Aleph Null

Many forms of media present a sense of luck, or destiny into their content. It always seems that our heroes come out alive, many times by a hair. The cliched bomb that is diffused at 0:01 seconds, the classic scene in Indiana Jones where he grabs his hat right before the giant slab stone door closes, or the one man army who is able to take out all of his enemies single handedly to save the day. It is even found in video games, as the very concept of a video game is to advance until the ending. Some even include this fact into their story telling. One of my personal favorite games that includes this story element is the Marathon series. In it's final screen, the AI known as Durandal, ponders these thoughts about you, the main protagonist: ----------- ... BUT YOU WERE DEAD A THOUSAND TIMES. HOPELESS ENCOUNTERS SUCCESSFULLY WON. A MAN LONG DEAD. GRAFTED TO MACHINES YOUR BUILDERS DID NOT UNDERSTAND. YOU FOLLOW THE PATH, FITTING INTO AN INFINITE PATTERN. YOURS TO MANIP...

Hello! Haven't written anything in forever, thought about making another blog, but all the cool names were taken, so I'm back here, I mean why not. On with my free flow little thing I wrote here a couple of days ago. I had no internet. I wonder if I would have written this if I had internet.... Was it a sign? I used to not beleive in signs, but now I see them everywhere. Every little thing, every little detail, I think it means something. I thought in the beginning there were good signs and bad signs, but really, I choose the signs that I want to see. I saw a guy on the street with a cool shirt. One one side was a snake, and the other, a flower. My mind decided to choose the flower as a prosperous sign, a sign of growth and love. My mind did not choose to view the snake as a sign, as for me, a snake represents poison, a bad omen. I chose what I wanted to see and believe. Others might see the snake and say that it represents life, a unity of something, from the tail t...