HYPOTHESIS After living for x years, one's life eventally become a sequence of events analogous to those that have already occurred, repeating every y years. The point at which one's life starts repeating is referred to as the origin. The origin is typically a time of great change or turbulence.
The application of the circle theory to an individual's life can be represented in a numerical pattern.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 13, 14, 15, 13, 14, 15, 13, 14, 15, 13, 14, 15, 13, 14, 15 . . .
An alternate - and possibly a more poignant - name for the circle theory is "the nine theory", called such because of the comparison of a person's life being a rollercoaster track shaped like the number nine (9), where the rollercoaster starts at the stem of the nine, goes up in the circle of the nine, and then loops around in the circle forever and ever.
This theory is based entirely on my life, though Larry was also a peer reviewer during the theory's conception.
During my senior year, I realized that many of the events that ocurred to me and to my relations with others were parallel to events that occurred in eighth grade (hereafter referred to as "dark times", which also include the first third of freshman year).
- I had lost nearly all of the friends that I had made during the course of high school, as well as friends I had in middle school, effectively returning the size of my circle of friends to the way it was in dark times.
- I met Amy Yu, a classmate I had not seen since dark times, on the night of our Sevior Service project.
- I discovered that Matt Silna - who has around before and after dark times, but whose existence was most prevalent during it - was going to Emerson.
- Skin problems resurfaced, so to speak, though not quite to the extremes at which they were present in dark times.
- Random bouts of dark times-esque panic and paranoia.
- Like in dark times, I felt a pervasive anxiety for the next stage of my life, eager to leave my current stage - which proved to be incredibly ironic, considering that I am theoretically stuck in a circle.
- My social prowess has atrophied to a pitiful state comparable to dark times status.
- Actually got a full-out zit, the likes of which haven't been seen since dark times.
- Evangelion, a primary agent for both my inner darkness and maturation during dark times, is now airing on Adult Swim.
- I have not felt this immature in comparison to my peers since dark times.
- My penis has not been this disobedient since dark times.
I am currently working on an addendum to this theory. Stay tuned.
1 comment:
Hm, i would argue that the model should be 3 dimensional...something like a coil- I mean while Life's events may seem to be repeating, you can't escape yourself, with every "9" completed there's a new cycle to be completed...one can argue that it's simply a repetition of who we are but I think what's important is that it's a new cycle, with the possibility of change. I guess it's no different from Camus's essay on the Myth of Sisyphus. The greatest joy Sisyphus has is the walk down from the slope, as he contemplates the possibility of suceeding.
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