20 apr 2012

the power lies with the wisher. sure, sure, the djinny has the ability to grant wishes, but that's not power. the power is in the choice. selfish to frivolous to generous to wise - all wishes originate with the wisher. the wisher decides.

three wishes.

i could burn through three wishes pretty quickly: world love. world health. world joy. most people would wish for world peace, but i am thinking that love and health and joy would lead to peace. if you are happy and have enough to eat and love your neighbor, what's there to fight about?

but there's something about the process that disallows that sort of wish. like, you can't wish for something beyond the djinny's ability or somesuch. makes sense of course because although the wisher has the power to choose, that power's not unbounded. the limits of the power are the djinny's abilities.

i would suppose some djinnies have more abilities than others. it's only logical. however, i don't believe that any of them can do those big, worldwide wishes. the wisher has to pick something smaller, more personal.

i might wish for blogger to give me the old-style blogger back. it's more change for the sake of change and it makes yet another perfectly serviceable software less accommodating of my hardware. the thing i dislike most about new blogger is the feeling that i cannot see the "bottom". i don't know if that's just the small screen... but i think it's on all screens. the box is too big!

but, i digress.

i might wish for the ability to play drums or fluency in portuguese. i wonder if a djinny can give me a skill. i sort of think not. i think djinnies can only give you a material possession. so i guess i could get a drum kit and a rosetta stone total-E portuguese edition, but those would just be me wishing more work on myself. maybe the drum kit...

so, where are we? a drum kit.

i would really like 5 more pairs of new balance NB769. i think that's the model number, but of course i would be sure before i WISH for them. i have had a ton of running shoes through the years, but these are the overall best and of course NB doesn't actually make them anymore. perhaps i want 5 pairs of brand new shoes just like the ones i love. if i wish for 5 NB769, i might get 5 old pairs that people threw out. ick!

so? a drum kit and 5 pair of NB769.

not really adventurous, eh? perhaps i should wish for everything i need to hike the appalachian trail, including all the gear and the paid time off work. yeah, that's a good one. as a matter of fact, i will make that wish #1, and i'll save #2 and #3 until I am on the trail, facing a bear or whatnot, so that i can wish that beast away!