As an engineer who likes to make generalizations, I think everything is made up of little building blocks. So most problems are technical problems such as why won’t this door open, or why won’t my CD play. Most of the answers involve tweaking a small part of the overall system.
This is ironic because it means most of the time there is any cause to discuss a change, it is a big conversation about very small things. “Why are you focusing on small things?” I’m asked. “Because the big things are working fine. The only thing I can think of improving is right here.”
Yeah, it’s out of proportion. It always is. And that’s a sign that things are at least pretty good.
Sometimes people dream of random shit that can never happen. It can’t happen because they say absurd things when you look at what it takes to achieve the dream. And you act like a navigator and they think you’re spending too much time reading the map. “Why is the destination such a big deal?” Because I need practice navigating. There will be a time when you appreciate my navigation skill and it helps you get somewhere too, I hope.
Have you noticed the little pieces? They build into all sorts of big pieces and they can erode too one block at a time. Maybe it’s not erosion. Maybe I’m just tidying up unnecessary pieces. What’s going on in my head? Well golly, I’ll at least try to tell you. Yeah, I’m an asshole. I think I blogged about that. I’d like to think there are nice things about me too. This remains to be seen.
