I’ve been cooking an experiment here at JustinSpeak. My car, a 2000 Hyundai Elantra, is fairly fuel efficient, but not all the time. So, I’ve been using www.fuelfrog.com to track my gas mileage. I’ve been doing this since May and was going to have one big post at the end of the experiment but will instead sort of keep a running account on the project. The results will be found on a new page of JustinSpeak titled “Gas Mileage.” Enjoy!
Okay, so I’m having a little time travel experiment in a few months. I’m starting to wonder why I haven’t worked on promoting this more. The real answer to the question is simple, since Arch City Marketing has taken off, I’ve had less time to mess with Web sites that don’t pay me any money. However, there is another reason.
Due to the nature of the time travel BBQ, I don’t have to do ANYTHING until the last possible moment before June 7, 2008 at 9:10:11 PM. Why? Because anything that is done up until that point will have lasted through the future just as much as anything done previously. Still with me? In the context of time travel BBQ, I’ve managed to create the perfect excuse for slacking off and procrastinating. If I make a titanium invitation now, it won’t be any more effective than if I made one at the last possible second. Yeah, I could have spread the word better on the web and gotten more steam building. I could have also acted on my idea of getting a public space to throw the party and getting some sponsorships and what not, but maybe that will be next year.
Oh, I didn’t tell you my dearest reader?
Time Travel BBQ will become an annual event. I’ve always wanted a holiday in my honor, but since I’m a relative nobody there isn’t any chance I’m going to get a federal holiday in my namesake where people get off work and shit. No, my best bet at this time is to make annual the time travel BBQ.
While I’m thinking of what date to make the BBQ, ponder this image I got from my good friends at Wikipedia. To hell with context, just stare at it and see if your head explodes at the awesomeness. Coolest. Flowchart. Ever.
I don’t mean to nitpick, but there are some laws in nature that really piss me off. We generally have it pretty easy; gravity keeps this whole thing from falling apart, the sun provides adequate energy to keep the whole thing going, and water provides life as we know it with an essential element. However, I’m a little bummed that in our physical reality we’re confined to sensing only our boring old three dimensions.
No, I’m not high. Bear with me on this one…
I got bored the other night and read this musing. I want to view the world in four dimensions. Three is so lame! Fuck X, Y, and Z. I want to see something else. Furthermore, the idea that quantum physics suggests that there are infinite alternate dimensions and realities beyond our own really makes me wish I could check out one of these alternate realities. It isn’t fair! We’re confined to this world, and there is a great possibility of some really crazy shit out there, but we cannot experience it. The best analogy I can make is that these dimensions and realities beyond our perception are akin to the millions of lines of source code in a complex piece of software. We’re dicking around in the GUI of the universe, but the shit that really makes it work is behind the scenes and invisible to us.
My real grievance here is that I have to either take some very good drugs, or develop some crazy meditation techniques to experience some of these phenomena. I’ve taken some good drugs in my time as anyone who was at Spear, Sean, and Joe’s house homecoming 2003 would attest. Truth be told, I definitely experienced some things that I am convinced were part of this underlying magic that I’m talking about. When you see faces of ancient relatives gestate from the ceiling and look at your buddy sitting on the couch and see straight into his soul, you come to believe that there is indeed some serious shit out there.
Again, I’m not high. For reals.
So that is the post for today. Think about it when you’re in the shower tomorrow. Give yourself just one moment to imagine what it would be like to see the world at the quantum level, or to actually see what goes on in the infinite possibilities of reality. If that doesn’t get you going, then gather up the courage to get some mushrooms and really trip face. Then you’ll see what I mean…
I promise you, my dearest reader, that my next post will be very much rooted in the concrete and practical. I plan a diatribe on my quest to participate in the urban revitalization of our fare city by the river. I bought this book based on my buddy Jon’s recommendation. Can’t wait to read it!
I got an idea, a nerdy idea, but an idea nonetheless.
Methinks its time we prove the existence of time travel. Let us answer the skeptics and offer ourselves a glimpse into the future. I, with the help of my father, have devised a way to prove whether or not traveling through time is possible. Not only will we answer the question regarding science’s greatest mystery, we can also make a very big party even bigger.
And now, my idea.
On Sunday, May 27 2007 I am going to be enjoying a memorial day weekend barbecue just like every other American. However, I am expecting visitors from the future. I am expecting these visitors to arrive in their time machine or fall through a worm hole at 4:20pm under the Gateway Arch. If my visitors make and appearance, than time travel is indeed possible. If they do not show, then it is either not possible, or humanity, as of 2007, is not yet ready to know. You may be wondering how I am going to get people from the future to drop in on St. Louis in a couple years. The method is actually very simple. However, in order for our chances to be as high as possible, I am going to need EVERYONE to help. Starting with this blog entry, I am going to leave invitations in various places up until 5/27/07. These invitations will all appear exactly like the following:
IF TIME TRAVEL IS EVER POSSIBLE, PLEASE CONFIRM ITS DISCOVERY BY SENDING A MESSENGER ON 05/27/07. MESSENGER IS TO APPEAR UNDER THE GATEWAY ARCH IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI USA. MESSENGER IS TO ARRIVE IN PEACE AND ASSURE THAT NO ONE WILL BE HARMED DUE TO THE ARRIVAL, INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY, AT THAT TIME. IF YOU BELIEVE HUMANITY IS NOT READY AT THAT TIME FOR THE PROOF OF TIME TRAVEL, DO NOT COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF SPACE TIME CONTINUUM.
These invitations will be left on various slips of paper, carved into a stone, or somehow made on an object that will last. The way I figure it, a couple thousand years from now when people from some other galaxy or something are exploring the ruins of our nuclear wasteland, they might stumble upon one of my invitations and make an appearance. Perhaps they will give us the proper knowledge seeds to begin the science of time travel. Who knows. The hard part is going to be not destroying the invitations. They need to last a long time. Also, the more invitations left around the world the better the chance they survive well into the future.
Now I suppose there are holes in this experiment. My hypothesis is banking on the fact that time travel is actually possible and that my message will be received. Either way, I plan on drinking beer and having a good time on 05/27/07. If visitors from the future show up, then I will become a cultural icon. If they don’t, then at least I had a good time.
You might find it funny that I posted this stoner-esque comment on 4/20. I swear to whatever god you choose that this theory wasn’t made while high. You may have also heard this theory somewhere else. If that is the case, then please tell me where you heard it so I can compare notes.
I have something for you my dearest reader.
My idea machine began to churn after watching this little flash video. Needless to say, it got me writing. I’ll share with you the results in a day or so. In the interim, please feel free to comment. While watching the video, pay attention to the ID card. I thought it was a clever nod.
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