to see a vision of your own life in the future (it’s essentially a
crystal ball that shows a randomly selected image of what your life will
be like in twenty years). You can only see into this portal for thirty
seconds. When you finally peer into the crystal, you see yourself in a
living room, two decades older than you are today. You are watching a
Canadian football game, and you are extremely happy. You are wearing a
CFL jersey. Your chair is surrounded by books and magazines that promote
the Canadian Football League, and there are CFL pennants covering your
walls. You are alone in the room, but you are gleefully muttering about
historical moments in Canadian football history. It becomes clear
that—for some unknown reason—you have become obsessed with Canadian
football. And this future is static and absolute; no matter what you do,
this future will happen. The optical portal is never wrong. This
destiny cannot be changed. The next day, you are flipping through television
channels and randomly come across a pre-season CFL game between the
Toronto Argonauts and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Knowing your
inevitable future, do you now watch it?
Well this is awkward, isn't it? I assume Mr. Klosterman didn't know I watched the CFL when he wrote this. I mean, I own Roughriders gear & the Argos are my team. So I'd take in a few downs. Assuming I wasn't familiar with the game though, I probably wouldn't have watched it. I'd love it eventually, so why rush into an obsession? Side-note: If the game on TV was an Als gave, my answer would've been a resounding no. T-Dot to di world!
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