Well, I have agreed to write an article for this issue of Transfinite Joy, however no topic was involved, simply some crazy idea dreamed up by Shige. So here I sit writing this essay for the publication which I have so enjoyed reading over the past months. Now I must find a topic about which to write, and decide the basic questions that one must answer when writing such an essay. Shall I aim for profundity, or should I attempt to state something profound. The latter makes for a much better essay, of this I am well aware, however at the moment I feel as though a truly profound thought is beyond me, so perhaps I shall search the internet for something which may strike my fancy.

I convinced myself that food is odd and that the eating of which is an action with ill-intent towards the eater. Thus I found ensure and "many" "flavors" of babyfood. The different names of ensure and gerber, respectively, each taste similar anyway. My friend said somewhere in Africa they eat cans of food with illustrated labels (to universally indicate each cans contents). Thats why they didnt eat babyfood. And I watched the american version of one of the pokémon movies today. Except some damn child was talking (you know that stage where they havent yet learned for how to talk right as of yet) almost the whole time. Sometimes it works, if youre really hungry,

time out

Now I seem to have stumbled upon a list of famous, or perhaps infamous, quotations. Maybe one of these will inspire me to write a wonderful essay in a time where I lack any and all inspiration to do so. I do believe I have found an interesting quote, why don’t you read this and see what you think. "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper." – Author unknown. The author may be unknown but the circumstance certainly is not, and perhaps if you read on at some point I will find it prudent to reveal this. This quote may be unique, but its idea is certainly shared by many. What you do in life does not determine your final fate, at least not here on Earth, perhaps some afterlife would change this, but even so, there is such a thing as an evil king and a kind hearted, gentle peasant.

(Hungry, not just "want something to eat." The Littles were hungry. And then those men in white had to take her away.)

to drive (or walk, for that matter) through the drive thrus of restaurants and let em know why they should just give you some food. Dont be doing this often either. Its mine. AND I did it at the mcdonalds with the racist manager. Plus he tried to make me pay for barbecue sauce. God said the best things in life are supposed to be free. So the barbecue sauce that I did have I poured and splashed around and on the floor.

Well, I believe I have found another quote for some thought, this one much more general in nature, and hilarious to think about. "Everything that can be invented has been invented." -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899. Mr. Duell resigned after this, because of course, what good was the Patents Office if there was nothing left to patent. Unfortunately, I think I will have to disagree with this statement, as a few things have been invented since 1899. However this quote is not only wonderful for his foolery, but it also can be given a much broader meaning with respect to the views of society. Society thinks that everything is as it always has been, and always will be. Sure if you ask a person on the street if it was different in World War II they would say ‘yes’, but would they know how, or why, would they truly understand. I know that I don’t understand this, and perhaps this is simply something that we have to live with as we go through life. Even if we cannot change how we perceive the world, we should at least be aware that our perception may not always be accurate, or the only one.

Man, I went to a NAACP meeting tonight. These little girls ran about me counting my pokéballs and saying to me "whatup, mah nigga?!" Damn. Josh wouldve liked the movie too I think. His pink favorite pokémon I think, buru, was in it. Finally, OL’D.B. will give a prize to the correct answer for the mystery initial in Jacob M. Hicks.*

For anyone who is interested, I said that I would reveal the source of the first quote, and so here it is. "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper."- actually came from an early twentieth century man convicted of murder who was about to be hung somewhere in Georgia. The place or name of the man was not revealed, although it is probably known by someone, somewhere.