Once again, we have arrived at another milestone. A mandatory and objective milestone that will unfortunately and undoubtedly beyond certainty include a totally different post from Day 4000 and a nearly identical post from Day 3900. I don’t know about you, but with it being the start of a weekend, the LAST thing I want to do is spend the next 3-5 hours constructing a profoundly monumental and redundant display of my writing prowess.
I am sure that you are all aware of how things will transpire. (Another exciting redundancy as usual, but I’m back from post 3900! With 4000, we wanted to ensure that the entry was special, and it was. With that all over, you will get more of the same. It is the very same me from the 3900th entry! You don’t believe me, do you? Well, go back and read the 3900th entry and then go and tell me who’s lying. And while we’re on redundancies, how much longer is he going to recycle this piece of rubbish? I’m all about saving the environment, but recycling this for the twenty-fifth time in a row? This is getting ridiculous! There hasn’t been anything original since entry 100! Well, okay. There was also entry 2000 and 4000, which were both amazing by the way. Oh well. I need to acknowledge his busy life, as I am quite busy myself, re-narrating this over-narrated narration… For now, we will continue with this cheaply contrived recycled piece of milestone rubbish, rife with wit, dry humor, satire and sarcasm. Smashing! I don’t think that I will change a thing! Although I did add a little extra content and change “4000th” to “4100th” and “twenty-fourth” to “twenty-fifth” but now we’re just nit-picking, aren’t we? And while we’re at it, why don’t we recycle almost everything in this entire post? Wait! What I just included was new! So much for sticking to my plan…*sigh*) I will leave an introspective entry and then shift my point of view to first person. (Blah blah blah. Redundant again! REDUNDANCY WARNING! How many more times are you going to recycle this? Wait! I’ve said that already! Well it’s a good thing that I have included that redundancy warning! Otherwise, you would not have been forewarned of said redundancies. What? Did you really think that I was going to forget about it? I remembered! Go me! I rock!) I would then provide a predictable reaction from my Muse’s intended absence.
In a sheer attempt at humor, I redundantly acknowledge the composition of this entry. How I talk about this being another milestone, and that this is just a slightly cheap reconstruction of an entry made 200 days ago. (Not quite. I made some subtle changes and included a note to the reader to reread the 3900th entry which would provide a basis of proof that I am the same narrator that narrated 200 days ago.) How original! You would have to be exhausted to pull off something like that! How I am aware of how things will transpire. How I would leave an introspective…wait! This is getting too redundant, and is on the brink of being extremely absurd and ridiculous. Is it too late to start over? (Genius! Considering that you already typed the first two paragraphs, I would just delete them. Just be sure to save my interjections. They’re pure gold, I tell you! Nevermind…You kept them…) With that, we will press on.
Blah blah blah…Long profound…wait! This is redundant! Wasn’t this mentioned in day 3900? We know what happens next already. The overdone exposition about the Muse and why she is not here, approaching the tower (Yes. This tower is different from the one that you saw in Day 3900. It always is! It’s different every 100 posts!) Let’s avoid the redundancy about being redundant, shall we?
But, breaking away from the overly astute sarcastic narrations that get more and more repetitive and redundant with the passing of each 100th post, I notice that this tower is… different. Yes. The tower is a little bit taller (About 100 stories taller, to be exact! My are we smart!), but just to be sure. We will have a look inside and see…
Time to recycle some text from my previous entry, with some subtle edits to make it resemble something slightly different, with the attempt of sounding original and new, since these milestone posts would be boring without that. (I’m all for originality! Let’s be brave! Let’s make something slightly different so that no one will ever notice!)
After standing there for a while, I finally entered through the door. Sure enough, the same field was there. (We should really change the scenery a little bit. Maybe in a later one, perhaps? But this is entry 4100! Maybe we should change it soon…) I was surrounded by the same lush greenery as before. (The greenery was so green that Kyle was overjoyed with ecstasy from the overwhelming greenness.) Clovers and wildflowers. Pink and red poinsettias.. A sea of color. Nothing was different from what I experienced 100 days ago. (Well, of course it was! Day 4000 was 100 days ago, with a tower on top of a mountain outside a large city. There was even an entry cemetery! My, was that epic!)
The colorful luminescent sea led to a rather tall structure that sat far in the distance. A tall structure that looked even taller than before. Again, this was getting too predictable, having already experienced this before. And quite redundant. Every 100 entries, the tower’s a little bigger. We get it.
The tower looked like an ornately decorated office building – for women. The pink and white accents ran up and down the gold-adorned structure. The diamond-studded glass had a pink tint to it. (Oh please! The designer can only think of the ladies, can’t she? Well, I never!)
“A pink office building,” I said to myself. “Can’t my Muse be any more original?”
Let’s cut to the chase, and find out if this tower really is different.
I got attention of the same receptionist who sat there, typing 100 days back.
