Chasing Dreams

So here I am, back on my soap-box but this time it’s a  political rant.  On a flight back from Barcelona I saw the movie “Inside Job” which was an excellent critique and analysis of our current economic crisis.  Yes crisis my friend.  If you are the average American then you have seen your real income, the hard earned money you make adjusted for the cost of living, decrease, while the wealthiest Americans have seen an increase. As of 2006, the United States had one of the highest levels of income inequality, as measured through the Gini Index among high income countries comparable to that of some middle income countries such as Russia or Turkey, being one of only few developed countries where inequality has increased since 1980. We are becoming a Nation of the “Haves and the Have Nots” So why is it that our Republican leaders are all calling for tax breaks for the job producers at the cost to the wage earners?  If you think this is rhetoric look at the c...

Well 2011 is off to good start so far.  I have officially completed my first self-published project.  It is a very unique book entitled "Corporate Liaison" and you can take a sneak peek here but definitely order your copy soon, Valentine's Day is right around the corner.  Corporate Liaison by Garfield Harry | Make Your Own Book This project was in the works for some time now, mainly because of the various creative elements that had to be blended together into a single cohesive venue.  First we have the actual story, which drives everything. It's a erotic love story about two ambitious professionals that fall for each other despite the pitfalls of an office romance. A project like this without a strong plot and interesting characters is a waste.  I believe I've been able to capture both. Then we have the WAY the story is being revealed which is what makes this book so unconventional.  It's a collection of poems linked together by short scene description...

Happy New Year.... the end is near.  Ok people it's 2011, one year closer to the dreaded 2012. You know what I'm referring to... the end of the world as predicted by folks who have mis-read the Mayan calendars. Personally I believe the Mayans just didn't create a calendar beyond 2011. They were busy, fighting off Europeans or plagues or something but the fact that the calendar they did create ends in 2012 somehow translates into the end of the world as we know it. People are funny. But you know, we have seen some really bizarre things recently,  slug creatures  in the sewers of North Carolina, we've had  mass animal deaths  as recently as few days ago. On  Wednesday officials in Kentucky reported the death of hundreds of birds that seem to fall out of the sky, for the SECOND time this week.  Sweden reported 50 jackdaw birds found in the streets of Stockholm and 50,000 dead crabs washed up on the shores of the UK. Similar events are being reported ...

Y eah so I thought my first blog of the year was going to be something profound and inspiring... naaaa... it's about James Bond. It dawned on me watching " Casino Royale " with Daniel Craig how the James Bond character is a physical manifestation of the male Id. Now just so we're on the same page, by Id I'm referring to that part of the personality that is pure and basic drive not guided by morals or societal rules like the ego or the super ego. It's the child in us all that just wants to take what we want without concern of consequence and is ruled by the " pleasure principle ", seeking to avoi d pain or unpleasure aroused by increases in instinctual tension. For anyone who has seen the Bond franchise this is not news but the last tw o Bond films, "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace" provides background to why the character behaves the way he does and more importantly it provides a glimpse into why men in genera...

Life is more than just a collection of random events and our reactions to them... at least for me it needs to be more. Like a lot of people I need purpose, adventure, friendship and most importantly variety... routine is poison for creative people. But as I'm learning, purpose finds YOU, so there is no need to go looking for it. Adventure gets the heart pumping fast but it walks hand in hand with drama. You might think you don't like drama but interesting lives are usually filled with some kind of dramatic event or combination of such. Friendship, well that's all about how much you're willing to open yourself and your lives to people that have an effect on you. I have lots of people I'm friendly with but a select few friends... I mean people I can rely on. That brings us to variety... or the need for variety which is really just the need to grow, the need to evolve, to learn, to see the world through different eyes. This has been the driving factor in my life. ...

Ok now... I am back. My car is back home with the help of my family and although I now have to change the dead battery that I suspect might have been switched during the 2 days in the city pound it's good to have wheels again. It's hard to understand how it's actually more expensive to NOT have a car in NY. Yeah I know all the arguments about parking, tickets, maintenance, etc but the daily cost of a commute from home to JFK works out to be less with a car... funny. Attended an amateur comedy night last night at a friend's fabulous apartment. It's a community of artist that is designed to promote creativity. They have periodic shows, comedy and music and gotta say it wasn't bad. Not sure if I enjoyed myself because of the company I shared or because it was a little escape but it might have something to do with the Cuban meal, with sangria and the Johnny Walker Black on the rocks we shared on her incredible deck complete with a view of NYC. Open air, witty conv...

Well today was one of those days that feels like I’ve fallen to bottom of a pit of misfortune. That’s right folks I’m gonna grip now. My cable is off so this was written on Tuesday August 3 and I’m not sure when I’ll be publishing it to my blog. My 4 year old Razr is on it’s last legs evidenced by the occasional blank screen that I’m only seeing because I lost my beautiful Droid. And on the 4th day of working 14 hour days, I go home to change for my next job and emerge to find that my car has been towed for multiple parking violations on the day that my divisional decides to pay us a visit. I now have to go to my family to borrow the money to get my car out of the pound before it is sold at auction… yeah it’s one of the days that I hope I never to see again. And all of this on the heels of me finally self-publishing the picture book that I’ve working on for so long. There is a lesson in all of this but I’m not sure what it is yet. Just when I feel that I have hit an all time low one ...