Storms rock. There's the sunshine afterward to look forward to.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Be Careful...
The key here is to be careful. Really. Really. Careful.
You are blindfolded. At nighttime. In a room with no lights. And no windows. Infrared, night-vision and geiger goggles are out of the question. In short, light holds no place in your world. No chance of sudden illumination into the way things are. You are forever in the dark.
What could be worse? Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that you're in a MINEFIELD?!?!?!?
Yeah. It's a minefield all right. And you have no map, no GPRS to guide you, no save point for you mysteriously re-appear after the explosion so you can point to a certain spot and say: "Well, there's a mine over there... Note to self, don't step there..."
Be careful. Exceedingly careful. You have to navigate through the minefield of people's perception of you. There is a 24-7 danger. You may make all the right moves for 50 years, but with one wrong step, a person's view of you blows up in your face and starts a chain reaction which ends up in all the mines exploding. Nuclear Armaggedon. No, if this ever happens to you, it'll be even worse than Nuclear Armageddon. Why, you ask?
Because at least Nuclear Armageddon will kill you. With the Perception Blowup, you'll be wholly and completely alive to feel the agony. At least, since you're alive, you can at least try to make up for your wrong step.
I've made my move. What's your reply?