mindless drivel
Friday, May 01, 2009
just stepped out of the time machine
In October 2008 I had just finished the time machine, and I was thinking about putting something in the blog about it, then I got so caught up in wanting to try out the time machine that I forgot all about it. Then I was just entering the space-time continuum and I was like “Oh crap, I was going to post something on the blog about how I would be ‘away for a while’” or something equally ominous and ambiguous. But by then it was too late. Anyway, turns out I missed a lot of the time-travel stuff going on outside the time machine window while I was thinking about it. I hope you’re happy!
Speaking of which, I’m really not sure what was going on outside of the time machine. I think most of the good stuff was at the beginning when I was day-dreaming about the blog. There was a lot of darkness. Every once in a while there was a flash of light like lightning in the distance, but every time I turned my head to see it I ended up just missing it. Plus I didn’t really think much about putting windows on the time machine, so I only had a pretty small viewing area.
Time travel was actually a little bit disappointing, to be honest. For one thing, even though I was technically “traveling through time,” it was not instantaneous like I thought it would be. In fact, the journey from October 2008 to today actually took like thirty minutes. It may not sound like much, but trust me, sitting in the time machine is pretty boring. Assuming it would just be instantaneous, I didn’t even think to bring along a book.
There are other disappointments about time travel, too. For instance, I bought a cell phone for $99 before I left, to bring along on the journey with me, so that I could call everyone I knew when I got there (here?) and make stupid jokes about how “young” I was feeling. But then I was in Best Buy today (I couldn’t find a Circuit City for some reason), and they were giving it away for free with a 2 year contract! Man, what a waste! I thought about just going back to last October and not buying it, but the thought of spending another 30 minutes in the time machine was enough to end those thoughts. Another thing, my computer is now obsolete.
Also, due to the time travel I missed a lot of episodes of my favorite TV shows. You wouldn’t think this would be such a big deal – I didn’t even consider it – but I lead a pretty boring life, and I watch a lot of TV. Don’t judge me. Anyway, I tried to watch this week’s Lost, and man I had no idea what was going on whatsoever. Granted, the show’s pretty confusing as it is, but what the hell? They’re back on The Island again? And they’re in the Dharma Initiative now? I am completely confused. I tried reading the recaps on Wikipedia (glad that’s still around!) but I got bored and just said forget it.
I’ll try to post some more about the time travel when I get around to it. Right now I’m off to check my 401(k) balance. I can’t wait to find out how much money I’ve made over the last seven months! Compounding interest, baby! ¶ monger187 wrote this on 5/01/2009 5 comments
Speaking of which, I’m really not sure what was going on outside of the time machine. I think most of the good stuff was at the beginning when I was day-dreaming about the blog. There was a lot of darkness. Every once in a while there was a flash of light like lightning in the distance, but every time I turned my head to see it I ended up just missing it. Plus I didn’t really think much about putting windows on the time machine, so I only had a pretty small viewing area.
Time travel was actually a little bit disappointing, to be honest. For one thing, even though I was technically “traveling through time,” it was not instantaneous like I thought it would be. In fact, the journey from October 2008 to today actually took like thirty minutes. It may not sound like much, but trust me, sitting in the time machine is pretty boring. Assuming it would just be instantaneous, I didn’t even think to bring along a book.
There are other disappointments about time travel, too. For instance, I bought a cell phone for $99 before I left, to bring along on the journey with me, so that I could call everyone I knew when I got there (here?) and make stupid jokes about how “young” I was feeling. But then I was in Best Buy today (I couldn’t find a Circuit City for some reason), and they were giving it away for free with a 2 year contract! Man, what a waste! I thought about just going back to last October and not buying it, but the thought of spending another 30 minutes in the time machine was enough to end those thoughts. Another thing, my computer is now obsolete.
Also, due to the time travel I missed a lot of episodes of my favorite TV shows. You wouldn’t think this would be such a big deal – I didn’t even consider it – but I lead a pretty boring life, and I watch a lot of TV. Don’t judge me. Anyway, I tried to watch this week’s Lost, and man I had no idea what was going on whatsoever. Granted, the show’s pretty confusing as it is, but what the hell? They’re back on The Island again? And they’re in the Dharma Initiative now? I am completely confused. I tried reading the recaps on Wikipedia (glad that’s still around!) but I got bored and just said forget it.
I’ll try to post some more about the time travel when I get around to it. Right now I’m off to check my 401(k) balance. I can’t wait to find out how much money I’ve made over the last seven months! Compounding interest, baby! ¶ monger187 wrote this on 5/01/2009 5 comments
