Chess Men

I am sitting in economics, paying attention to the extent that I can with Salmasi being his usual monotanous self. It is striking to me that in economics there are a number of laws that define why people do things. People are chess men to be manipulated. The firm adapts its policy because it percieves that people will react a certain way. It is precisely like a well played game of chess, where you move your pieces in anticipation of what the other person will do, maneuvering yourself to take advantage of his or her actions. Chess is a zero-sum game..you can only gain at the expense of the other person. Economics, on the other hand, is a non-zero sum game between producers and consumers. Both parties gain from interaction, and although each may benefit to different degrees in different transactions, there is a net gain in utility. In a capitalist system, people will not buy anything that they percieve to have less utility than the money they are giving up. Similarly, companies will not produce something if they cannot produce it for a value less than that for which they can sell it (P>AVC) This leads me to think of an interesting theory of development, wherby the rate at which a society develops is based on the net percentage increase of non-zero sum interaction in the society. I wont go into that thought, because I just thought of it and havent had time to think through the implications. What I wanted to discuss are the interactions on the human level. The interactions I have with my friends, family, associates etc. Are these interactions rational? Do people unconciously use the people they know as chess men? Are their interactions zero-sum? what implications does this have? I believe that the way I interact with others is fairly rational. However, I have observed some very irrational actions in others on a consistent basis. Why is this? Is what they are doing somehow rational to them? Class is over..but ill have to think more on this. Philosophy is so interesting.

