Contest Recently, I have come to realize that there exists a strange dichotomy on this internet of ours. In many ways, people are able to make connections with people they would otherwise not meet, or even have a chance of meeting. Yet, at the same time so often these relationships are sent through a kind of filter. What you know about these people is so easily presentable and prone to manipulation (even if it's just sub-conscience) that one is forced, inevitably, to project their ideas of a given person's qualities based on their own perceptions of themselves. "They like the early work of Dio? So do I! That must mean they like drinking MGD big mouths behind the Circle K as much as me. What a cool person.". And so on. So it is that I have been thinking recently, in a fit of astonishing ego no doubt, that many of you must be out there projecting away. All the while slowly coming to realize the hollowness that comes with not truly knowing. So you sit at your computer wondering, "Is this anonymous jackass really a jackass who should be anonymous"? The answer is you're never really know, because I am 95% anonymous and that's the way it's going to stay. I don't keep a low profile (though there are a couple of folks from whom you could get stalking tips) and creepily lurk around message boards so I can have something to sit alone at home and giggle about in the dark. Well, not just for that. Anyway. I'm going to give you the next best thing. You could win an evening of drinks with my friend James! All you need to do is send me an essay of 50 words or less on one of these two topics: 1) Why you would want to spend an evening getting drunk with somebody who knows me. 2) Situational ethics as they relate to the concept of determinism. I'll pick the essay I like the best and the winner will get to have and evening of cocktails with somebody who knows me. A list of question that will be considered out of bounds will be provided prior to the meeting.
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