Winning the Game

The rules of the game are simple:

1) Once you know about the game, you are always playing the game

2) If you think about the game, you lose the game. You must then announce that you have lost, causing everyone around you to lose.

God, being omniscient, would always have the game in mind. Thus, God always loses the game. At first glance, this seems problematic, until you recall the third and fourth rules of game:

3) If you die in the game, you die for real.

4) The only way to win the game is to die.

Thus, since Jesus has died and risen again, he probably won the game. Making him the only person besides Ender Wiggin to do so.

You just lost. 

The Prestige

It's rare that a movie makes its audience think. It's even rarer that a movie confuses me even after watching it twice. The Prestige does both, and with good form.

I like its plot twist, as well as its aesthetic. It's got that sort of charming victorian/gothic feel, but not in smothering amounts. 

Also: Nikola Tesla.

I don't want to ruin the movie for you, so I won't write much more. But do go and watch it.

The Prestige on IMDB

End of the Semester

Spring semester 08 is drawing to a close. I'm packing my things, tying up loose ends, and of course spending those last moments with friends.

I plan on living in Princeton for one more summer. Hopefully I will be working a steady job and making some money (which will all go away when I travel to Australia- oh well)

I have some plans: Cousin Ben and I are brainstorming for the newest installment in our increasingly high-quality series of movies. I also have some technical projects in mind and one or two new skills I want to learn (stay tuned to see if I am actually ambitious enough to accomplish any of this).

I wish I could say I will miss school, but we all know I won't.