Quantum Ladder Theory

Ladder Theory has been bothering me lately. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, check out www.intellectualwhores.com/masterladder.html. The crux of the problem is that the theory makes sense. It logically explains a good portion of some very interesting questions. The theory provides explanations about how men and women have different outlooks when it comes to the type of relationships they can have. It also provides a theoretical breakdown of the factors that promote attraction on both the men's and women's side. It's a hard theory to deny or refute, because it is easy to see myraid examples where it seems to apply perfectly. However, there's something about it that doesnt seem quite complete. There are a few anomolies here and there, some of which the theory tries to explain (Religiosity, Loyalty etc) and few which it doesnt even touch, (The Casablanca Phenomenon, the Summer/Ana Conundrum..ill get to these) Mitch provided one possible explanation, that the ladder theory explains why people are attracted to one another and the mechanics of "ranking people" but makes no attempt to explain the actions people take based on their attraction. If you look at the various stes of explanations for why people act the way they do, you will find some common ground. It has to do with each individual's system of beliefs and values. For simplicity, let's call this Moral Compass Theory. I would define Moral Compass Theory as stating that the actions people take are based on how well they percieve the likely outcomes a a given course of action correlate with their individual beliefs, values and goals. Of course, people dont always make the "right" decision, but this can be easily explained two ways. Firstly. people arn't omnicient. Their perception of the likely outcomes of any action they take might be wrong. Secondly, everyone has a different "Moral Compass" based on their experiences, religion, upbringing and any number of other factors. Therefore, it is difficult to judge anyone's decision as right or wrong. However, the fact remains that people take action for a reason, and that reason has to do with a number of internal and external factors. Now it become apparent that these two theories describe different parts of the same system of interaction. Ladder Theory does a good job of explaining why people are, or are not, attracted to each other and how women and men differ in that regard. Moral Compass Theory is convinient to explain why people undertake specific action. The problem lies in reconciling the two, as they dont appear to be compatible. For example, a guy might meet a woman who was extremely attractive to him, who he believes is interested in him and who is likely to sleep with him, and has a number of other good qualities. According to ladder theory, she would be placed near the top of the ladder, perhaps in the section "Would Actually Pursue" and if he was offered sex he would definatley take it. According to Moral Compass Theory though, a different answer might be arrived at. If the said woman was married, underage, a different religion, a woman who slept around, or if the said man was married, extremely religious, related to the woman or any other of hundreds of scenarios, many people would find that the response that aligned best with their "Moral Compass" would be to turn down the offer of a relationship/sex. Now we see how the two theories can appear to contradict each other. My goal here is to provide an explanation that reconciles the two theories. I got this idea from Mitch's physics analogy, and since I'm not nearly intense enough to reconcile the Theory of Quantum Mechanics with the Theory of General Relativity and come up with a Quantum Theory of Gravity, I will instead attempt to blend Ladder Theory and Moral Compass Theory and explain my Quantum Ladder Theory. My theory goes like this. When two people of the opposite sex meet, they quickly form opinions of each other based on an individual's framework of attraction (either the pie charts presented in Ladder Theory or using another scheme such as Blair's Perfect Woman Test, I will discuss this in more detail in a future post). A person will then give everyone they meet two ratings, one concerning how much they are interested in a physical relationship and another concerning how much they would like to be friends with the person. For men, these two ratings are intrinsically linked and almost never differ by a significant amount. This is why Classical Ladder Theory shows that men have only one ladder. If a man likes a woman enough to be her friend, he will also like her enough to have some sort of relationship with her. Women, on the other hand, often display large differences between the two ratings. A man can be low on both counts, in which case the woman will not hang out with him, he can be high on the relationship count and low on the friends count (which in classical ladder theory would mean he is on the "good ladder" and is probably a rich and good looking investment banker or an outlaw biker), he can be high on the friends count and low on the relationship count (on the friends ladder in classical theory) or he can be high on both counts (a very rare case which usually results in the woman being swept off her feet and being madly in love with the guy). Once a person has obtained a sense of where someone's counts are, they put them on a ladder. The addition to the ladder will be on the form of two statements, "I want to have a relationship with so and so" and "I want to be friends with so and so" Again, it it important to remember that for men, the location of the two statements on the ladder will be very close to each other but for women the two might be very far apart on the ladder. In Quantum Ladder Theory, everyone has only one ladder, and on it, in addition to all the statements (friend and relationship) of every person of the opposite sex, the ladder also includes all the value statements, goals and beliefs that a person uses in to make decisions in Moral Compass Theory. All of these statements are ranked in order of importance and intermingled with the statements about the opposite sex. When a person considers what action to take with regard to a certain member of the opposite sex, they consider where the person is on the ladder and what statements are above and below that rating. This theory explains the same things as Classical Ladder Theory and uses the same explanations for what happens in relationships where one person's rating is higher. It covers all the bases of Classical Theory, and addresses the problems inherent with it. I will run through some of those now, and how Quantum Theory deals with them.
1. Religiosity: Someone who does not believe in sex before marriage will rank people the same as everone else, but when considering action, for that person the Belief that "sex before marriage is wrong" is higher on their ladder than the Statement, "I want to have a relationship with so and so" This constrains the person from acting on their relationship statement. This does not affect the friends Statement, as the two have nothing to do with each other. In this case and similar cases, Classical Ladder Theory is wrong when it says that men cannot be friends with women without sex getting in the way, because in this case, a man will not act on his relationship Statement because it is constrained by his religious Belief, but he is free to act on his friends statement. The man will still be attracted to the women , but will not act on his attraction because of the constraint. This allows for stable friendships between men and women.
2. Loyalty: This is very similar to the above case, but here someone's Statement "I want to have a relationship with so and so" is constraned by the Value statement "Stealing another man's woman is wrong" or by the Belief "So and So's friendship is beneficial to me and if i steal his woman I will lose that friendship" or by both. Classical Theory's assertion that the people your friends are dating are not really your friends is complete crap and doesnt make sense.
3. Drunkenness: being drunk impairs your mental faculties and makes it much harder to judge where a given relationship statement, belief or value is on your ladder and thus often causes people to do things they wouldn't otherwise.
4. Exes: People are your exes for a reason. Often there is some sort of belief generated by a breakup that constrains one from acting on the relationship statement you have for that person.
5. The Casablanca Phenomenon: In Casablanca, Rick gives up the woman he loves to Victor because his Goal of "Defeating the Nazis" is higher on his ladder than his Statement "I am in love with Ilsa and want to have a relationship with her" This is an example of a situation where two statements are extremely close to one another on the ladder, and drama is created by individual events that affect the position of the two statements relative to one another. As the movie progresses, events cause small changes in the position of Rick's statements on his ladder and thus affect his actions.
6. The Summer/Ana Conundrum: This is a situation such as Seth has with Ana and Summer or Archie with Betty and Veronica. According to Classical Ladder Theory, either Summer or Ana would have to be higher on Seth's Ladder. By observation we can tell that's not the case. Instead, The four statements, "I would like to have a relationship with Ana", "I would like to be friends with Ana" , "I would like to have a relationship with Summer" and "I would like to be friends with Summer" are all very very close to each other on Seth's Ladder, as we would expect by the fact he is a guy and the fact he seems equally interested in both. The reason he is unable to choose is because although a guy's friends statment and relationship statement for a particular girl are intrinsically linked and close to each other they are not at exactly the same point. Ana's friends statement is higher than Summer's on Seth's Ladder, but Summer's relationship statement is higher than Ana's. Because Seth is male and unable to seperate his friends statement from his relationship statement, he finds himself in a bit of a pickle.
7 One Last Thing: Classical Ladder Theory has a mojor problem in the fact that it is static. You put someone on a ladder and they stay there. Quantum Ladder Theory is neccesarily a dynamic theory. Every experience one has changes one's ladder very slightly. Values come and go, Beliefs are confirmed or rejected, Goals are achieved or revised and Statements, either relationship or friendship, move slightly as one continues to interact with the person. This is illustrated well in the Casablanca Phenomenon, and also provides a second explanation for the behaviour of exes.
I feel that this theory is better than Classical Ladder Theory and solves all the problems that had been really bothering me about it. I know im a big nerd, but this was fun.

