No Lives Left

When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I think about is justice. Nothing more in this world plagues me so then the inability to really comprehend the amount of evil that goes on in this world without recompense. How much longer can this go on? How shall I, a lonely human being, be able to carry the herculean task of bringing justice to the world? How can I right all the wrongs that infect society like a disease? The answer is cereal. Well, that's what General Mill's was trying to do. Growing up, my parents always bought the house hold brand names. So there is little else in my cereal vocabulary besides Honey Bunches of Oats, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cheerios, and Frosted Flakes. Why you ask? There are two answers: A family of six and Costco. So when I was little, I had didn't have the luxury of tasting the cereals that came in small, one pouch boxes. Whenever I asked, my parents would always say I could get whatever cereal I wanted when I made my own money. ...

Japanese RPGs may arguably be my favorite genre of video games. Final Fantasy 7 was probably my first real introduction into the genre. After that, I played through Legend of Dragoon and then Final Fantasy 8 and so on and so on. Games like these had a sense of scale, adventure and memorable characters. They had engrossing stories and were really well thought out. But I always wondered, maybe RPG stories, characters and strategies have parallels in real life. I had an epiphany a few weeks ago that has been on my mind. Take leveling up, for example. We have the same thing in the corporate life. Every year there is a performance review and depending on how much experience you get, you can essentially "level up" by getting promoted. In the tech field, it's even literally defined by numbers too. Engineer I becomes Engineer II, for example. When you "level up," you obtain more income and essentially gain access to new paths in the company as well. P When I en...