KD's Righteous Summer

Or What KD Should've Written This Summer

Seriously, that last post was last November and I hardly know what month we're in now. The first part of 2013 saw me working nearly everyday. It's a nice gig, and a lot of fun most days, but any time that could have been spent writing was spent resting instead. When the summer time came - along with my off-season - and I was able to do more things of such nature my time was spent traveling, hanging out, seeing sights and taking in views.

Hence, the title, you see. It really was a pretty cool summer. Even temperature-wise, it was mild this year. Other than the obligatory heat wave near mid-July. But how pleasant of Mother Nature to then give us the chance to live in San Diego for the first half of August? Really. It was appreciated.

And speaking of appreciation, how about you guys out there in the vastness of Teh Internetz? I curiously looked through the stats of the page since I last visited some months ago. Almost 200 hits this summer alone. Which, I'm sure doesn't sound like much but take into account these two facts: 1) This is a little start-up blog by some punk-ass kid from Missouri with no real theme or direction. 2) I didn't post anything all Summer. That's some pretty good stuff. And upon seeing this, I'm all the more sure of the direction I'm about to take.

It's been a good year so far, and I've been getting better but I'd like to take that just another step further. So, in the interest of stepping up my game, I'll also be stepping up my platform and taking The Bay with it. No decisions yet on where the next HQ will be; many logistics to be worked out still. But the plan is already in motion because, frankly, my presentation needs some work. In addition, there are also plans for a KD the Ghostwriter website. Featuring yours truly and hopefully being an adequate platform for the stories, pictures, audio and perhaps even video(?) that would follow.

Until then, you can follow my newly revamped Tumblr page found here. It's used as most Tumblr pages would, I suppose. The usual reblogging of cool photos and clips along with the occasional reposting of links to projects of my own accord or some other mathematical individual.

But don't think I'm done with this page just yet. No sir. I began establishing my online presence by writing reviews. Mostly to movies I saw but also games and shows and more recently albums. And to pay homage both to my "roots" so to speak and to make up for lost time here at the Bad Wolf Bay, here is the plan.

Over the next few days, I will go down the rest of my queue and complete every piece that hasn't already been finished as well as punch-up the ones that have. This will include reviews/breakdowns of:

Pacific Rim


The Great Gatsby


Star Trek: Into Darkness


 Fast 6


Assassin's Creed III


Tomb Raider (2013)


Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time


Get Jiro


 Random Access Memories


Yeezus


The Wolverine


 Shingeki no Kyojin [Attack on Titan]


 The World's End

Is that all? Who knows? I've probably seen more but that list right there should keep me busy enough. My aim is to make this a sort of literary adventure by posting each piece in a semi-thematic order. Not unlike the pub crawl found in the last item on this list, The World's End.

I'll do my best to get this out in a timely manner. As well as come correct with my future plans as well. It's all about improvement people. Thanks for your time, today and down the road. I hope you join me when I make the jump because I'm not gonna miss editing on Blogger at all.

~KDG

Quiet Time

Some musical accompaniment for your faces. Technically, I was listening to the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack when writing this but I feel this song does just as good a job capturing my somber yet emotionally charged mood that night. Often times my haste gets the best of me and all of the ideas in my head try to get out at once. But Bebop holds a special place for me. So I feel it will serve me best to save those ideas for a more appropriate time. When the time comes we'll get down to the uncanny parallels between myself and the World of Bebop. But I'm getting ahead of myself...

Spelunking into the dark, long dormant corners of the hard drive. Looking back over everything, everything I've written. Re-reading my own stuff is hard enough to do by itself but it's different this time. Anyone who's known me long enough knows that the last two years of my life have been...interesting. I can't say they've changed me because, as I've said, life doesn't build character, it reveals it. And this time and these words have revealed this to me.

I was mistaken. About many things. Really, the one thing I am sure about is that I'm Kyle and I messed up. Mostly because I was thinking thoughts not of my own meddle. Now there's nothing wrong with having your ideas and philosophies influenced by others; that's where most ideas come from. But it gets to a point where life happens and you realize just how sterile and petty it all really was. That all of your supposed beliefs had been so steered -- if even unconsciously so -- that there was no room for growth. That when it came time to be truly tested, it was much harder bough and not break against the winds of change. Harder than even you remember. That when it comes to making the big choices that actually matter, you aren't much of anything. A tough pill to swallow, but no less true.

It was never really my choice. Never a chance to sink or swim. Late one night, in what should have been a defining moment to see how I dealt with adversity, I was sent away for the night. "It's time to be an adult and deal with this issue. No, it's time to be a child and go to bed." Not all of this could be helped, I know. But that didn't make it any less of a problem.

Here I stand now. 20 years of age more or less on my own and it never ceases to amaze what a difference a year can make. The fact that my views on life, love, spirituality and otherwise wonders of the Universe have shifted so completely simply because I stand on my own two is something to marvel at. Only when it was truly Sink or Swim was I able to fully realize this.

But I'm off track. What matters is my writing. And that most of it centers on how I view the world at large. Hindsight being what it is, I find them to be flawed. The unnecessary schmaltz, Kumbaya mumbo jumbo, nostalgia over unimportant bullshit. I once had a plan to collect all of my writings together for a super compilation of all things KD. That's not gonna happen now without some major modifications. This may even include editing and updating my numerous FB Notes accordingly. Time will tell.

The overall messages would more or less stay the same since I can't really change the way I felt at that time. But the delivery - the tone - that needs an upgrade. Now that I can actually write. For reals this time.

Call it brash. Call it cynical. Perhaps unfamiliar. But it really does seem like this is the KD that was always meant to be. Again time will tell. But for the first time in what might be forever, it all feels about right. So we'll just roll with this for awhile.


Thank you for your time,
~KDG