“So, is this the same Tower of Muses as before?” I asked her, just to make sure. (Oh, come on! You ask her that every single time! Shouldn’t you know the answer already?)
My Muse shook her head again and smiled. “No, silly! This tower is a little different. And there’s a teleporter thingy that will take you to the 4001st floor!”
I nodded, with a slight grin on my face. And this was mainly due to the deja vu. “And this floor is still…”
“Floor 1,” she recited. “ExperiMENTAL. Tee hee…”
And of course the Dark Muse, which was then a bad idea, was just beginning to affect my Muse at this time… (*sigh*) ”Thank you,” I told her, proceeding forward to the mysterious portal that sat past the white service desk just before the elevators.
Upon entering the portal, she was right. I entered a new room, which resembled a different lobby. But this lobby had no exit, since this was the 4001st floor.
Approaching a white colored service desk, I saw two different Muses sitting there. But neither of them were typing. In fact, they both looked up right after I got to this floor. It was only a split second that I saw them typing…
“Welcome, Kyle.” she announced. “You are on the “ExperiMENTAL 4.0” floor. This floor is not one of my favorites, since it captures who I am, 99 days ago…”
The Twin Muse nodded. “I agree! It gets better on the higher floors! Trust me!”
I nodded, and looked at the elevators that were past her desk. “I would like to go to floor 4100 now.”
At this, my Muse frowned. “Why? There are so many good floors!”
Twin Muse sighed. “I’ve read the past entries! He always does this! Fine! Go to the elevators and skip everything like you always do!”
I advanced further to the elevators. I then sighed, and quite deliberately broke the fourth wall. The overly redundant redundancies have reached their limit for this post! Would you really want me to actually pick 6 to 8 random floors and stop on them? Sorry. It’s not going to happen this time, either. If you really wish to hear my discussion on the floors, you can visit any one of them by clicking on the links near the bottom of this post. Okay. If we don’t visit them, perhaps we should do this instead. I will briefly recap some of my favorite floors, after I have taken a few minutes to determine what they are.
There. After several minutes of reviewing all 99 entries, thinking and making a much needed edit over the older text, I have my list. It’s right here! I have it on my lap. Let’s see…I will put this in list form so that it will be easier for you to read. My favorite floors are:
Floor 4010 – Saturday Again
In this one, you see the result of what happens when your Saturday is taken away from you. What do you do? You get it back! Of course that means that there is no Sunday for that weekend. Have you lost your Saturday to something? Get it back and read this one. Because everyone needs another Saturday!
Floor 4013 – North for the Fourth
How often is it that I actually go up north for the Fourth of July? Not very often, actually. In this one, I go over my checklist and share my excitement for a fun-filled weekend. Read this one, and don’t forget to pack it. You don’t want to leave it behind…
Floor 4016 – Summer Post Done Quick
Okay. In this particular one, I showcase my awesome speed strats for my Me & My Muse run. I call this one the “easy entry” strat. As a fun reference to the Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) charity stream, this run, er, entry is a fun and entertaining read. And time is called when I read the end of this description. And…TIME!
Floor 4019 – Eleven Years and Counting
Has it really been eleven years that I’ve been doing Me & My Muse? Yes it has, and if you haven’t read an anniversary post, this one’s for you. Here’s to eleven years of this wonderful experiment. Read this entry and celebrate.
Floor 4022-4023 – FriNESday Road Trip/Plenty of Saturday GoodNES…
With the whole weekend off, and my brother having the same clearance, what do I do at a time like this? Go on a road trip to my friend’s house. In this one, I share my excitement of going up north to my friend’s place with my brother, and the fun adventure that we had up there. A fun weekend of watching TV shows, playing games, and eating out. There is plenty of Saturday GoodNES up in the East Bay side of Traverse City. So pack your bags, get your swim suits, flip flops and sunglasses, and read this one. It is a fun weekend adventure and it’s a hot one outside.
Floor 4046 – Twins Days Festival – The Recap: For REALZ this Time – 2024 Edition!
You want more Twins Days? Well, you’re in luck! Brace yourself, because this one is a feast. A 10,000+ word feast allowing you to relive all of my favorite moments at one of the most memorable weekends in the summer of 2024. Are you game? Are you hangry for some more Twins Days? Then go on and read it! ALL of it. I assure you. You will not be disappointed.
Floor 4053 – Happy Birthday!
Do I really have to write an entry on my birthday? Yes I do, but more importantly, this was my 40th Birthday, so writing this one was well worth it. Read this and help yourself to the cake. It is not a lie.
Floor 4069-4070 – Blog Outage/Outage Outrage
In this one, the pow…Oh great. Everything is dark and I can’t see in here. And I can’t finish this description, either. Until we wait for restoration estimate, how about you read these two posts? You wo
Floor 4072-4074 – NESbor Day Weekend/Sunday GoodNES…/NESbor Day Conclusion
What do you get when your friend visits for most of Labor Day weekend? A NESbor Day weekend, of course! And these entries are packed with plenty of fun and goodNES. They’re all worth a read, so check them out!
