Today, not-withstanding my Christmastime blogging break, I am writing my 100th post as the Startup Fiance. Given that I usually spend roughly 30 minutes writing, editing, and publishing each post, I have now officially spent at least 50 hours perfecting my literary craft; I think 50 hours is a gross understatement, but is not like I have any time cards to prove it! It is an overwhelming feeling to know that I have already put that kind of time in, yet I still feel there are so many things I need to elaborate on and discover. On the same token, there are a few topics that need to be laid to rest, never to be heard from again.

I truly feel privileged to be able to put into words all of the thoughts, emotions, milestones, and absurdities we have been going through over the past 6 months It’s even more of an honor to give the collective consciousness access to, and an understanding of, where we are coming from, even when we are not completely sure where that is for ourselves. It is an arduous task to introspectively examine your situation while concurrently living within it, especially when you are not willing to be honest with yourself. The blog has helped me to be more honest, especially in instances where mentioning certain topics may cast us in an unflattering light. People may not always understand everything you say or do, but they will understand and remember how those things have made you the person that you are.

That being said, we can all attest to many instances in which something we said experienced the “whisper down the lane” effect and became misconstrued beyond recognition. As a solution to this ages-old, tall-tale generating problem, Butterfinger has proposed the creation of a new communication through which words are no longer necessary; a time of direct cognitive uploading using a computing interface. As a wannabe-writer, it is hard for me to encourage this sort of innovation, as I have come to rely on concrete words to any type of ambiguous language exchange. I also have concerns that this type of machine-assisted concept transfer may create a society even more devoid of emotion that the one we currently find ourselves within.

On the other hand, just as the Terminator learned how to only shoot people in the knees and came to understand why humans cry (although it was something he could never do), if we could give the communication assisting computers data on human interactions in utilizing syntax, I may be more apt to jump on the telepathy train. It is very fascinating to think that sometime in the near future we may be able to bypass all of the body language and tonal issues that often complicate human communications, but it is important to look at how much of those intricacies are the communication in its entirety. I have had plenty of conversations with people during which no audible words were exchanged, yet I knew exactly what the other person was thinking, feeling, needing, and expressing at that point in space.

So until we have evolved to a point where I am able to upload a montage of thoughts for you to experience at your leisure, I will continue to translate my brainwaves into keystrokes for you to again retranslate and assign meaning to.  Just to add a bit of foreshadowing, I can feel the plot beginning to thicken as we are getting ready to head back west late this week, and upon our return we will be gearing up for our move to northern California.  Not to mention we are living in a very volatile political and economic situation at the present time that I will most likely have a hard time keeping my fingers shut about.  Here’s to 100 more posts!!

January 15th, 2008 | Natural Disasters, Employment, Startup Fashion, Friendly Encounters, The Office, Realpolitik, Startup Diet, Startup Sacrifices, The Startup, Roommates, Adventures with Dogs, Startup Relationships, Planes Trains & Automobiles, The House