because where would i be without categories?

Life’s Blood

(fixed/long-term interest since childhood)

• Writing (experimental/postmodern/modernist poetry)
• Writing (non-fiction)
• Piano
• Composing

Active Interest

(mutable, but solid)

• Writing (experimental prose)
• Songwriting/performance
• Film/Filmmaking
• Graphic Design/Book Layout
• Violin/Strings (I need to pick up new instruments)
• Sound Design
• Human Systems/Second Order Cybernetics
• Political Organizing
• Critical Theory/Post-Marxism/Anarchism

Obsessive Pastime

(hobby-like, may come and go, but intense in focus, depth and/or scope)

• Drum Machines
• Grooveboxes (they’re not the same)
• Synthesizers
• Whatever song, movie or TV show is on heavy rotation in my mind for days/weeks/months/years
• Games and Game Design (puzzles, indie, story-based, walking sims, CIV)
• Programming (audio DSP, assembly)
• Chess (good at patterns, bad at memorizing matches)

Liminality/Thrill-seeking

(Highly pleasurable, but requires rules and limits (boo, limits, but still))

• Biking
• Hiking
• Walking/wandering
• Traveling (trains, friends, trains)
• Yelling at gentrifiers
• Heading to a destination with no goals in mind
• Whoever I have a crush on (within reason, because !)