I KNOW. THIS IS A LOT TO DIGEST IN ONE SITTING. BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW.      YOU ARE AWARE OF YOUR OWN INFINITE DIMENSIONS. YOU ARE...

She points me to a fancy reclining chair with leg and head rests. My blood runs cold. This is the chair where happy thoughts come to die.

There are times (far too many times) when I just don't have a clue. I get the look. Like I'm supposed to know something.

It took effort. It didn't want me to choose my own path. I was defying its will.

The Earth is only a small planet in a tiny solar system in a vast universe in the unfathomably gigantic multiverse...

You know, as a kid, I used to fantasize that everyone around me were mindless robots that were merely actors on a stage centered around me.