Okay, this is /film article about a rumor started by a Twitter account that may or may not be legitimate.
But since Wentworth Miller is awesome, and BioShock is awesome, I’m excited about it.
Rumor: Wentworth Miller in BioShock movie?
Please be true.
I’ve been thinking about the relationship between faith and doubt lately. And what it means to know something as opposed to believing it has a high probability.
These things seem like opposites. And yet I can’t help but think that you can’t have faith without having doubt first.
Without doubt, you just have acceptance of what you perceive as facts. It’s like believing the ground is there because you can see it. Unless you consciously think there’s a good chance you’re hallucinating or mistaken, there’s no faith in that. Just acceptance.
Only by first doubting the floor’s existence can you choose to put faith in it, to act in faith.
That’s what I’ve been thinking lately, anyway.
When you think about it, most of the tactics we subconsciously use to deal with stress aren’t that great. They tend to be internal – they’ll reduce the stress level temporarily, but don’t do much to change the circumstances causing stress.
So after a few days of feeling unproductive and overwhelmed, I made a list of all the projects/goals I’ve got going in one stage or another right now, which means they’re all spinning around in some part of my mind at the same time. Seeing it all on paper (well, dry erase board) was a bit shocking. I hadn’t realized I’d committed myself to so much, even if the commitment was only to myself.
But.
Writing it all down was a start. Now I can take a more systematic, methodical approach. Now I don’t have to be thinking “I should be working on this and this and this and this,” because it’s out of my head. I can just look at the paper and see what needs to be done.
And yes, writing here is one of the things on the list. I haven’t been here as much as I should the past few weeks, and (one) goal is to change that.
I’m starting working on my submission for the ABC Television Writing Fellowship, and I’ve added a progress bar to reflect that. (So far I’ve just brainstormed and started outlining, ergo zero progress as of this post). But since this is time sensitive (a very hard deadline), I’m going to be focusing on this project for a bit so the other status bars probably won’t be moving for a bit. FYI.
Wow, didn’t realize I’d be away so long. Um, quick sum up: wedding was awesome, started part time job. Trying to regain time management skills instead of saying “well I’m working/worked today so now is relaxing time bluh buh bluh.”
Started a new story tonight, something short I hope to finish quickly.