I applaud Mack for choosing this awesome topic. I'm fascinated by stars, planets and the possibility of alien life forms. Astrology definitely has meaning in my life. I have a tattoo of a Leo sign with three stars that stand for my three best friends. When I was younger I thought I wasn't meant to be a Leo because I was so shy. Carmen and I used to joke that we should trade birthdays, because she was more like a Leo and I was more like a Virgo. Now I feel that I've embraced my sign. I'm definitely more outgoing and confident, if still awkward.
I think that there's life beyond earth. I don't have any scientific theories on the subject, but it's a strong feeling I have. Humans are really selfish and oblivious for the most part. Last night I got high with some friends and watched the sequel to 30 Days of Night, a vampire movie. At the beginning a woman leading a meaning says something like, "There are vampires among us, and I'm going to turn on this super bright light to prove it to you." Everyone laughs, but when she does it several people die because they are vampires. The undead were walking among them and nobody even noticed.
I've also heard a lot about the possibility of a multiverse. If this exists, that would mean that there is an alternative universe for every single action of our lives and all of these layers combine to make our multiverse. For example, there could be a universe in which I wore a black shirt today instead of a gray one. Since this depends on so many tiny individual factors, it's too vast to contemplate but certainly plausible. Think of Back To The Future, when Marty McFly has to make sure that his parents meet so that he can exist. There are so many possible consequences.
The more I think about it, the more it trips me out. Are we real? Am I just a figment of some weirdo's imagination? I can see that. "I'm going to dream up an incredibly awkward chick and send her to college so that she can screw up over and over, become a nude model, and eat enough Beto's burritos to feed an impoverished nation."
The universe often comes up in conversations when my friends and I are drunk/high/cross-faded. Most of us agree that "something is out there, maaaaaan." Then again, none of us are that brilliant under the influence. I remember we had an awesome plan in which we'd get all the world's leaders to smoke weed together. Then there would be no more war. I still hold to that one as being sort of true, I guess.
Overall, the universe is really big and makes my head hurt. I'm going to go to Beto's.
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