Fictional Weirdness

We’re gonna do things a little bit differently today.

One of the (incredibly numerous) things that bother me when I have nothing else to worry about, is how people are impressed at fictional synchoronicity and intertwined stories.

It’s not amazing coincidences and awe-inspiring soul connections that lead John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale to the fucking ice rink, it’s a fat nerd about to OD on Cheetos and Dr. Pepper that wrote it. What about how all the personal storylines in Lost touch in peculiar ways, and all the character ultimately appear destined to have been stranded together on the island? Cue fat nerd.

So today I challenge all my readers to bring out the fat nerd inside them and send me an email (matatas at gmail dot com) with two situations, and a suggested link between them. Then, I’ll pick a few and try to link those situations together and that’ll be my post on Monday.

For example, Governor Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. McCain was in Alaska campaigning about 5 months ago. Bang! You have a connection waiting to happen.

Looking forward to what you people come up with.

P.S.: If Monday’s post turns out to be just a ridiculous rant about something else, it’s because nobody sent anything and a little bit of me died of disappointment.