So this last week was kinda rough for many reason. One of which was doing two product launches for CinemaNow back-to-back. We have an awesome team of kids working for us which made it easier but it still resulted in a lot of people doing insane hours (like 58 out of 68 hours at one point in the week).

But the net result was great and we ended up having some interesting conversations at Beechwood last night.

1st: Its very strange how things from our childhood can affect us so much. It not that parents don't care but they don't know how to communicate it in a way that we understand. It further seems that the relevancy of what is important to us vs our parents is remarkably different. While one peice of me is reminded that Socrates was bitching once about the type of music "kids listen to these days" around 600BC (therefore nothing changes) I sometimes wonder if in a world moving as fast as it is right now are things different? Would my parents ever understand buying a movie online when they have only just recently gotten a DVD player and thats a "new fangled invention" for them.

2nd: Its also very interesting how we knowing all this still try to prove ourselves. We over achieve hoping to recieve some kind of recognition (but we don't know what) that we will never actually get.

3rd: What turns someone into a 'care giver' or 'problem solver' I don't know why but now I have ended up taking care of everyone. Doesn't matter if its at work, my parents, my older sister, my friends that just where I end up. The concept of anyone caring for me is really friggen weird - hence the two people who have ever taken cigarettes off me (becuase I don't smoke but somehow get drunk and end up with them) mean so much to me becuase its like wow someone actually gives a shit. Haha now I have not yet figured out if that is pride, conceit or what but it is a reasonably objective observation.

David