Chaos Theory

So, this is my first attempt at a blog. I've decided to create one so that I could have my own little place out there in cyberspace. I'm planning on using it for two main functions. #1, I'd like to practice my writing skills on the way to eventually becoming a fiction/sci-fi novelist, and #2, I'm just dying to share with the world the insanity that goes on in my brain on a day-to-day basis. Be warned. This may not be something that the world is ready to read, but I figured that humanity has long previous doomed themselves to destruction, what does it matter if I speed it up just a tad. Plus, you never know, the applications my brain makes between the world of science and everything else in my life could someday inspire someone into a scientific breakthrough...or a plot to takeover the universe. Either way, it would probably make things around this little planet more interesting, and with that, I digress.

The topic on my mind today is the Chaos Theory. I'll have you know, the Chaos Theory is a scientific thought process that is quite near and dear to my heart, being, as I am, the teenager that one day sat down and said, "You know, it seems that the longer the world exists, the crazier it gets, and the more the unlikely becomes likely," only to have my dad butt in with, "That already exists, it's called the Chaos Theory." Ever since, I've been keeping my eyes open for examples of this theory, and this past week I have found more of them in a more concentrated space of time than ever. Lets begin with the trivial, shall we?

I started to notice something was breaking loose with the natural order of things whilst sitting in the local park with my best friend. In our town, the word park refers more to a pavilion sitting next to a small playground thingy (that is the scientific term, I assure you), and we were busying ourselves with sitting in the pavilion talking, texting our friends, and preparing a prank for a friend who was coming later. As we were doing this, however, we noticed some strange happenings, all occurring at the same time. First, we spotted an old man driving a riding lawn mower down the gravel path that runs alongside the park. This might have an explanation, but the insane, high-pitched gibberish he was squealing as he rode did not. It was no language I've ever heard, believe me. The long line of people that poured from the woods bearing picnic gear, clambering into nearby vehicles, and driving away at the same time as this man's unusual appearance was also a bit questionable. Then, later, there was the man who was riding along in a golf cart, a small shih tzu running alongside. He disappeared from view, only to reappear a few moments later with a boy about 7 sitting in the cart with him and no dog to be seen. So, ok, a crazy guy, some random picnic-ers, and a dog who can transform into a child. No big deal, right? It was then that the deaths happened.

They say that bad things happen in threes. Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson being a prime example. I would be willing to agree, if not for the fact that I knew of more. Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson both died on June 25th. And then what happens? I'm sitting at my computer on the evening of the 26th, phone in hand, consoling via text my friend who's grandfather passed away earlier that day. As I am doing this, my cousin texts me to inform me that her ex (whom she is still in contact with) lost his father today. Four deaths in two days, and those are just the people I know. Coincidence...or Chaos? You decide.