weekend. Of course, we hit a couple of keggers and drank a lot of beer. When we got back to my dorm room where everyone was going to crash, we sat around mellowing out to a little music.
While most of us were getting pretty sleepy, I guess the alcohol was getting the better of one of my friends, you know how it is. We've all been there before, young, drunk, and stupid. You know how sometimes after a big party all you want to do is mellow out and crash, but your stomach has it's own plans. Between the room spinning and all, some times, no matter how much you don't want to get sick, it just ain't going to happen. Well my buddy sits up and says "I'm getting that taste in my mouth!" And we all knew what was coming next! We all got out of his way and shoved a trash can in front of his face, and sure enough, within seconds, a whole night of partying was coming back up. While it wasn't too cool of an experience for him, we all thought it was pretty funny and it soon entered into our hallowed tales of legend.
Well I think of that phrase sometimes when I'm feeling overwhelmed. In many ways it's the same experience, just slightly messier outcomes. Well since I started the New Year I've been filled with excitement and energy, so much so I'm getting to that point where I've piled up such a long list of things I want to do, that I'm not sure where to start. I've still got some major projects that I'm working on that remain incomplete, and yet, I'm still finding new things that I feel need done.
As I've been sensing for over a year now, I know that the technology world is right on the very edge of a major shift in the publishing industry. So while I guess I should be focusing on the whole publishing side of the equation, I've got this strong sense that I should be working on the foundation that I'll need to launch into this new challenge. So even if I've got some heavy lifting grunt work to do, I think that it needs to be done before I can build my comic book publishing empire. Mu ha ha ha.
While most of us were getting pretty sleepy, I guess the alcohol was getting the better of one of my friends, you know how it is. We've all been there before, young, drunk, and stupid. You know how sometimes after a big party all you want to do is mellow out and crash, but your stomach has it's own plans. Between the room spinning and all, some times, no matter how much you don't want to get sick, it just ain't going to happen. Well my buddy sits up and says "I'm getting that taste in my mouth!" And we all knew what was coming next! We all got out of his way and shoved a trash can in front of his face, and sure enough, within seconds, a whole night of partying was coming back up. While it wasn't too cool of an experience for him, we all thought it was pretty funny and it soon entered into our hallowed tales of legend.
Well I think of that phrase sometimes when I'm feeling overwhelmed. In many ways it's the same experience, just slightly messier outcomes. Well since I started the New Year I've been filled with excitement and energy, so much so I'm getting to that point where I've piled up such a long list of things I want to do, that I'm not sure where to start. I've still got some major projects that I'm working on that remain incomplete, and yet, I'm still finding new things that I feel need done.
As I've been sensing for over a year now, I know that the technology world is right on the very edge of a major shift in the publishing industry. So while I guess I should be focusing on the whole publishing side of the equation, I've got this strong sense that I should be working on the foundation that I'll need to launch into this new challenge. So even if I've got some heavy lifting grunt work to do, I think that it needs to be done before I can build my comic book publishing empire. Mu ha ha ha.
