Randall stands at six feet five inches tall and has suffered from the desire to write for a good majority of his strange life. With daily tempest raging in his head, and creative impulses coming out his finger tips- he keeps this blog to help him understand the life he has imagined living. Growing up in a wealthy family he saw first hand how money does not make you happy (although he is starting to reconsider this conclusion). When he graduated from college- he renounced financial wealth and worked at many jobs, while trying to figure out what he was going to do with his life. Years later he dropped out of graduate school and decided to dedicate himself to a life long pursuit of writing, painting, activism, teaching and somehow saving the world. He has worked as a waiter, high school teacher, administrative assistant, tutor, bartender, free-lance writer, delivery man, cook and pizza maker. Now, much to his family’s apprehension, he is 38 years old and still determined to write the great American novel (or blog). He lives with his wife (who desperately wants children), two cats, a plethora of unsold paintings and sees a psychologist twice a week.
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Trying the best I can!
You are wonderful!!
Suffering is identification with form.
Oh? And you lead me to believe you were an unemployed soon to be teacher, or did I miss something here.
Currently I am unemployed. I have saved enough money that I am fortunate to not have to work. I spend my days writing, painting, cleaning the house and worrying about death. For a long while I taught high school English and am now looking for work once again as a Teacher. So I am in what Dante called- Limbo, neither here nor there, or what Buddhists call samsara, a place of suffering because of the fear of being no place at all. If I was perfectly content and fearless being no place at all- this would be called Enlightenment.
Thank you for all your clever comments…..
Let me know if you have other questions that I may have the fun of answering…..
Still trying to figure out who I am. Long hours spent writing this blog have helped to rip away many unconscious layers…but I am still searching.
I love Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, especially the “Inferno.”I like your clever little bits of spiritual wisdom. They sound beautiful and honest. Good luck finding your way. ^_^
Sorry, I’m on a bit of an extending-my-stay visit. Just to say, unless you enjoy it, but I’m guessing not, as you called it worrying, may I try to discourage worrying about death as maniacally as possible while just about remaining within the bounds of the law? I’ve got a feeling I gave a good dollop of time over to worrying about death and then somehow I made it stop. Or made myself stop. Told myself I wouldn’t worry about it any more. And I mostly don’t. Though I do still, a bit. Which is not to say I’m not a fuck-up, because I am, but a better fuck-up than I was when I worried too much about death.
I’m liking your writing a lot.
by the way, i love the picture of you here. you look like you just got busted doing something… sheepish, but in a ‘oh f***ing well’ way… ha!
You are correct Elisabeth82- it is my mug shot! And I was caught doing something terribly sheepish.
Hello, you’ve got a great blog. I noticed you commented on a post of mine and I just wanted to say that it made me laugh. Thanks a lot for taking the time
“Suffering is identification with form’. too true, and the mind, time, and all of that jazz.
thank you for the reminder. Does this include even the female form?
i would like a testicle cap.
This is a very insightful weblog Randall.
I do look forward to reading more of your thoughts as they make themselves known to you.
Happy blogging to you friend.
artistic mind and talk! pls, say “hi” to your shrink from me;
maybe you’re the one that cures him ^_^
you are brilliant…period
…..you are much to kind. But I must say I do agree with you (:
Randall can write. Keep it up. I can see that (it should be) very cathartic for you. I hope so.
The more of your work I read the smaller and less sugnifigant my work becomes. It does not compare to the wording that you and your friends use. Being 15 I understand that I have a long way to go and can achieve this level of speaking but for now I am completly blown away.
“Growing up in a wealthy family he saw first hand how money does not make you happy (although he is starting to reconsider this conclusion). ”
Oh, man, I had to learn that the hard way.
Too funny.
Wow! That is the coolest header I’ve ever seen. I love that!
WC
Why thank you writerchick.
I like your writings..especially your honesty and dry sense of humor…two things high on my list!
You know money does not cause the unhappiness. You can be just as happy or unhappy rich or poor. I prefer to happy and not poor (been there; not a pleasant experience).
Keep writing…all will unfold as it should. I’ll be back.
youve entertained my work day away. thanks. \\*_*//
Thank you!
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hi Randall,
i’ve been reading your blog for months via greader,and i admire you,but sometimes you emphasize your age too much,which makes me feel you think you’re old,i hope you forget all about you’re 37,and keep going like you’re young enough to do exciting things.
btw,i’m from China,where wordpress.com is banned by great firewall,something like censorship of net,so it’s very inconvenient to
leave a comment,but i’ll keep reading
The damn Chinese government. They are so afraid and repressive. I would not be surprised if they banned a bird from flying.
Thank you for your comment. It is true that I often think of myself of older than my years. I suppose it has to do with the way I feel- but you are right, I need to remember that I am young enough to do exciting things. This is a challenge for a man like myself who is so used to feeling old. Now that I teach high school, I am told every day by 15 year olds just how old I am. Self fulfilling prophecy.
reading your blog has become something like an addiction…
at first i only read the most recent posts… and found myself checking frequently for new ones… then I began to delve into past postings. though time consuming, i find it difficult to stop.
I liken it to times when i was young, flipping though channels on the television and landing on “Unsolved Mysteries” I knew what i was watching was going to scare me, i would change the channel but then change back and continue to watch more…
I can’t stop reading, it’s not like they are going to disappear, i can pace myself and read a few here and there… but i have yet to read one that has not piqued my interest.
I am really glad to have found your blog.
I am very flattered by your comment. Sometimes I wonder why I put in the mind lifting effort to maintain this blog. I feel like I should be spending more time cultivating a book or doing something “economically” useful. I also wonder if anyone cares for what I have to say anyways. However, when I read a comment such as this one it makes me feel like a bird or plane that has strayed of course getting pointed back in the right direction. It makes it all worth the while. Thank you for the needed motivation to continue to write.
It is strange to me that we lead such different lives yet our minds seem to wander in much the same way.
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