Later

Interesting post later. Dealing with a huge heaping of "don't wannas" today. Maybe it's the Winter? Maybe it's just a lot of stuff. I don't know. Fighting with my brain to make myself get to class, get homework finished, shower, all that usual stuff that most people do without really thinking about it.

Doing okay, not angry/sad/depressed, or whatever. Just "don't wanna." *shrugs*

Going to.

I Wish...

Science can do anything; create wonders, destroy civilizations, heal the sick, and raise the dead. Our wizards wear lab coats. Our cleric's vestments, scrubs. There is magic everywhere, and because we can explain it we dismiss it, become complacent with it. We forget how amazing our world is.

As a teenager I longed for a world where I could create flame from my fingertip, always ignoring the fact that a Bic lighter will do this easily, quickly. I would have been willing to study arcane texts for an entire night, simply for the ability to communicate across far distances with friends, when touching a few numbers on a keypad would allow me to do so in minutes. The world didn't seem magical, because I couldn't see the magic in the science.

Clarke's Law states "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." Nothing is impossible. We can achieve anything.

It may take time and practice. It may take study and long hours. It might mean having to unlock the secrets of the universe. I wanted mind-to-mind communication; as cell phones become smaller and smaller, integrating themselves into our daily lives, this is becoming a reality. Anything is possible. Everything.

And aren't we already in an age of magic and wonder? Communication with people around the globe in an instant. The ability to travel outside of Earth's atmosphere. The strange but wondrous ability to pump water from miles away into your home. These are things that we take for granted now, that at one time seemed the most amazing things in the world.

The dark side is there as well, of course. The fireballs capable of leveling entire cities, beams of light strong enough to disintegrate whatever they touch. All is there in the magic of science. All of it can be studied, improved upon, and brought to constructive uses. The fireball can be tamed to power cities, the beams of light can surgically remove a tumor in an instant.

Just as a wizard must study hard their spells, ready their minds through years of practice, a scientist must learn the formula, perfect the practice, and then change the world.

I wish somebody had told me this when I was a teenager. I might have grown up to be a wizard.

LJ Idol

I will not be begging for votes this weekend. Not because I made the top 50. Oh no. The reasons are much more diabolical than that.

This week is The Gatekeeper vote. This means that some mysterious people, unknown to the contestants, hold the fate of 14 people in their hands. Their votes decide the fate of the competition.

If I make it I'll be in the top 40, but the competition is fierce. There are 54 people left, and we're losing 14.

This just got nail-bitingly interesting.