Vodka-induced rambling

Mmmm... vodka.

Huh?  Oh, right.  I'm writing things.

The salt didn't work, so I was forced to get a new phone.  This one with a keyboard, so I can finally put apostrophes in my texts!  Yes, I write gramatically correct texts.  It's one of those side effects of an english degree.  Also, I've noticed that texting can be a great way for people to be passive agressive.  The more abreviations and acronyms you use, the more hostile the message!  Argh, I hate passive agressive people.

Bah.  Anyway, I was surfing around variuos blogs and pages the other day and noticed that people who have obsessions tend to be more interesting.  Not neccesarily obsessive people, but people who are into a particular subject or thing so that they'll seek out any and all information and reference to that subject.  I talked to a girl who was obsessed with cheesy horror movies, and one who was obsessed with Alexander the Great.  They were incredibly into thire respective topics and could go on and on about them.  THere was no question in their minds that what they were talking about wa sincredibly interesting, and I found their fascination rubbing off on me.  I've never been particularly interested in Alexander the Great, but this firl was so animated that she made me want to learn more about him and what he did in his life.

It made me wonder, do I have an obsession that makes me interesting?  I've had plenty of phases.  For a while I was way into dreams and subconsciuos, and after that it was social memes and media tropes.  But do I have something I keep pursuing more than just the current shiny bit of philosophical interest?

Maybe perfect moments.  I still seek those out quite a bit.  Anywhere I can find them: books, movies, comics or music.  Not just the good ones either.  moments of perfect misery, or perfect despair, for instance.  I love them all.  I'll buy the worst DVD I've ever had the displeasure of watching, just for the one scene a third into the film where a character just says something exactly the right way in exactly the right context and conveys an emotion or feeling perfectly.  Why did I feel that connection just then, with that character?  How did they reach me?  D those moments reach other people in the same way?  These are the things I want to know and find out.

A good chunk of what I write comes from those moments I've found (there's a list).  Can I convey the same intensity, even if I change the characters and setting?  There was a video game I played once (Planescape Torment) where there was a collection of magically stored experiences.  To more hard-core video gamers, it was all fluff that had nothing to do with advancing the game or story, but It was one of my favorite parts of the game, because it was in essence a collection of perfect moments.  Bitter Hatred.  Soul-Crushing Duty.  Each one was nothing more than a few paragraphs describing an experience of intense emotion.  It was awesome.

Hmmm.   Should I post more about perfect moements in an effort to be more interesting?  Meh, maybe.

And now, back to the vodka.