Multitasking

I want you to do something for me. Hold both hands in front of your face, index fingers pointing forward. Now trace a triangle in the air with one finger and, at the exact same time, trace a square with the other finger. Not so easy, is it? You'll know in a moment why I had you do that.

I'm about ready to begin really exploring this Idea, and it's scary. So far, I've stayed in this cozy little skywalk station, in the room with the huge wooden-marble computer interface. I've reported what I can see from here, which is a lot. But not enough, never enough. I want to go and walk those glass cities, stand under those massive ferns. Maybe even find a way to sail out to the mountain-sized Lovecraftian things in the distance. And now you are wondering why I've not done it yet.

See, here's the thing: when I plug into the Idea, I am in two places at once. Presumably, the Idea is not real in the same way the actual, boring world is real. But they both seem equally real to Blue, and I perceive them at the same time. Two different universes superimposed....only not, because that implies some sort of retarded Hollywood special effect. Suffice to say that I am equally experiencing both at once. This makes it a challenge to act in either place, because...well, because it's like trying to trace two different shapes in the air at the same time. Brain does not like. Brain hurts. It's fine when I'm just blogging, because I'm doing the same thing in both places: sitting and banging on a keyboard. But if one Me wants to walk around while the other Me is still sitting and writing....ahhh. You see the problem.

It's just another form of multitasking. Which I am quite good at. But it's been more than a year since I was booted from the last Idea, or it ceased to exist, or whatever. It's taken me that long to connect to a new Idea, and I've gotten rusty. Existing independently in two places at once is not like riding a bike; it takes concentration, artificial stimulants, and copious drug use. And how I do love all those things.

Why go to so much trouble? God, if you could see what I'm seeing, you'd push yourself to the limit too. It's worth it. I am living and breathing another world. It is wonderful. It's the most incredible thing that can happen to a person.

I will gladly destroy my health in the real world if it means wandering the pathways of another.

--Blue was Here