The Legend

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"One-N-Jen" Explained: It started many years ago, I would even say when I was first born. My mother loved the name Jennifer,but the bumps of the 2 N's irritated her. For practical reasons she spelled my name with a single N. I enjoy the artful look of the revised name. The only flaw is that I always have to correct people when they write it. My tale begins on an average day; a day of correction. I was amending my name for the billionth time when I created the masterpiece; an easy way for people to remember the spelling. The ingenuity was a stroke of luck and was an accident. "I am a One-N-Jen," I stated. It was then that the nickname velcroed itself to me. So it is: I am a One "N" kind of Jen.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Meditation

I can sit for hours playing Slide Tiles on the computer. I recently discovered it on Hoyle Board Games and now am addicted to it. I play for hours dully sliding the mouse back and forth guiding the tiles into position. I shouldn't be so caught up in such time wasting activity, but the roaring monotony of it is fascinating.

Recently I’ve been thinking that the Zen-like state I reach whilst playing Slide Tiles verges on meditation. Before Slide Tiles, the closest I got to meditation was while reading my text books or during aimless Facebook jaunts. To the untried eye it might appear that I am wasting my time with such things as Slide Tiles, but there are few who truly understand that such activities are Yoga to the college student.

The truth is I don’t want to spend hours meditating or finding my inner peace. Although, I wouldn’t mind spending hours doing Slide Tiles, and come to think of it, I’m pretty sure there’s a small spot in Heaven carved out for those who master the art of Slide Tiles. Perhaps for today, as a first step towards that paradise, I will set down my text books and play a few rounds.

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