Brain: "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
Pinky: Whoof, oh, I'd have to say the odds of that are terribly slim Brain.
Brain: True.
Pinky: I mean, really, when have I ever been pondering what you've been pondering?
Brain: To my knowledge, never.
Pinky: Exactly. So, what are the chances that this time, I'm pondering what you're pondering?
Brain: Next to nil.
Pinky: Well, that's exactly what I'm thinking, too.
Brain: Therefore, you *are* pondering what I'm pondering.
Pinky: Poit, I guess I am!
In my impressionable childhood, a cartoon show appeared that included two mice in it's ensemble cast. After a couple years, these two mice grew so popular they received their own half-hour special entitled, "Pinky and the Brain". Each episode included a back and forth wherein Brain would ask Pinky, "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Pinky would reply that he thought he was, but then asked a nonsensical question that proved that he, in fact, was not. They would then go on to try and take over the world with one of Brain's elaborate, ACMEsque plans. Pinky would dutifully help, often offering common-sense suggestions that Brain had failed to take into account. Of course, the entire enterprise would crash and burn, and the two lab mice would return to their cage.
Years ago, I started blogging on a semi-regular basis, titling each blog with one of the aforementioned nonsensical questions. Today's quote is from the last episode, and marks the end of a very strangely established era. While I've taken a look back at myself from a perspective of reflection when I turned 30, this marker inspired me to take a look back at the things I have written in the years since I started blogging. I was surprised and slightly chastened. Oh, I was not ashamed of what I had written, nor do I consider it drivel of any sort; but I found a remarkable change of viewpoint due to my continuing travels, personal reflection, and discourse. Slowly, I can witness myself growing. My morals, ethics, actions, and personal philosophies have morphed from a rather simple and straightforward set, to a complex and ever nebulous tapestry.
This blog, once titled "Pinky's POV", has changed it's Point-of-View until now what flows through my head would sound nonsensical to the original questions put forth five, six, or seven years ago. Yet, in the end I find that I am still pondering the same things I was pondering all those years ago, just with a broader and deeper well from which to draw.
And so the new era begins. There's a good chance I will spout many things that seem nonsensical to readers. That's ok. I'm coming to different conclusions than traditional thinkers, and that's ok. I'm pondering the same thing you are pondering, but I'm just getting some different answers. I think I'm finally ready to say that. I guess we'll see what happens.
I'm still here,
LT
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