So Much and Nothing At The Same Time

It’s the day after Christmas, Boxing Day in Canuckistan. Apparently it’s a big thing in most of the British based countries. I don’t know why. The news said that the malls aren’t near as busy as they normally are on Boxing Day. I suspect it has a lot to do with the fact that you can get the same deals or better online.

What’s this all about, this post? I don’t know. I was ranting about the Rankin cartoon Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer yesterday and about how much bigotry is portrayed in the cartoon. Santa is the biggest bigot of them all. Commenting how Rudolph couldn’t pull his sleigh with a red nose, all the toys being banished to the island of misfit toys. Hermey the misfit elf, who wants to be a dentist is shunned by the head elf and Santa doesn’t do anything about the abuse in his factory (kind of reminds me of some of the politicians).

However I don’t feel that I can really base a whole blog post on the bigotry in a fictitious story. It’s not that i condone bigotry or segregation, it’s just a story that in the end everyone sees the error of their ways and everyone is happy.

Of course in real life, a change in the main antagonist (that would be Santa) wouldn’t undo the mental anguish that Rudolph and the rest would feel. They would need many years of counseling and even then they will have life long scars, or PTSD.

I would hope that there would be stories where everyone is happy and included. The antagonist would be opposed to something that maybe is actually a problem. Maybe the protagonist has a drinking problem. Perhaps Rudolph has a red nose because he likes to imbibe. Then again, maybe Rudolph could be a high functioning alcoholic. The rest of the reindeer and the elves could stage an intervention and Rudolph ends up seeing the error of his ways and goes on the wagon, attending AA or something.

I don’t know, I am just writing off the cuff. I don’t really have an agenda, or an idea why I am writing this.

What is on my mind right now is New Years coming and this is the time most people make resolutions. I don’t really do resolutions. This year has been a hard one on my family and me. I know that with my health issues there wasn’t much I could do about it. I do know that I have to lose weight, every year I need to lose weight. Every year I am unhappy with my job and know that I need to do something. This is something I can do about.

I was unemployed several years ago and tried my hand at writing a book. That didn’t pan out, but that was some of the happiest times I can remember, sitting in a coffee shop trying to write my magnum opus. I am unemployed again and am trying my hand at writing again. I have decided not to pursue writing my book, for now, instead I will continue to try my hand at writing this blog and hopefully make money doing this.

I also have a chance to do a video blog, a YouTube channel. I was approached by my local cigar shop, asking me if I had considered a YouTube channel on smoking cigars. I have discussed it with the owners and they will attempt to sponsor me by giving me a cigar to try on the video, a ‘Cigar of the Week’. I think this is a great idea. I want to try it out, I feel that I have the knowledge and the ability to make this something good.

I will approach them in the new year and get a demo for them to see. If I get their buy in then you can expect to see updates on the project here and the YouTube channel.

Hopefully this will be a cherry of a year, finally a time to get my life together and do something I am passionate about.

So, a recap of my projects this year – I want to continue this blog, and expand my reader base. I want to create a podcast about my thoughts and feelings about movies. My final project this coming year is a YouTube Channel on cigars.

I hope you follow my projects and get something out of all of this.

CHEERS!