Termite TV - Life Stories

Uh Hello, I'm Karl Hill. I want to tell you a little bit about what I've experienced both in terms of directly and some of the things relative to my life that I've gotten from associations and having spoken with friends and relatives in particular. I guess to talk about ones life, to find an identity, which you're talking about, in a lot of respects, where you came from. And uh, I kind of, my background, if you will, my predecessors, came from rather fortunate circumstances, and it's always, not necessarily been impressed upon me, but you know, it's evident that at some point in time, my family - grandparents, so on and so forth, traveled in rather affluent circles. So, you know this country still has a sense of aristocracy. Well, I don't happen to, at least I trust that I've kind of given that up. I have, however, probably taken on certain baggage. I've gone through my own share with dealing with alcohol as an addiction, as a passing, sort of recreational activity. You know, sobriety is something that makes sense if you're trying to find order. I'm not sure that there really is an order that cam be gleamed from this life, but it helps if you have at least the illusion of being able to stem the chaos, if there is even chaos in this life. So, the thing with me is, I guess I'd say I've had to find my way in a sense where I may have compromised my own career, if that's what it is, over the course of the 48 years that I've been in the world and so I've had to be reactive to certain things. You know, wife and kids, and things relative, again the family present their own needs and responsibilities. I guess again that's order in a world that might otherwise be chaotic. But, I guess what I'd say is that there is a need for me to make some sustenance out of the time that I'm here and it mostly at this point in time, it doesn't get affirmation through work, but through an opportunity to be able to express my feelings and my interests and, to people with whom, more likely than not, I'm not particularly committed to or even maybe associated with. It may sound like I'm striking up conversations at lunch counters and you know, occasionally I do do that. But I guess I'm not really struggling but I am thinking to encapsulate who I am now, which I would say I'm kind of looking to be, in some sense, a voice that will disaffirm some commonly held presets. You know, the problems with youth, things like that. I want to tell you right now, the problems with young people today are the problems that I faced, they're just categorized differently and you'll find that they're very much the same. And it's, you know, exceedingly for vital existence that we see it as a continuous period. Thank you.