Geeky Dad and Beyond

  As a kid born in the 80’s, I grew up watching Transformers G1 cartoons. It has made an impact in my life that I decided to dedicate the month of March to be a Transformers theme month. Expect for the blog posts to be related to Transformers for the whole month. According to TFWiki, in most of his incarnations Ratchet is the Autobots' Chief Medical Officer. There have also been a lot of interpretations to his personality from having a party-loving nature with a dry wit to a war veteran scarred by the brutalities of war.  I always wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid and while kids would often choose Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, or Grimlock, I would choose Ratchet and since no one chose him I felt he was my Transformer.

It's Friday night! The weekend has officially began for most us. No matter how you want to spend it I wish you had a great time. Technology is such a wonderful thing. It has our lives a lot easier and comfortable. We can talk and connect to love ones even though they are far away from us. More than a dozen tools now fit on the palm of your hand. There are downsides of course and one of them is our dependency to WIFI. I just don't mean internet access, what we "need" is fast internet access. I have very limited internet access right now and I was surprised at my frustration and anger. I need for my work and I wasn't getting my work done because of internet problems. I realized how dependent I was. I think I need to change my attitude and perspective on these sort of things. Especially in channeling my frustrations. How about you what do you do when there's no wifi?

Okay just a disclaimer this is not daydreaming or being delusional. The question is, if you are to live as a normal person in a fantasy or sci-fi world what would it be? My answer is would Exalted in the First Age of Man and Star Trek during the Next Generations time. The reason for that is has the comforts in life that I am now enjoying and maybe more but the sense of adventure and discovery is still there. How about you where would like to live?

Happy Lunar New Year! I forgot to greet anyone and for that my apologies. I wasn't in the best mental state yesterday that I didn't get be social or productive as much as I wanted too. It got so bad I was that I even posted in a messenger group asking for help. My friends were there to help me out and for that I am grateful, but to be honest I don't want to do that anymore and it's not sustainable. Let's be honest folks we will eventually not want to hangout to someone who is perpetually depressed. So I picked up an old book last night to be productive and as luck would have it's Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson. A quick background about the book according to Wikipedia, it was published on September 8, 1998, is a bestselling seminal work and motivational business fable by Spencer Johnson. The text describes the way one reacts to major change in one's work and life, and four typical reactions to those changes by two mice and two "Littl...

Now for something sentimental. I had a pretty good day this Saturday. I got to rest my head during the day and spend time with the kids. I also got to hang-out with close friends online. Now the room is quiet with the kids playing outside with their aunties. I am alone with thoughts. I decided to listen to some music to ease my troubled mind. I quickly put it in shuffle and as if the universe decided to play with me. It decided to play love songs from a time I was in love, me being being a masochist decided to ride with it. Now lying down on the bed while the music is playing in the background, I realized in doesn't hurt anymore. I think it's a good thing to feel this way now, it might be that I have processed my feelings already. Happy weekend guys!

My life has been for the most part an adventure, but like most adventure there are hardships and challenges so it's inevitable that you take some damage and trauma along the way. Sometimes you need help in dealing with this issues and that's where the experts come in. I have been in therapy for a long time but thankfully now is more for catch and monitoring rather than the more serious stuff. Here are some things I have learned during my therapy sessions You have to do research on your therapist and it's okay to change if you're not comfortable with him/her. I had a couple of therapists over the years, some were good and others not so much. They have their own areas of expertise and there's nothing with finding them out. Don't also feel guilty if you need to change therapist for variety of reason. The priority is your mental health. Be honest during therapy. I cannot emphasize this enough. Your therapist is not a mind reader if you are not honest or open to your...

Now for something geeky. I think only some of my friends know this but my favorite superhero is Cyclops of the X-Men from Marvel Universe.  A quick background, Cyclops (Scott Summers) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the comic book The X-Men.  Cyclops emits powerful beams of energy from his eyes, and can only control the beams with the aid of special eyewear which he must wear at all times. I don't know the details why he's my favorite but it seems that I can relate to him to some degree. I actually enjoy his development as character from his many mental issues and romantic relationship problems. He is also depending on the writer he can a great leader or stickler for rules. So who's your favorite superhero?