Assumptions

Hey Capitan, if you were in GATE, Mr. Holland would be telling you to question your fundamental assumptions right now. I'll give you a list of the ones you've made that have no basis is fact.

1. Just because I have emotions I automatically cry all the time..this is just wrong, if you actually knew me at all you would know that I'm pretty much the most rational person you will ever meet, and that even when things don't go my way I can almost always see the other point of view...I hardly ever get really angry or upset..and I dont cry easily.

2. I think you're a coward..well I really dont know whether you are or not, if you read carefully you'll know that the words I used were "in case"

3. I wouldnt be able to handle talking about these things face to face or if I knew who you were..again, just wrong, I always look for constuctive criticism and ways to improve myself, and my self esteem is just about as solid as you will find everywhere, which comes from a base of rationally justifying the way I am and the ways I act. So no, I wouldnt have a breakdown.

4. That you're a mysogynist...again, there is nothing in my entry about you, its only about the way I think. I said that certain lifestyles wouldnt do anything for me, but I never implied that you thought one way or another about any of them. The only direct thing I said to you was "If not..have fun with what you call your life, and when you realize that you have lived a life without significance, don't come crying to me" I only inferred that your life would turn out to be insignificant because the fact that you're trying to convince me of certain things so passionatley that I guessed you are having some identity issues with your own life. If I guessed wrong, I sincerely apologize, but I make assumptions too.

5. That everyone thinks the way you do..Han Solo and Ahhnold may not be admirable in you books, but there is a reason they are so famous.

6. That having garlic sausage for breakfast is a bad thing.

7. The heyday of romance was in the 1800's..again just wrong..check your history..what is the highest-grossing movie of all time? An idealistic romance that came out in 1997. The greatest romances of all time? 1600ish, 1939, 1942....and a bunch from ancient mythology which has enjoyed a massive resurgence in the last 15 yrs or so. As life becomes more mechanized and regular, I think that people will, and are, looking at romance again as a way to give meaning to their lives. Free Love deal was all 1960s and 1970s.

