Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Telekinesis

I just read a summary of the horror flick "Carrie." In brief, a socially-outcast girl discovers she has telekinetic power, and decides the best thing to do would be to use this new-found power to burn down the school and everyone in it.
Now, maybe I totally missed the point, but I feel like if I suddenly discovered I had telekineses, there are about a million and a half things that would be a better idea than burning down my school. Here are a few top contenders:
  • Fly. I'd levitate myself all over the place.
  • Go to an intensive care unit and cure diseases by pulling viruses, cancer, etc out of people without hurting them (I'm thinking like Magneto pulled iron out of that guy's blood in X2, except way less painful).
  • If there were enough of us telekinetics, we could each take a portion of the world and move everyone's cars around with our minds. Oil problems solved! And everyone would probably be so happy to be saving gas money that they'd give us food and money for the mortgage, so this could be a full-time job.
  • Redistribute fresh water so that the people without potable water can get their share.
Gosh, think of all the fun you could have. I mean, I could type with my mind and play cards with my hands at the same time. I could separate an egg without getting bits of shell in the bowl. I could rearrange the furniture in my room multiple times until I got the layout just right. I could talk on the phone and cook dinner (you know how you have to sort of perch the phone in that awkward position between your ear and shoulder?)
What would you do with telekinesis?

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