OT: Belated Hello-to-All...

[TheLadyLazarus@xxxxxxx]

Hello everyone,

This afternoon, I was drinking sugar-less cocoa and thinking deep, 
deep thoughts. As I sipped and cursed the advent of Nutra Sweet, I 
recalled a distant memory of a lecture in a place. I think it was 
school...and there was a guy...and he was taking. I think he must 
have been a teacher...and he was answering the inevitable question 
that always arises during a discussion about Creation.

::start of flashback::

"What was there in the Universe before The Big Bang?" piped in a 
Redhead. 

And he replied, "Nut-sing."

::flashback time out::

No...no... That can't be right, I strained my head a little harder, 
And I decided he must really said, "Nothing." 

::flashback time in::

Then, of course, came the second inevitable question," How can you, 
like, make a *really* big bang, that like, makes a whole bunch 
of...things. Out of nothing," from a girl with a nail file, and 
really nice shoes. 

The guy stated with a confidence that only a teacher's edition can 
provide, "Time, as Einstein informed us all, is a relative concept. 
It is a tool of measurement that was created for all to utilize, in 
an attempt to harness the true magnitude of the Universe. 
We set ALARM CLOCKS...Miss Summers...with it." A blonde head lifted 
quickly before it resituated itself snuggly on a desktop. "We use it 
to time our quick-dry nail polish, Miss Chase." Brown eyes rolled and 
refocused on aforementioned "pearly pink" coat. "And we also have 
employed it in other ways, such as setting our VCRs to record our 
late night pay channel recording needs, Mr. Harris." A body slumped 
into a seat in the classroom. "But, the answer to the question--What 
was there before the Big Bang--Miss Rosenberg, just tell them."

"Nothing."

"Correct. In a void, bereft of the Universe...time cannot exist. 
There are no clocks. No, pink nail polish. And no Skinimax. Likewise 
there is no aging, weathering, passing of seasons...and no advent and 
consequently, no passing of time. And without time, one cannot ask 
what came before absolutely nothing. Any other questions?"

"Mr. Harris" raised his hand with a strange look, not unlike an 
epiphany, in his eyes, " How come sloth's haven't died out yet? I 
mean, they're really slow."

"And ugly." Echoed a voice armed with a nail file.

::end of flashback::

Anyhow somewhere between all of that I realized that I haven't 
actually formally introduced myself to the board. I just started 
sending messages out of the blue. (How rude!)

Hi, I'm Josie (a.k.a KpopQueen). Nice to meet everyone. =)

Deep breath, that was long...