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September 03, 2023

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Miksons Entertainment will soon be pleased to offer "Manchild", the biography of Priestly Johnston, a man born with one rather surprising talent. As to not give away his story, while providing insight into those things that informed his story, Miksons will periodically post entries from his personal journal. Today's post is Pry's (short for Priestly) first-ever entry:

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    "If asked to define myself in one word, I would have to admit that to be an impossible task. Still, I might manage to do so in one phrase. As with most, if not all people, any description I offer would have undoubtedly changed throughout the course of my life. Even the words I use at this moment would have to invariably be reversed depending on my state of mind. As for how I feel at this moment, I would describe myself as an optimistic pessimist. Tomorrow I might feel more like a pessimistic optimist. It all depends on how the day has progressed or more accurately, how I perceived it as having progressed.

    To further explain the self-analysis that this term or these terms represent, I would say that I am optimistic as to Humanity’s ability to steer itself towards a better future, but pessimistic as to whether mankind will take the steps necessary to attain such an outcome. In a different mindset, I might believe that Man will fail to achieve that Utopian society but the Earth and it's more hardy species will survive. Sometimes these sentiments are of a more personal nature in that I may be optimistic about my own future while believing the futures of others to be rather grim. In these instances, I would most likely expand upon my definition as an optimistically, pessimistic optimist, for having attained success while others fail would bring me little if any joy. And still, at other times, I might fall into the category of the pessimistically, optimistic pessimist. It is in those times that I believe we (as in the collective of Humanity) will not succeed in any great endeavors due to our failure to utilize the tools necessary for positive change. There are, of course, many more examples that I could offer in regards to these definitions, but those offered should be sufficient in painting the picture."