Ars longa, vita brevis

This is my first attempt at a blog.  Actually, that's not true exactly.  This is probably my 5th or 6th attempt at a blog, but this is the first actual blog entry that i've made a reality.  so, what's this all about?  truthfully, i'm not sure.  what i was initially interested in doing by putting some words on a blog was to get some of my ideas out of my head and on to paper, or a screen in this case.  cathartic if you will; a way of making me accountable to myself; basically, i've nothing to lose.  i've just turned 35.  i'm contemplative.  i'm bored.  i've just had a couple close experiences with death.  i'm not entirely happy.  i believe there is much more to this world, and our society in general, than how we live it.  i'm lonely.  i'm unchallenged.  i'm lazy.  i'm fearful.  i'm tired of living this way, and long for something else.
so, here's my journey to become to experience life anew, to make life come to me, to kick Father Time square in the nuts and go down swinging.  this may turn into a mess of jumbled words and non-sensical ramblings, but what the hell.  here goes nothing...

Art is long, life is short... it sure the hell is