Well, with nearly every major city around the country on fire, a pandemic that's out of control, unusual weather patterns in some places, and scientists digging up ancient cursed artifacts (yes, that is a thing), it seems that a lot of us are looking for an escape. The only good thing I've seen so far is the successful mission of the SpaceX Falcon launch, and docking of the International Space Station. But as always, that seems to be nothing more than a small blip on mass media's radar at the moment.

For me, I sit back, close my eyes, and flashback to the days of the late 90's/early 2000's. Those were the days of dial-up internet, portable CD players, and cable only had 100 channels at best. I was a teen back then, one of the only few who stayed off the streets, and not tempted by what everyone was smoking back then, even though it was illegal to do so. Instead, I would listen to music by Incubus, Staind, Creed, and Foo Fighters just to name a few, while I stayed up late on school nights to record anime off Adult Swim onto a VHS tape. Yeah, 9/11 was a big thing that happened in those days, but from what I remember, it brought the nation closer together, and we quickly recovered. Those were the days back when the only thing I had to worry about was getting up on time to catch the bus to school, and not missing a new episode of Digimon on Saturday mornings (did that a few times).

People look at me now, and say that I'm living too much in the past, and that I need to get with the times. Well, from what I've been seeing so far, I think I'll stay in the past for the time being.

That's about it for now.

Take care all.