Ok..well thats a good start on the assumptions...I think Holland would be telling you to write some post-modern self-reflections by now. Having said that..the things you suggest girls like are about the most accurate things you have said yet.

Humour? (PS you spelt it wrong unless youre an american) I figure I have perhaps a more subtle sense of humour than others, but its certainly there.

Mystery? Theres's no mystery with someone who a girl knows is gonna screw her over. It only comes with involved relationships.

Being kept on their toes? Ask any of the girls I have dated, and even some of those with whom it hasnt worked out. If I like someone, they've gotta be on their toes. If they're not sharp they are way less attractive.

Excitement? Romance is way more exciting than pretty much anything else I can think of.

Originality? By your own admission I am not the typical management guy. I consider myself quite unique (see oneandonlyblair.blogspot)

Independence? I think I think I can handle that. "In love the paradox occurs that two become one and yet remain two"..one of my fav quotes..you cant give up your independance..

CONFIDENCE? I can't believe you'd even question that one...I will say one thing about you that I have no way of verifying but I am nonetheless sure is true. My self confidence is better than yours.

Finally, thanks for your advice. As you know if you know me, I love a good debate. You also might want to know the last time I got out-debated was talking to a man named Mark Hopman in April..and again I'm guessing, but i'll wager that he's smarter than you. So by all means, take your best shot. I'll obliterate you. How's that for near arrogance?

Hey Capitan Majed

Whoever you are, if you want to have an intelligent debate about the way I run my life, by all means tell me who you are and I would be more than willing to explain it to you. In case you're too afraid to do that, ill give you a short run-down.

Some people may consider things like romance to be old fashioned, but in my books it is a hundred times better than running around drinking every weekend and screwing hapless management sluts just for kicks. For me that would be so hollow and unfulfilling as to be completely useless. I would have more fun spending one day with a girl I loved than I would in a month with six or seven girls who meant absolutley nothing.

My blog entries are personal, and I'll admit, often a little melodramatic, but thats just the way I choose to write them. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it.

As for being an insult to men everywhere, I think you should consider how many of the great men of history are great because of how much they drank or how many women they scored with. The great men of history are great because they followed their dreams, and did not renounce their values and ideals in the face of external pressure. If that doesnt convince you, i think you should look at two of the great representations of our culture..music and film. Thousands of men in the last century idolized people like Rick Blaine in Casablanca and Han Solo in Star Wars. Both were romantics at heart. Even the very face of masculinity, our good friend Arnold Schwarzenegger, usually goes on a destructive rampage for the sake of a girl.

As for my music, which you claim is terrible...if you can give me someone who can play a piano better than Burton Cummings, put you to sleep or calm your nerves better than James Taylor, crank out a 10 minute rock opera better than Meatloaf, write better love songs than Lonestar, Elton John or Savage Garden and stand up to Mark Knopfler or Jimmy Page with an electric, then i might agree with you. Until you find bands that can do that, you can shut up about my music. So if you actually have anything else to say that might be relevant..by all means go for it. If not..have fun with what you call your life, and when you realize that you have lived a life without significance, don't come crying to me.

Where is Carolina?

