I stayed up way too late tonight. When my brain gets hooked on something, it will literally go until it just stops. Dak can vouch for this: he’s seen me waste hours on stupid things that I can’t tear myself away from: video games, books, research, art stuff, you name it. This summer it’s been superhero movies and the lore behind them. It kind of connects with a class I taught for the first time last spring and then just sort of morphed into an area of hyperfocus. It’s one of those special gifts of ADHD: we can’t decide what to focus on, but when we get focused on something, it’s hard to tear us away from it until we are done. I think I’ve written about getting into superhero movies this summer. I think it’s just a more clean cut view of the world, with good and bad and usually the good side winning. There are still ethical dilemmas, but in the end, the evil usually loses and that feels good right now, considering it’s easy to feel like evil is winning if you keep up with current events.

Anyway it’s far too late for more thought. Need sleep.