 Mystery: November 07, 2007 Issue [#2055] |
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods. -- Albert Einstein
In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life...It goes on. -- Robert Frost
I am not young enough to know everything. -- James M. Barrie |
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When I am not working nor traisping through hidden corners of Writing.com, I spend my time driving to work or procrastinating on writing a new story. It is in these moments that I open my mind up to possibilities. I think, I wonder, I daydream, I hope, I conjecture.
You see, I feel this life of ours is quite mysterious. Have you ever thought too deeply about our existence and then wished you hadn't? Shivers course up and down your spine and the taste of bile may fill your mouth as you try to understand the minds of murderers, consider whether there could be life visiting Earth from other planets, and reason that our souls must go somewhere in particular when we die.
And so I give you,
Oddities.
These are some things I think about now and then:
 Many mystery authors use pseudonyms, thus creating a mystery of themselves. Hmm...what should my pseudonym be?
 We have such faith in the food industry, yet recalls occur often. I remember hearing that a certain amount of bugs are allowed to be in a chocolate bar. And that doesn't keep me from buying and eating them. What would actually make me stop trusting and buying packaged foods?
Things taste better when they’re bad for you. Organic prunes are never yummy but the fatty processed by-product of a cow, cheese, makes my mouth water. Are our food choices an unfair life test?
There are actually sections in online news now for “odd” or "strange" happenings. If there are loads of "odd" things happening, will this niche of news someday be called "average-yet-interesting occurrences"?
We own our own bodies, use 'em daily, and still don’t know exactly how it is we function. (What IS all that brain mass for, anyway? And, hey, if computer hard drives have been getting smaller and holding more information over the years, what does that say abut our growing brains?)
32% of Americans believe in ghosts, yet none have sufficient proof that ghosts exist.
Some of us feel that we're living in a hologram or computer game. Who's to say we aren't? 
Oh, the irony - in promoting those "Live Earth" concerts, literally tons (tonnes) of energy was used. Promoting "living green" actually hurt the environment more than it helped, especially as far fewer people than anticipated watched the concerts. (What actually can be done to help the environment? There is such a doomsday feeling about not changing our gas-guzzling ways quickly enough...)
We always feel the end of the world is coming and the feeling gets stronger as each new century approaches. Do we have a death wish? Would we be relieved to feel that the world is over? Is this partly why people continue to live in war-torn areas or places that hurricanes frequent?
Social delusions/mass hysteria really have happened. How would I personally react in a volatile group situation?
Whether you stand in line at the grocery store or pull up to the highway toll booth, you almost always end up in the slower lane.
A baby is expensive, time-consuming, and messy. Yet almost every couple wants one or feels it's obligatory to have one. And, hey, why is it so expensive to go through an adoption process when there are so many children needing homes? Do stressed-out couples have a harder time "making a baby" - 'cause it seems that people who think they can't have children usually do have kids "the old-fashioned way" after adopting. Weird.
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Thanks for the Feedback!
Seeing And Feeling In Color...
twyls:
Wow! I'm so excited to meet someone else who has even heard of synesthesia. I have a very mild form, but I "feel" noises. I usually feel them in my chest or in my mouth. It's a very weird thing, and you're right, it's nearly impossible to describe the sensations, because they're such a mix of "real" sensations. Thanks for the newsletter. It was fascinating.
Interesting! Do you feel you can sometimes block out these feelings? Do you like them? I would miss my "condition" if it were taken away from me - do you feel the same? Thanks for sharing!
ninotchka1:
that was extremely interesting, I didn't know that. I believe that the famous abstract painter Kandinky saw/heard colors as music...thanks for sharing
Cool! 
Little Scribbler :
I would have to say I am (or used to be) a synesthete. As a little kid, I used to see days of the week in colours. For example, Monday was red, Tuesday was green, Wednesday was orange and Thursday was a dark blue.
I wonder when that changed for you? How odd that you grew out of it. Thanks for sharing! |
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