I'm feeling pretty weird right now. I wasnt sure what it was at first, because its not something that has happend to me recently...but I think I have it pinned down now. After not feeling it my entire first year away from home...i get back home..to calgary..an awesomely awesome place as always..and I'm a little bit lonely. Of all my close friends..only Trent have i seen a satisfactory amount. The people I was looking forward to seeing here...amit, mitch, ray...my high school friends..i have seen little or not at all. The things I get out of talking to those friends...fun times, good memories, intellectual debate..have been strangley absent since i got home. I miss people from McGill...when you live with people for eight months they become somewhat of a regularity..and not having even talked to them much...there is a bit of an empty spot there....Mark, Kristen, Derek, Cowboy, Larissa, those names headline the list..but it goes on. Anyway..all that contributed..and it was accentuated today by the fact that lyndz and I will continue our long running tradition of living in the same city for one year..followed by a bunch of years apart. All that is annoying..and is made more annoying by the fact i cant seem to adress the problem effectivley. People are busy..even when I talk to mcgill friends i run out of things to say..and I myself have little time for the endeavour..it seems like i do nothing but work, track and physio. So..as I often do when im feeling weird..i threw on JT's Carolina in my Mind (#2 song of all time) and flew away to my own little perfect world..my Carolina. the only thing is..im not quite sure where carolina is right now..it's often at the lake..but right now it sometimes is in windsor, and sometimes in Montreal and sometimes back to normal in northern sask. We'll have to see where it ends up..but it will be somewhere good..and im glad to say this..something not too far from real life (within reach anyway). Now its my job to carpe diem and make it happen. Cheers to all.

Playing in the Big Leagues

The year is winding to a close, and its been pretty awesome. I've met lots of great people, had alot of fun, and learned so much. I am really excited for the summer, and for the fall as well. There will be some hard decisions to make, some tough challenges to face, but I am relishing the opportunity. One thing that i hadn't really thought about though, was something that Larissa mentioned the other day. I remember thinking that the best thing about university would be that everyone was smart and competent and generally awesome and that it would be a challenge and a thrill to talk to them and compete with them and debate this that and the other thing. I never really thought about how much I was mistaken until now. Everyone at McGill is obviously intelligent, but if I was hoping to be thrown in a pool with eight Jonathans and six Tsz Hins and twenty Roberts..I was gravley dissapointed. It really helps me appreciate the caliber of the people I went to high school with and make me appreciate GATE even more. Now, though, at the end of the year, there are finally flashes of those people that i was hoping would be all over the place. I noticed it first with cowboy mike, he is the sort of person I expected to be the norm..someone who is incredibly intelligent and gifted at all manner of other things as well. I usually have to be on the top of my game to compete with him. Then there is Larissa. Part of the reason that I enjoy hanging with her so much is that it forces me to do everything I thought i would have to do at university. I have to be razor sharp every single time i talk to her, and I have to be running at 110% to even dance in the same arena. I relish the challenge though..and I certainly like to think I can hold my own. Those times when I'm a bit off my game and Ive been caught flat-footed (the Marx argument, trying to explain a few other things) have been a bit annoying, but I think I've done pretty well. Since yesterday however, and all the amazing people she was talking about, especially from this Global Young Leaders Conference (man I wish someone had told me about that), I know that i really am playing in the big leagues. To be among those people she considers her "peer group" it will certainly take everything I can muster and if I ever want to have a unique place among all those amazing people she knows I will certainly have to earn it. I never have been one to shy from a challenge though, and even when i'm competing with the 700 people that will be running the world in 30 years, I will go out there like it's a 400 against Trent and Dargie and Aaron and give them a run for their money. As they say in Chariots of Fire "Let me exhort you, examine yourselves, and let each of you discover where your true chance at greatness lies. For the sake of your college and your country, seize this chance, rejoice in it, and let no power or persuasion deter you in your task" Anyway, thats my rant for today. Hi to all.

