seventy seven

here is the beginning. Or is it [[here->arrival]].

Okay this red hat is the beginning. Maybe I [[changed my mind->one]]? No this feels right. I saw this red hat in [[Virginia->raleigh]] once.

(set: $hat_on_head to false) what was I looking at (link: "so intensely?")[== oh thats right there was a bench in my (link: "view")[== with the (link: "red hat ")[== Was it worth [[picking it up->red hat]] or [[leaving it alone]]?

(set: $picked_up_hat to true) we make (link: "choices all day long. ")[== choices we know we can't (link: "undo")[== And (link: "yet")[== we are comfortable with that. but we make them anyway because [[time is linear after all]]

(set: $picked_up_hat to false) Next thing I know this [[man dressed in some kind of uniform]] approaches me in a hurry.

So I picked up that (link: "hat")[== Looking at the front, there were no distinct (link: "markings")[== Except for a (link: "semicolon ;")[== Usually you expect the (link: "parenthesis to go along")[== But there was no sarcasm about [[this hat]] .

I had an itch to [[put on the hat]], but maybe I should just [[throw it in my bag]].

(set: $hat_in_bag to false) (set: $hat_on_head to true) Next thing I know this [[man dressed in some kind of uniform]] approaches me in a hurry.

(set: $hat_in_bag to true) (set: $hat_on_head to false) Next thing I know this [[man dressed in some kind of uniform]] approaches me in a hurry.

(if: $hat_on_head is true)[ Hey you're finally here. Good. Let's [[get you to work]] ] (else: ) [Hey there. Do you [[have a moment?]] ]

He says, "So are you ready to get cracking?" [[yes I'm ready]] [[What exactly are we doing again?]]

(if: $picked_up_hat is false)[ He picks up the hat. And he hands it to me. And says "Ok, glad you're here, let's [[get you to work]]" ](else: )[He stares at my plastic [[see through bag]]. ]

"Ok glad you are embracing the locksmith way, symbolized by the doorknob we keep on our hats, as a (link: "reminder")[== "of door knobs, because those are on (link: "doors usually")[== "A we fix them" "Ok [[let's get going]]"

"Well you see the doorknob on the hat you're wearing there?" "We are locksmiths and we fix locks that are stuck, but as I like to put it, we //open doors to new opportunities// " "Ok [[let's get going]]"

After several hours of pretending to be a locksmith, you find yourself eating lunch on a bunch in the scorching (link: "heat")[== You're sweating so much you feel compelled to take off the hat to wipe off the sweat. (link: "take off the hat")[== But you find yourself falling suddenly tired and you (link: "lose consciousness")[== [[Wake up]]

You see a (link: "bench")[== There's some kind of hat on the (link: "bench")[== ;) [[start over->one]]

Why is my bag see through. That's so (link: "not ideal")[== "So if you put your hat on we can get started." [[put on that hat]] [[stare at him some more]]

"Great, I see you're ready to [[get you to work]]"

"Hey my friend, what are you staring at?" "I get uncomfortable when people stare" [[keep staring]] [[blink]]

"At some point you're going to have to blink you know" [[blink]] [[keep your eyes open no matter the pain]]

"There you go. You blinked. You know what that means. " I guess that means I have to [[put on that hat]]?

"Do you need some eye drops?" [[take the eye drops]] [[don't take no eye drops]]

"What kind of eye drops would you like?" "I have [[red eye drops]] oh and I also have [[blue eye drops]]."

Eventually the irritation is just too (link: "too much to bare")[== You [[lose consciousness->Wake up]]

"What do you think this is the (link: "Matrix?")[== "Well you watch too many movies. I don't actually have red eye drops I was just kidding." "I guess you can have [[half of my sandwich]] "

"Looks like that made you [[blink]]. That's fine it's normal."

As you put the sandwich into your eyes, you feel the (link: "mayonaise")[== It is refreshing somehow. But next you feel the (link: "pickles")[== It burns! Finally after most of the bread is now crumbled all over your forehead, but you manage to eat most of it through your eyes somehow (link: "he asks..")[== "That's weird. I literally never saw someone eat half a sandwich that way." He is backing away (link: "slowly")[== And then he just runs away and his scream becomes more and more distant, eventually (link: "fading away completely")[== That's it. Is that finally it? Glorious [[victory]] .

That's about it! [[start over->one]]