Logical Eccentricity

The following is a feeble attempt at a work of fiction; as inspiration strikes I will attempt to expand this. I don’t know if this is the beginning, middle or end of the story. This image has been stuck in my mind, and I had to get it out onto paper somewhere, and this seemed like the best place.

You’re standing outside a restaurant, it faces out onto a small street, with no street lights and cars parked on both sides of the road. It is a dark, moonless night, with the only light coming from the party going on behind you. It is your party, everyone is there for you, but you are outside having just run out. You are looking out onto the street to the right, standing under the awing. Your right hand is outstretched, as if you are offering it to someone, asking them for a dance. Asking them to take your hand and say yes.

That someone, she’s long gone now. All that remains is the ghostly afterimage of her running away; running away without a backward glance, without even a simple goodbye. She’s gone; but you stand there lost in your own world, hand outstretched, with her shapeless ghost burned into your mind’s eye.

She left without a word and didn’t even look back.

You sigh, plaster your goofy party smile back onto your face, turn around and go back to your party, leaving just a bit of your heart behind with the irrational hope that she will come back.

Update on the Professor’s Cube… I can solve it… I found a website with the solution on it, much like the solution that I had learned for the original cube. Now I just need to memorize it so I can solve it without looking at the website continually.

As a side note: Wall Street Journal or Financial Times?

As a graduation present, my friend gave me a Professor’s Cube; it is a 5×5×5 Rubik’s Cube and is much harder than the normal one to solve. Here is a picture:

The problem is, I’ve got no idea how to solve it… I can get one layer done easily enough, but after that I am stumped. However, I am setting a goal for myself. I want to be able to solve it before I start work on July 1st. So, I’ve got exactly one month to learn how to solve this thing.

At the World’s End is a decent movie; the biggest downfall is the length of the movie… Far too much talking and slow plot movement. However, the action scenes are spectacular and work in wonderful into the movie. The actors give a great performance and it is good end to the trilogy.

Side note, if you haven’t seen this movie yet, stay till the end of the credits, there is one last scene at the very end.

Overall, I would say Pirates is a good movie, not worth $11… maybe the matinées price… $7.50 is worth it. Watch on the big screen if you get a chance.