Life Junkie
Hi, my alias is Ender, and I am an addict. I'm addicted to life.
I hate sleeping, unless it's with someone next to me, because that's being intimate, and intimacy is productive in that it builds relationships. I loathe the idea of missing out on valuable hours in the day during which I become catatonic and hallucinate wildly, only to recover with total amnesia of the past 8-12 hours. I find the very idea of missing out on the boundless opportunities that I could create for myself unpalatable at best. But I also hate drugs which make me stay up beyond my natural sleep limit because they make me jittery and not think clearly, so I find myself doing things like acting like an insomniac when I could go to sleep any time I wanted to, simply because between the choice of having another adventure vs. not is too tempting to miss out on, and yet aside from being a little sleep deprived, I'm otherwise sober.
I thrive on high-intensity experiences. I find myself at my peek when things are moving at about 120mph, and my reactions are being tested to their fullest. I have started just about all my meaningful relationships as the result of a shared extreme life experience, and I go the hardcore route whenever possible, throwing myself at whatever thing I'm trying to accomplish heart and soul. I have two speeds: Relaxed, and On Fire, and one repeating mantra: Get It Done. My modus operandi is execution de facto.
That used to be why I loved clubs and raves, but thoes got boring. Now my new drug of choise is conferences, geek events, and Startup Weekends! When you pack 70 -really- smart people in the room for 55 hours over 2 1/2 days over a Startup Weekend and ask them to all build your idea (I seriously never expected that to happen), and they execute on it, that's like drinking the nectar of the gods. The fact that there were zero egos the entire weekend is just an amazing testament to the geeks of LA, and I came away humbled and honored.
My drug is one I suggest everyone try getting completely hooked on... you'll never regret it.
I hate sleeping, unless it's with someone next to me, because that's being intimate, and intimacy is productive in that it builds relationships. I loathe the idea of missing out on valuable hours in the day during which I become catatonic and hallucinate wildly, only to recover with total amnesia of the past 8-12 hours. I find the very idea of missing out on the boundless opportunities that I could create for myself unpalatable at best. But I also hate drugs which make me stay up beyond my natural sleep limit because they make me jittery and not think clearly, so I find myself doing things like acting like an insomniac when I could go to sleep any time I wanted to, simply because between the choice of having another adventure vs. not is too tempting to miss out on, and yet aside from being a little sleep deprived, I'm otherwise sober.
I thrive on high-intensity experiences. I find myself at my peek when things are moving at about 120mph, and my reactions are being tested to their fullest. I have started just about all my meaningful relationships as the result of a shared extreme life experience, and I go the hardcore route whenever possible, throwing myself at whatever thing I'm trying to accomplish heart and soul. I have two speeds: Relaxed, and On Fire, and one repeating mantra: Get It Done. My modus operandi is execution de facto.
That used to be why I loved clubs and raves, but thoes got boring. Now my new drug of choise is conferences, geek events, and Startup Weekends! When you pack 70 -really- smart people in the room for 55 hours over 2 1/2 days over a Startup Weekend and ask them to all build your idea (I seriously never expected that to happen), and they execute on it, that's like drinking the nectar of the gods. The fact that there were zero egos the entire weekend is just an amazing testament to the geeks of LA, and I came away humbled and honored.
My drug is one I suggest everyone try getting completely hooked on... you'll never regret it.
Labels: Los Angeles, Startup Weekend
1 Comments:
hi~nice blog, keep the good work on it and i will be back soon
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