It happens all the time and with increasing frequency. I just can't often decipher its messages.For example, I was reading Charlaine Harris's "Living Dead in Dallas" when my husband's job transfer to Dallas came through. I knew nothing about the possibility of it when I purchased the book.
Little oddities like this happen every day and often, probably most often, just under my radar. My husband Dennis is also in tune to this phenomenon and, as more of a noticer of things in the physical world than I am, so he often calls them to my attention. Sometimes he throws a question out there into the universe and sits back, confident that the signs will show themselves. With chilling frequency, they do.
Some would argue coincidence and selective perception. Some would argue there are no coincidences. Some would argue that selective perception is a part of the process. Some would argue that we manifest these signs via our subconscious, in the manner of a dream, in order to facilitate our destinies. Some would argue that I'm a looneybird and don't know of what I speak. Some would argue that I'm being gratuitously repetitive. All have an equal chance of being right. And wrong.
This morning, upon submitting a comment to a friend's blog, I mistyped a CAPTCHA and was presented with a second one. I'm telling you right now, I did not mistype that first CAPTCHA. It was a simple one and I'm a reasonably good typist. I get a CAPTCHA wrong maybe once a year. The second CAPTCHA was "undennis". Dennis, of course, is my husband's name. What could this possibly mean? I know it doesn't mean to rid myself of Dennis as he is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. So what is it?
- United Nations Dennis? Is he being diplomatic?
- Am I being or to be faced with the opposite of Dennis, as in 7-UP being "the un-cola"?
- Is the universe reminding me to think of him instead of leaving blog comments?
- A Google search for "undennis" netted me one WOW Character profile of the same name, and a member of the same name in, I kid you not, a gaming community called, wait for it... "The Spreading Taint". Do these people hold the answer to the riddles of the universe? Do they need my help?
- Or was the "undennis" thing merely a red herring meant to draw my attention to the real message just below it: "Choose an identity"?
Universe, what does it all mean?!?
lol! Well that is a really good book ;)
ReplyDeleteThose WoW people probably need help, although there really are no good names left at this point 5 years into the game (I just outted my self as a major gamer darn!)
I'm always amused when I get a bizarre CAPTCHA and I wonder what it means. I'm all for signs from the Universe or God or whatever you want to call it and I think that they come to us when we really need them!
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Your geekocity is flaming, Mel! Let your geek flag fly, girl! lol Actually, I miss playing video games. It was fun. I never did it online, just on N64 back in the day. Some of them were very scary! What was that one about an asylum called? Silent Hill! Yikes! :)
ReplyDeleteGod, yes. I know there is something going on. I need to spend less time in my head and more time paying attention to what's going on around me.
Coincidence! That's just freaky, mind you saying that, I do think some of these captures know more than they are letting on!
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Sort of like modern-day tea leaves. :) Ooh, now I want an egg roll.
ReplyDeletelol Silent Hill would have been too scary for me. Dh and I are both geeks and we like it ;P
ReplyDeleteWoW is good for killing people and things after a long day. I'm hoping to use it to decompress once I'm in school.
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The Universe is a scary mistress, let me tell you! I am very careful about what I ask for since I usually get with a striking similarity to the story of "The Monkey's Paw".
ReplyDeleteUnd is German for 'and'. Ennis is a place in Texas 30 minutes south of Downtown Dallas. Okay, that was just freaky!
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Personally I dislike captchyas, especially as they usually say I got it wrong and everyone knows I am never wrong! :D
ReplyDeleteI think the whole process is unnatural.
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Yeah, some of them are pretty wierd. Sometimes they're just nonsense words but then you get some that are actual words but just strange...leaves you wondering what the heck it means (like, is big brother watching or something!)
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I love getting weird CAPTCHAs! The one with two words usually give me some kind of weird saying... I adore random weirdness! :P
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I'd be careful with Dennis around Halloween- that whole "un" thing gives me some funny ideas.
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Oh my freaking lord, Kelly and I are both laffing our asses off here over that.
ReplyDeleteShe had to find out what I was laughing so hard at. She got it right off, smart kid.
I wonder if I'll ever see an unjim
Oh Lord!
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I'd venture to say you're wrong about that. Put THAT on your barbie! Heh. :evil:
ReplyDeleteSorry. I'm feeling goofy tonight.
I was rolling and dying with laughter when I read your comment about "The Monkey's Paw". LMAO! I'm still laughing. And how totally freaky! You are right about Ennis! This is sort of like that movie "Signs". I'm just chilly all over the place.
ReplyDeleteYou're quite the out-of-the box thinker, Anne. One of the many things I totally dig about you. By the way, awesome new avatar!
Hi, Janine! Thanks for coming by! If you like random weirdness you'll fit right in here. I do hope you return.
ReplyDeleteHOW do they KNOW? Maybe the nonsense words aren't really nonsense words! I'm going to watch for a while and see what happens. Maybe test a couple out on The Anagram Server. Because it's such a valuable use of my time lol
ReplyDeleteIsn't unjim a Native American word, sort of like wampum? Hee hee. You nut. You and that daughter of yours are quiet the pair. Watch out world!
ReplyDeleteDo they involve fishnet stockings and a head of curly brown hair a'la Bon Jovi?
ReplyDeleteHeather, you're not listening, I am never wrong, unless you talk to my wife, daughter or any other woman that have crossed my path.
ReplyDeleteStill, I don't like Captcha's as I find the majority of them to be a pain in my assertive commenting style :wink:
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Obviously in the written for it didn't come out the way I was saying it in my head, but being the astute woman that you are I figure you would have got my intention.
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Did Sire make an "ass toot" joke up there?
ReplyDeleteI think I had a brain fade. I don't know what the hell I was saying :shakes head forlornly:
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Oh, thank you & thank you again. I like the avatar because I think I look much younger [in the picture] than my kids tell me I am. Although the gray hair and wrinkly eye lids say differently. Really, I noticed my eye lids are really wrinkly *sigh*. {I will grow old gracefully. I will grow old gracefully} :)
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What's funny is that as soon as I saw "unDennis" I started thinking of all sorts of things before I could continue reading this post. The universe speaks to all of us, and if we're cognizant, we'll either learn something or laugh a lot.
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Wow, you are a very keen observer, he he. So, what does 'undennis' meant to you now? :)
ReplyDeleteDear Heather,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are a keen observer, as you connect with everyday synchronicities in your life. That's a good insight to have, as it only brings you closer to what you are here to do, and the same goes with your husband. :)
Perhaps the captcha doesn't mean a thing, mabye it was just there to trick you into making you think it means something. (In which that may be the real message, the diversion)
There is a fine line between purpose and chance, and each go hand in hand when we see something that may not otherwise be on our radar.
Keep shining!
Happy Holidays. :)
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My head just exploded. I love that about you, Ana! Thanks for sharing your unique perspective.
ReplyDeleteAha! Maybe the message was actually meant for YOU, Mitch! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI still haven't figured it out, Madz! :D
ReplyDeleteHow about when you say a word and then the actor on TV says it? That happens to me so much it's scary! UNIVERSE HELP US! ;) Fun post.
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