Recently in law of fives Category

in an attempt to gain some insight into my own obsessions, my folks went and saw the new jim carrey vehicle trainwreck, "the number 23".

then they called me up and asked me to explain it to them. since i hadn't seen it, the best i could offer was this: at the time i called my bro to read me its tomatometer, "the number 23" had scored a whopping 8%, and as we all know, 8 is 2 to the 3rd power, and there you have it: 8 => 2^3 => 23.

when i mentioned that 23 is only of consequence because it illustrates and adheres to the law of fives, the folks asked whatnow is the law of fives, on account of it weren't mentioned in the movie! huh?

12/14/06 => 12 + 14 + 06 =>32

well, duh!

last 5/23, i had this to say.

i wonder, do i know what i will have to say 163 days from now, 365 days from then?

i do.

this morning while showering the following came to me, and i wrote it down as part of the intro to Something I've Been Meaning To Write:

In college I read a lot of Leary.  A lot of Leary and a lot of Wilson.  Leary
when I wanted to hear about drugs, Wilson when I wanted to hear about 
drugs and blowjobs.  Mostly, I didn't want to hear about drugs and 
blowjobs, only drugs, because, while I was getting neither at the time, 
it seemed to me that at least the drugs were within the realm of possibility.

The "Wilson" is, of course, Robert Anton Wilson, who introduced me to the very Law of Fives after which this category is named, and based upon which I have structured my life, including the date for the commencement of my eternal bondage. Additionally, RAW introduced me to the idea of "synchronicity": a term coined by Jung to denote a meaningful coincidence that has a low probability of being a random event.

Over the short span of My Life So Far, I've encountered many fives, many twenty threes, and many many synchronicities.

Including this one, dated not much longer after my moment of showery inspiration.

not enough law-of-fives for you? how about this: RAW will be the second (2) person in three (3) days I've helped out monetarily.

rictor-veg moved back into town, and got a temporary corporate apartment at 555 <some street>, unit 203.

isn't that special?

finally, my religion gets some respect in the mainstream media. for too long the solar system has been dominated by lesser gods and fuckin cartoon characters.

that's right, i'm a little behind in the news, not to mention my blogging, but when i notice things, i notice things. oh yes, do i notice things. they demoted that stupid dog and dedicated a planet-like-body to the goddess of discord.

hail yes!

(need i point out that this is the "mysterious planet X", i.e. planet two times 5?)

(also, it's bigger than the stupid disney planet)

it happens.

i counted wrong.

the list should be:

1 - b st. billiards after my first desert death hike
2 - post-hike bbq
3 - geocaching
4 - ps visit
5 - drinks at the gay bar

depending on how you do the counting (which is the motto of my life with 203) i confessed my love for the-not-quite-yet-203 on our fifth non-hiking encounter.

now, my memory isn't what it used to be, but here's my count:

1 - b st. billiards after my first desert death hike
2 - post-hike bbq
3 - ps visit
4 - drinks at the gay bar
5 - the neck-hold that rocked my world and changed my life forever.

okay party people, i've added a new category to document instances of the law of fives in my life.

for the inaugural posting, i shall document as many of the fives and twenty threes that i can recall encountering on my recent visit to deto.