Blair’s 25 Favorite Artists

My three favorite songs by each artist are in brackets
1. Burton Cummings (Timeless Love, My Own Way to Rock, You Saved My Soul)
2. James Taylor (Carolina in My Mind, Something in the Way She Moves, Country Road)
3. Meatloaf (Modern Girl, Bat Outta Hell, Hot Summer Night)
4. Don Henley (Heart of the Matter, The End of the Innocence, Boys of Summer)
5. Savage Garden (Truly, Madly, Deeply, I Want You, Universe)
6. U2 (Where the Streets Have No Name, Pride, With or Without You)
7. Elvis Presley (I’m All Shook Up, Suspicious Minds, With All My Heart)
8. Chicago (You’re My Inspiration, What Kind of Man Would I Be? Just You n’ Me)
9. The Eagles (Take It Easy, Desperado, Already Gone)
10. Bruce Springsteen (The Rising, Streets of Philadelphia, Dancing in the Dark)
11.The Who (Behind Blue Eyes, Magic Bus, Won’t Get Fooled Again)
12.Elton John (The One, Wicked Dreams, Candle in the Wind)
13.Phil Collins (Son of Man, Strangers Like Me, Against All Odds)
14.The Guess Who (These Eyes, Laughing, Undun)
15.Lonestar (I’m Already There, Amazed, Front Porch Looking In)
16.CCR (Up Around the Bend, Fortunate Son, Bad Moon Rising)
17.The Doobie Brothers (China Grove, Rockin Down the Highway, Long Train Running)
18.The Bee Gees (Staying Alive, How Deep is Your Love, Night Fever)
19.Blue Rodeo (Lost Together, Bulletproof, Until I am Myself Again)
20.Guns and Roses (Paradise City, November Rain, Sweet Child of Mine)
21.Dire Straits (Brothers in Arms, Sultans of Swing, Romeo and Juliet)
22.AC/DC (Shook Me All Night Long, Thunderstruck, For All Those About to Rock)
23.Moody Blues (Knights in White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon, Whiter Shade of Pale)
24.Linda Ronstadt (Don’t Know Much, I Need You, All My Life)
25.Frank Sinatra (I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Fly Me To The Moon, As Time Goes By)

Blair's 25 Favorite Songs of All Time

I made this list a couple years ago, and updated it recently, I was in a singing mood today, so i thought I'd put it up.
1. Timeless Love, Burton Cummings (1977)
2. Carolina in my Mind, James Taylor (1976)
3. My Own Way to Rock, Burton Cummings (1977)
4. Something in the Way She Moves, James Taylor (1968)
5. Walking in Memphis, Marc Cohn (1991)
6. Truly, Madly, Deeply, Savage Garden (1997)
7. The Rising, Bruce Springsteen (2002)
8. The Heart of the Matter, Don Henley (1989)
9. Where the Streets Have No Name, U2 (1987)
10. Modern Girl, Meatloaf (1988)
11. I’m Already There, Lonestar (2001)
12. You’re the Inspiration, Chicago (1984)
13. More Than a Feeling, Boston (1976)
14. Behind Blue Eyes, The Who (1971)
15. The End of the Innocence, Don Henley (1989)
16. Pride, U2 (1984)
17. Take it Easy, The Eagles (1972)
18. Bat Out of Hell, Meatloaf (1977)
19. Chariots of Fire, Vangelis (1981)
20. The Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel (1966)
21. Country Road, James Taylor (1970)
22. I’m All Shook Up, Elvis Presley (1957)
23. Against All Odds, Phil Collins (1984)
24. Rock Hard, Ride Free, Judas Priest (1984)
25. Knights in White Satin, Moody Blues (1967)
I'll put up my 25 fav artists and 25 fav love songs in the days to come. Cheers to All.

Speechless

I really dont know what to say. Downfall was amazingly acted, realistic and had a strangely human element to it..but I feel like a horrible person for feeling anything for that particular group of individuals. Anyway, it was an awesome movie, I still need time to digest it all, but I'm definatley buying it when it comes out. My pulse was pounding and my hands were shaky for alot of the movie(probably not all due to the movie itself, but at least in part) Anyway, the clean room is great, and I felt the odd sense of pride I get when someone interesting looks around the room at all my quotes and posters. That was good, but tea, a comfy pillow, a fabulous view of the Montreal skyline and Timeless Love playing in the background, not to mention the company..was...perfect. As soon as the word was mentioned, it immediatley stuck...there arnt many of those perfect moments, but that was one of them. The at 1:11 I made my wish, at 1:16 I finished my sentence with the fridge magnets, immediatley thought that I should have wrote something mundane, then immeadiatley realized that would have been really boring. At 1:19 I left, and arrived back here shortly thereafter. Things are good..but not quite..perfect. I feel like Rick a bit..I wanted to leave, "Here's to looking at you, kid" on the fridge, but alas, the words wern't there. So was what I settled for better? "So who knows? Only time"

