I'm moving tomorrow

So I am having no fun. But on Monday I helped a friend shoot a scene for web series he's working on. So if you want to see my get killed. Well here's your chance.

The Obvious Assassin

The creative mind versus the real world. Part one.

I have a feeling this is gonna have a lot of parts by the time I am finished with this blog.  There are certain major issues I have noticed about being a dreamer. For example it can often make day to day interaction with friends and loved ones interesting let along dealing with other people, like bosses, cops, the next door neighbor whatever.

I'm blessed with a lady in my life who can actually watch me as I stand there allegedly interacting with the world  while thinking of some story idea or an image I want to capture. "You're out there again aren't you?" She'll ask, and I will totally cop to it.

Someone once asked me why I always work on such odd escapist stuff. "Why do you want to escape reality? I mean you live here." Which sadly is true.

It's kind of hard to point out to folks that reality sucks. Most people tend to spend their time engaged in a game of double think. Aware of all the things in our world that are horribly screwed up but rolling with it because it's so much easier that way.  It creates a massive dose of mental friction in people, but somehow they bull through it.

Your average dreamer fully acknowledges that the world sucks. After all the way it sucks are plot points to their personal story. Then they engage the problems in a manner to keep themselves entertained. We may not be able to change things to make them suck less but our perception of them can be the root cause of some truly epic art and literature.

It took a mind capable of seeing the film strip of time to it's inevitable dystopia to write a novel like William Gibson's Neuromancer. Which if you read it and look at the news seems more and more prescient every day.

Or someone who is truly willing to look around and question everything to write Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in A Strange Land." A book that caused quite a few people to sit up and notice just how odd a lot of things we take for granted truly are.

It's how we deal with seeing how the world sucks, we escape by creating new worlds, or asking questions no one had the guts to ask. For a lot of people who are creative or dreamers the notion of ignoring the problem is in many cases far worse than the problem itself. And if you won't answer our direct questions perhaps you might notice the questions when it's in a book movie or song.

Live in the real world? Currently I have no choice, but if I should find a door to another world somewhere behind the old guitar gear in my closet I will be calling a few people, and we will be on our way.

All I have to ramble about today. If you have any questions ideas or helpful suggestions please let me know.

Going to make it a point to have a reference to something I thought was funny or cool in each of these so todays is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uwsbLDZ7RA

If you're a nerd and wanna good laugh.

Let's begin

So welcome to an experiment in me speaking my mind on pretty much any subject I see fit to talk about. I plan to post around every week to keep my writing skills more or less sharp and to hopefully entertain some of the internet public. 

First though a little about your humble blogger. 

My Name is Dave Nesbit I'm some where in my mid 40's and working on trying out a few new careers. Over the last few years I finished a degree in video and audio editing, I have helped to put together and curate several art fashion and film shows, am part of a group that does monthly spoken words shows, and when I'm bored I call my friends and we shoot photographs and videos. When no ones looking I write, a lot. So far I have three first drafts done and a fourth in progress. 

I live in the great city of Omaha Nebraska, and I say that with no irony at all. I moved here 23 years ago expecting not much and discovered that this town has hidden depths that I keep exploring every chance I get. 

My politics lean left, I hated hipsters before it was cool, and while my taste in music is fairly diverse there's a good chance that if you get into my car the radio will likely be set to a Classic rock or FM rock radio station. 

A few years ago a friend of mine who writes a regular column once told me the key to being a commercial writer has less to do with being good at writing than by being consistent at it. Editors need to fill spaces with copy and if you don't have your column done they'll find someone else to do it for them. 

So my plan is to be consistent. I am hoping that to keep the channels in my writing mind open I am going to put together a weekly or more column here on blogger. Likely discussing something that interests me or gets on my nerves. 

Hopefully it will spur some interest and discussion. Expect pieces on music, art, politics, sex, drugs, and writing. If you have an idea for something you want me to write about feel free to do so. 

So let's see how this all comes together, join me for the journey.