Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind 18 – The Secret to Success is Procrastination

Stoner Log. Stardate Cold Cuts.

Smoking dope while fighting a cold is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it helps with the body aches. On the other hand, it increases the inherent fatigue and makes the chills even worse. The coughing bit is also worsened, but that’s par for the course.  This explains my lapse in posting, and why my internet dry spell went by so quickly. You’d think I’d have been slightly more productive, but hey.

 I’ve also been working on set for every major production that’s happened in my city. And since I’ve had no food at home, I taxed the shit out of craft services just before wrap.

It’s rather telling however, when you eat better on set than you do at home. On set the other day, I got fresh chicken, potatoes, rice, gravy, greens, and dessert. At home, I once survived a whole day on a single cigarette and a coffee.   


 I am quite glad I’ve been so baked, however. As these last couple of episodes of Rick and Morty have that same kind of zany energy the first season did. I’m calling it: season 3 has made Rick and Morty great again!

 Also, you know what show is criminally underrated? Penny Dreadful.


Not only is it a topnotch Gothic horror property, but every single player knocks it out of the park. You kind of expect it from the likes of Eva Green and Timothy Dalton, but even the one-off characters play their parts perfectly. I have been nothing short of blown away by it. Leave it to the BBC to produce such an amazing series. North American entertainment seriously needs to step their game up; myself included.

 Also, while I’m grinding an axe against the culture I was born into, can I say how goddamn useless most people are? To the point that we now, for some reason, need coffee taprooms?
Yeah, you've all seen the ad, I assume.

I mean, how much do we have to spend on our snobbery? How much waste to we need to produce to satisfy our hubris? If people pay for it, then I don’t blame the ones who run it. It’s a niche market, and a smart move to cash in on it. No, I have no problem with the poor saps working the till. I have a problem with the useless, wasteful, arrogant customers that come in. These are people who feel they are too important to make their own, despite the fact that it’s not hard to operate a coffee machine. A REAL coffee machine, that is. Don’t even get me started on this Keurig bullshit.   

 However, I think it’s time to take another hoot and get out of this opinionated, negative mindset.

 Goddammit, I just checked on my banking stuff. I’m now going to talk about cryptocurrency while baked. Magic Dope Fairy have mercy on my soul.

 Why I say goddammit is because 26.xyz steem just got lost in translation from my bitcoin wallet to the exchange to turn it into money – Canadian dollars, for me. But, since I’m so baked, I’m shrugging it off and saying “Fuck it. I’ll just post more here and make up the difference.” We’ll call it carrying charges.


It sucks, but getting pissed off isn’t going to change it.

 I’d like to think I’ve grown as a person. Three years ago, I would have fucking snapped and broken somebody’s nose over it. Not really, but I would have been mad enough to do it. Now, I find that kind of impotent anger so wasteful. And it erodes your soul to carry that much hate around with you. It’s not healthy; one wonders why organized religion is still so widely practiced.

 Also, since I’m feeling introspective, I’ve found myself at odds with most of the people who are out there to make a million dollars. I want to make that money, but only because I have plans for it. I don’t want to be rich to flaunt it on Instagram, or to belittle those who have less. No. I want my own house so I can have draft beer in the basement and a soundstage in my backyard. I want to make money to make movies, not make movies to make money.

I’m not building an Empire, I’m building a Republic. We’ve had too many tyrants and emperors and overlords throughout history. Why do I need to lump myself in with them?

 It’s like how I see my film career. I’m using a model like the old story Stone Soup. You remember that one as a kid?


Two guys are trying to make soup with a stone in it, and someone says “This would taste better with some vegetables, I’ve got some” or “I’ve some chicken broth I’m not using.” And everyone adds to it, and enjoys it in the end, as has a wonderful time. That’s the leg-up I want to give.
 

Well, for now, I’ve colluded as many interesting snippets from various smoking sessions for your enjoyment. Now, time to spark up and make some new ones.

Fairy Bless, Everyone!

-Eli 

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