Media Consumption

I'm feeling pretty good about more or less feeling caught up with a lot of the things I love to busy myself with. At the moment, I'm specifically speaking of podcasts and radioshows. I performed a re-install of my entire system sometime back near Memorial Day Weekend and was at a virtual standstill when it came to downloading these shows and listening to them. When I was getting back on track I intially subscribed to my must-watch/listen podcasts to ease into things. Now I've just about caught up and I added some more feeds into iTunes. I didn't think I'd get back to normal, since I go through a shitload of content. I'll give you a rundown of my favorite podcasts some other time. Unlike most people though, I listen to each and every show no matter what. I dont' know what's more sad, that I have to time to do so... or that I use that time to do so. :P

One front I'm horribly behind on is my Analog Paper Media, i.e. books and magazines. I subscribe to only one magazine, "GQ" (Gentlemen's Quarterly), but like my podcasts I make it a point to consume every aspect of that media. I have to read each issue cover to cover, every article and every ad. I forgot how I got behind in the first place. I think it was a trip to Arizona and I just kinda stopped. Oh wait, I actually remember now, but I don't wanna get into it. :P I just stopped. And getting started again is a bit daunting. I've A LOT to read now. Much to catch up on. I'm exactly one year behind on my reading, I've still got to finish up the June 2006 issue with Christina Aguilera on the cover. And I just got another issue a few days ago, I think the July 2007 issue. It's going to take a while.

As far as books go, well that's not doing so hot either. My usual plan of attack... or what used to be my usual plan of attack was to finish up the current issue of GQ for the month as quickly as possible (usually mid month) and then use the rest of my time catching up any reading I had for the current book in my queue. Last year I was making my way through a collection of books by my favorite author and world renowned mythologist, Joseph Campbell. I finished up with the last book I had on hand at the time, "Sake & Satori: Asian Journals"... and hadn't yet picked up the next book in the series ("Myths Of Light") so I got underway with my Edgar Allan Poe Collected Works book. But since that trip or whatever it was a year ago, I just stalled. So now I'm attempting to catch up with my Analog Paper Media, which should be quite a feat. In keeping with my peculiar procedure I'll need to catch up on every GQ magazine before I can tackle my Poe Collection. I don't know exactly when that'll be... but I plan to make a concerted effort sometime this month.

I only mention this because I'm planning on piling up my APM pile some more. I figure I have something in the Magazine category, and something in the Book category... but as much of a geek as I think I am, I've yet to have a Comic Book category. I'm looking to remedy that situation by buying something I should've had long ago, the "Ghost In The Shell" manga. Granted it's not technically a "comic book", but it's close enough. And I'm not about to squabble over the definitions of things like comic books, manga and graphic novels. I just have a need to read something physical, and my OCD doesn't permit me to read anything new as far as magazines or books are concerned so I thought I'd throw comics into the mix to circumvent my own wicked rules. And "Ghost In The Shell", the anime, has been one of the greatest sources of inspiration and provocation in my life. Reading this "book" has been a long time coming, almost destined. I'm very excited. It's going to be a treasure trove of philosphical pondering.

Now kitties, it's time for sleep. Time for consumption of another kind. G'day! ;)


DS333, digesting.