[ practice makes prefect? ]
Everything happened in order, despite claims to the contrary. The laws and flaws of the physical world weren't broken or even bent. Of course, I didn't really have much say in the matter. Laws refuse to be refused and flaws will wheedle themselves in just about anywhere. More than chronology, I guess, it was always a matter of simultaneity when it came to the Maniac. If the right people were there at the same time, if the radio was spitting out just the right song, if the fog was licking the windows just the right way, and - there's no getting around it - especially if it was Sunday, then things would start to happen. The LoveStruck Maniac could be anything you wanted it to be.
Professor Mussa used to say, "there's no such thing as simultaneity." He'd slam his hand on the table to wake you up. "By the time the signal for 'table' gets to your brain, the event itself is long gone. 'When' this thing occurs in your brain is completely different from the physical 'when' and everybody else's 'when' for that matter." ...
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In other news: I had two grad school interviews, and got acceptered at both! Just talking to those people, the profs and grad students, sorta changed the way I look at myself, though. I don't really mind those changes, which is to say, the ego-trip, but trying to decide where to go is confusing the hell out of me. There's still so much to do this semester. |
