An entry in which the mind twists and turns like the body

[astrochris]

I wonder how many thoughts I fail from thinking every second. For every thought I choose to have, and maybe keep for a few minutes, there are infinite more I am ignoring. How many of these infinite paths are better and more productive than the one I choose to entertain? Assuming there are infinite thoughts better and worse than every thought I

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[ratlyn]

I remember awakening on Sunday with the words "Rudra Sil" on my mind. I've done everything since then without forgetting to do some research on what this mythical chant might mean, but have put it off until now. An minor but important Mesopotamian deity? A Turkish author I admired as a child? No, says Google...an Associate Professor at Penn whose name I must have seen somewhere. What a disappointment.

That would make an excellent novel opener.

[astrochris]

It was interesting, although my writing fails not to be contrived, heh. I think by "excellent" you mean "crumpled" and by "novel" you mean "trash".

I don't know...

[sinclair_furie]

It could be a good novel opener. The rest of the novel would just have to be rather unrelated, witty and somehow make sense.
Nah, no need to move on. Most of those infinitely better futures would consist of me missing out on a meta-meta-entry. I mean, how many layers of reflection can you have before you start going just a little woozy?

Re: I don't know...

[astrochris]

Heh, I think that second layer of reflection I just added was enough to wooziphy my head.

The infinitely improved alternative will have to wait until I stop travelling...