Thoughtnami

The first actual trailer for Frozen came out today and it doesn’t feature any of the human characters at all? That’s … interesting. 

And it is still coming out this year, so that’s good to know. 

My name is Jeff Harris.

Creator. Dreamer. Opinion writer. Blerd. Thought wave mastermind.

And I am afraid.

I am afraid that when I start The X Bridge over, Thoughtnami will suffer the same fate that site has in the last year. Scripture says that one cannot serve two masters; either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. 

Of course Christ was talking about the choice between loving God or money, but it works here too. 

The thing is I love Thoughtnami. I really do. I’ve had way too much fun over here over the past year and a half, and to be honest, it was always intended to be a side project. Something to do while I was thinking about what to do with The X Bridge.

Now that I actually know what I’m going to do with the site that marks its 15th anniversary this July (!), I’m afraid that Thoughtnami will have the same fate as TXB over the last year and a half. 

The whole “one can’t serve two masters” thing. 

Maybe I’ll just keep this site as a personal blog of sorts since a few things I do post here aren’t “newsy” and reflective of my own personal opinions while The X Bridge is more professional. 

I’m about to relaunch the site very soon, and I think you’ll like it. As for this place right here, I’m scared what will become of it. I hope it remains relevant or at least entertaining to someone out there besides myself. 

I know I’m disappointing a few folks, but I’m still in flux. 

But I have good reason. But I can’t tell you why at this time. Just … have patience.

But it is a good time to recheck my list of things to do before I’m 40. I’m 35, and I can check some things off

1. Find love (April 2012, at least the last part of the month, was a very, very good month for me; this year has been great between us, and 2013 is going to have a great start)
2. Marry that love.
3. Raise a family.
4. Write a book.
5. Get that book published.
6. Write ANOTHER book (just … just watch this space in the coming months for the status of that).
7. Create a comic series.
8. Get that comic series published.
9. Create an animated series (just … just watch this space in the coming months for the status of that)
10. Launch a creative studio group of like-minded creators (I announced the formation of Mechahai Media and Studio Lightcount. I’m really serious about starting up a studio full of artists, writers, animators, actors, and creators in a year or so. That’s going to take time.).
11. Create a channel (I kind of created one in the form of Channel XB, a weekly playlist of action cartoons. I did it for about ten weeks or so, and it was quite fun. I learned a lot, and I think I’ll try that on a bigger scale a few years from now).
12. Go to San Diego Comic-Con .
13. Go to ANY major convention (Went to Ohayocon in January 2013. First convention experience, and I loved it so much. I think a lot of it had to do with the company I was with. She made the whole trip worth going to.)
14. Go to Japan.
15. Create an idea for a toy franchise.
16. Make the toy franchise a reality.
17. Move out of the Commonwealth for a year or so.
18. Move BACK to the Commonwealth a lot better than when I left it.
19. Leave the Commonwealth for a while, longer than a day and outside my comfort zone (Never left the Commonwealth on my own and by myself, and to be honest, I’m still kind of nervous to do that, but one of these days, I’m going to do that.)
20. Become friends with an actual celebrity (not just Twitter/Facebook/Tumblr “friends”)
21. Work at one of the Big Two as a writer.
22. Write an arc of a Spider-Man or Superman title (even though I’m not a fan of what their established publishers are doing to the characters).
23. Write a Vixen or a Plastic Man series.
24. Paint larger murals.
25. Learn to cook like a TV chef and master cooking (though I’ll never be as great as those guys, I have to admit, I’m no slouch in the kitchen).
26. Attend a taping of Saturday Night Live.
27. Attend a taping of a Hollywood sitcom or The Price Is Right.
28. Ride across the country. (For the first time on my own, I traveled on a bus, riding from station to station. It was a great experience that I want to try again).
29. Take a ride on the London Eye..
30. Eat a pain au chocolat in the mall near the Eiffel Tower.
31. Do the moonwalk on the Great Wall of China.
32. Make a Muppet-like puppet from scratch.
33. Write a song (okay, this one is HALF-done. Did a few melodies, but nothing that would be considered a song, yet).
34. Sell a series idea to a major network.
35. Create a crazy popular website (okay, it’s not crazy popular the way something like, say Facebook or YouTube, mind you, but what I’ve created in the form of BFMC, I’m in awe over how popular it has become over the past six months, and I thank all of you who have checked it out).
36. Make The X Bridge great and well-known outside of my regular circles (really, really working on that)
37. Reveal my dark matter formula theory to the masses.
38. Get to a fitter, medium-sized weight (finally checked my weight loss. Thirty-something pounds down. Still a big boy, mind you, and I’m still healthier than I’ve been in ages. I have a long way to go).
39. Be more assertive and happy with life (really, really working hard on this one, and I think I’m almost there)..
40. Reach the age of 40.

I still have a lot to do, but I’m still going to do a lot of things…

I’ve really got that Avengers Bruce Banner/Hulk vibe going on, huh? 

Isn’t that a bit dangerous?