Work, Memories and OC references

The last week has been absolutley crazy, with highs and lows, excitement and boredom, stress and relaxation, work and leisure and just about anything else you could ask for. I handed in two Info Systems papers on Friday, finished a 12 page history paper that could have been twenty this morning, and have an ob paper to finish by Wednesday. Packed around all that work was St Patrick's day, we went to Claddaugh and listened to some great live music..and the formal at 737 on Friday. That was...well to use my quote of the day, "Nothing Can Compare.." Thats from a song by Finley Quaye, ironically the first time I heard it was during the OC, at their new years thingy in the penthouse of the Four Seasons in California. Let me tell you, California has nothing on Montreal. 737 was a beautiful place, good music, good food and good company. I wonder if its like that all the time or if it was different because the IRC rented it out for us? Anyway, I wore the pink tie, it came off well and I was glad that I wore it. Like Ryan in that episode of the OC..I wasnt sure that the person I desperatley wanted to dance with would be available..but lo and behold, just like that episode of the OC..things worked out for the best. There was another time..a long time ago..when I was mesmerized by a certain blue dress...back then it was a girl named Denise that wore it. Speaking of girls of the past..Jan was there on Friday as well. We had a nice chat, it brought back memories as much as Larissa's blue dress. Its odd how things like that flow together, and when we were dancing I couldn't help thinking that the first girl I fell pretty hard for wore a dress that very same color when she and I danced, and that the second girl I fell hard for was wandering around that very same party. All of it reminds me of the next line of the Finley Quaye song..."When you roll the dice and swear..."

A Star Wars Kinda Mood

Ever since I saw that trailer yesterday..all my bottled up Star Wars nerdiness has been gushing out in droves. It's been a long time since everything reminded me of a part of Star Wars. Even when I was talking to Larissa last night, I couldnt hold down the Star Wars references at the most serious parts of the conversation. ("If I were a Jedi Master like I am on facebook...) I'm a bit embarrassed about that in hindsight...it doesnt help that immediatley following that particular comment I said something else that was presumptive, arrogant and that i shouldn't have said. Anyway, for fun, ive decided to write the rest of this post, which will cover many areas of my life..as a sequence of star wars lines.
Obi-Wan: It surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together
Vader: The circle is now complete, when i left you I was but the learner, now I am the master
Obi-Wan: Only a master of evil, Darth
Han: She's definatley got spirit. You think a princess, and a guy like me?
Luke: No
Leia: For luck
Leia: Yes, you're a great help to us, you're a natural leader
Han: No, thats not it
Leia: You stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder
Han: Must of hit her pretty close to the mark to get her all riled up like that
Leia: I guess you dont know everything about women yet
Palpatine: There is a great disturbance in the Force. We have a new enemy. Luke Skywalker
Han: I know
Luke: I'm not afraid
Yoda: Help them you could, but you would destroy all for which they have fought
Yoda: Mind what you have learned, save you it can
Yoda: Anger, fear, aggression, the dark side of the force are they
Vader: Together we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy
Yoda: Do not underestimate the power of the emperor
Luke: I feel the conflict within you, let go of your hate
Vader: There is no conflict
Han: You love him, don't you
Leia: Yes
Han: I understand. When he comes back, I wont get in the way
Palpatine: So be it, Jedi
Leia: I know
Anakin: You were right.
Obi-Wan: You were the chosen one
Thats all for now..a worthy intelletual exercise and a way of sorting around my own feelings
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