The Celestine Omen
Remember that lame new-age book called the Celestine Prophesy? It sucked; I read it years ago at someone's urging. Oddly, Douglas Adams used a similar philosophy in his Holistic Detective Agency books. And today it occurred to me that both those books are awfully optimistic.
They basically make the claim that coincidence has meaning and in particular, if you bump into a person, the same person randomly, more than once, you should talk to them, find out about them, whatever, because life keeps putting them in your path and therefore you have something to learn from them or teach them or something.
I thought of this because I have crossed paths with the same girl 3 times since Sunday this week and prior to that she popped up as one of my "stalkers" on OKCupid. (That just means she viewed my profile).
Also, as previous posts can attest to, I am not having a good week. I have not been fired yet, but things are pretty bleak. So here's where I was thinking maybe those books were optimistic. Maybe this coincidence is more of a bad omen, like run the hell away. Maybe it is like Groundhog Day and I have to fix something otherwise I will keep seeing this girl (who I think dislikes me for some mysterious reason) every time I leave work or go to a bar. Like that guy who tried to sell Bill Murray insurance. Of course even in that movie, Bill ends up being nice to everybody by the end and that's how he finally breaks the cycle. That won't work in this situation
I am actually destined to get more bad news tomorrow. About a year ago, I was basically promoted at work. I have never had a job title really, but it was kinda understood. And while they said the company would not allow for a raise, they could structure it so I got a quarterly bonus. It was sort of like an extra paycheck once every 3 months. I tend to forget they exist until I get one, or if too long goes by and I start wondering where it is. Anyway, I had forgotten about this and I due for one next month. Tomorrow I am going to ask if I even still get them. if I do, and since they had nothing to do with hours so they should not be diminished even if my hours are, I might be able to survive if I cut back on luxuries, like food. Anyway, the odds are not good that this will still be in place though.
OK, so this was just some rambling.
They basically make the claim that coincidence has meaning and in particular, if you bump into a person, the same person randomly, more than once, you should talk to them, find out about them, whatever, because life keeps putting them in your path and therefore you have something to learn from them or teach them or something.
I thought of this because I have crossed paths with the same girl 3 times since Sunday this week and prior to that she popped up as one of my "stalkers" on OKCupid. (That just means she viewed my profile).
Also, as previous posts can attest to, I am not having a good week. I have not been fired yet, but things are pretty bleak. So here's where I was thinking maybe those books were optimistic. Maybe this coincidence is more of a bad omen, like run the hell away. Maybe it is like Groundhog Day and I have to fix something otherwise I will keep seeing this girl (who I think dislikes me for some mysterious reason) every time I leave work or go to a bar. Like that guy who tried to sell Bill Murray insurance. Of course even in that movie, Bill ends up being nice to everybody by the end and that's how he finally breaks the cycle. That won't work in this situation
I am actually destined to get more bad news tomorrow. About a year ago, I was basically promoted at work. I have never had a job title really, but it was kinda understood. And while they said the company would not allow for a raise, they could structure it so I got a quarterly bonus. It was sort of like an extra paycheck once every 3 months. I tend to forget they exist until I get one, or if too long goes by and I start wondering where it is. Anyway, I had forgotten about this and I due for one next month. Tomorrow I am going to ask if I even still get them. if I do, and since they had nothing to do with hours so they should not be diminished even if my hours are, I might be able to survive if I cut back on luxuries, like food. Anyway, the odds are not good that this will still be in place though.
OK, so this was just some rambling.