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Tendency Toward Complexity

i'm currently reading "shantaram," by gregory david roberts. it's a fascinating book about a fugitive's life in india, first living in a slum, then working with the mafia. however, there are many times in the book when he waxes philisophical and it just annoys me, usually because it's not quite how i view the world.

but in one conversation they discuss the meaning of the universe and how you define good and evil. i couldn't believe how much it seemed to sum up my thoughts these days about evolutionary extinction and how nothing in the universe is random. i will insert those passages here when i have time, but basically since the "big bang" the universe has been expanding and forming more complex, moving towards an order. it is the "tendency toward complexity," and maybe "god" is the ultimate complexity.

i haven't wrapped my mind yet around the good and evil aspect of it; that good is anything that helps the universe along toward the ultimate complexity, and evil is anything that holds it back.

i'm looking forward to exploring this further!

may 13th - my birthday!

haven't written in awhile so i thought i'd share about my birthday! other people with a may 13th birthday: stevie wonder, peter gabriel, robert pattinson (twilight), dennis rodman, george lucas, stephen colbert and bea arthur (RIP).

i was born in 1974, which means i'm 35 today! i've already had 2 small gatherings this past week to celebrate my birthday, so i'm taking it easy today. heading to the cinerama to see the new star trek for the matinee at 4pm - i know, i'm a dork.

last night i celebrated at my friend's new georgetown club, the tiger lounge.