Wow! It looks like I had less favorites than what I thought. I included a little less than last time! Maybe I should’ve added more to the list. But it’s too late now. Onward to the 4100th floor…
My Muse, having heard the whole conversation, grinned.
“It’s amazing how much you know about those floors!” she told me. “Especially since you haven’t even visited them…”
Twin Muse nodded. “He doesn’t doesn’t visit the floors, twinnie. He lived them!”
“Oh, I don’t need to…” I told her. “I lived them!”
Twin Muse smirked back at her twin counterpart. “See? He’s always the same!”
To that, she responded with a satisfied nod, and I proceeded to the elevators. I then pressed the up button a few times. Where are the elevators? With this many, I would think that at least one would be ready for me! A few seconds later, I entered the first elevator door that opened. It just happened to be the one next to me.
I entered the elevator and pressed the 4100 button. Moments later, the doors closed.
Several moments passed. At this point, Kyle decided to be a little more unoriginal and once again reused some material from the previous milestone entry. Perhaps he’ll make it a little different so that they’ll never notice. Just enough changes to throw off the audience. How lazy of him! Can’t he get his brain thinking of any more original ideas? But Kyle would have none of that. He is just as determined to bring this forty-first milestone post to an abrupt end (really, it’s his twenty-ninth considering his extended period of inactivity…). The good old recycled zinger. They’ll never notice! Unless the narrator reminds them…
Finally, moments later, the elevator arrived at the 4100th floor.
A little like the 4000th floor before it, this floor was an enormous room, lavishly decorated. A desk sat in one corner and a king-sized bed sat in the other, which was one fourth the size of the bed that was in Entry 4000. Pretty much the same room as the 3900th story, the 2600th story, the 2500th story, the 2400th story, the 2300th story, the 2200th story, the 2100th story, the 1900th story, the 1800th story, the 1700th story, the 1600th story, the 1500th story, the 1400th story, the 1300th story, the 1200th story, the 1100th story, the 900th story, the 800th story, the 700th story, the 600th story, the 500th story, the 400th story, the 300th story, the 200th story, and the 100th story before it, only the room was the same size as the 3900th story, 2600th story, 2500th story, 2400th story, 2300th story, 2200th story, 2100th story, 1900th story, 1800th story, 1700th story, 1600th story, 1500th story, 1400th story, 1300th story, 1200th story, 1100th story, 900th story, 800th story, 700th story, 600th story, 500th story, 400th story, and 300th story and the bed was light blue.
Oh! We agreed not to meddle with the following paragraph! As much as we want to, we can’t. It just wouldn’t be right…
And on the bed laid the twin Muses. Muse and Twin Muse. Both of them were in their original forms and fast asleep, with a note sitting between the two of them. It didn’t surprise me that they were sleeping, considering that creating this tower probably took so much out of them. Now I’m going to guess that the note will mention that the computer in this room will have this entry already typed. That even includes the later parts that you haven’t seen yet! Am I right? And this further adds to the redundancies that exist in this post already!
Attached to her hand was a note. And this is what it said:
To my master,
We made this tower for you and us (Wasn’t that sweet of us?). This is to honor your hard work and dedication for another 100 days of hardship, bringing the total up to 4100 (Wow! That’s a lot!). Thank you for your dedication to keeping this project going daily (I too, thank you from the bottom of my heart). If you look at your computer, the last entry is already written (She’s not lying! It’s all already written. Aren’t we nice?) I am still forever grateful to your kindness, your dedication to saving me and your gratitude. (Thank you also for saving me! Your dedication restored the true timeline and now we’re both reunited as twin sisters!)
Love (Lots and Lots and LOTS of Love),
Your Muse & Twin Muse ♥
I then looked next to the bed and noticed a directory which was much like the 4000th floor, 3900th floor, 2600th floor, 2500th floor, 2400th floor, 2300th floor, 2200th floor, 2100th floor, 2000th floor, 1900th floor, 1800th floor, 1700th floor, 1600th floor, 1500th floor, 1400th floor, 1300th floor, 1200th floor, 1100th floor, 1000th floor, 900th floor, 800th floor, 700th floor, 600th floor, 500th floor, 400th floor, 300th floor, 200th floor, and 100th floor before it. However, this was the directory for the Tower of Muses, only it covered only the next 100 floors. I looked at the directory.
The Tower of Muses – Directory – Floors 4001-4100
Floor 4001 – ExperiMENTAL 4.0 Floor 4002 – Friend Day Floor 4003 – Relax Day Floor 4004 – Niece Day Floor 4005 – More Searching… Floor 4006 – Job Search Meeting? Floor 4007 – Thirst Day Floor 4008 – Unday Eve Floor 4009 – The Unday Begins Floor 4010 – Saturday Again Floor 4011 – Fiscal New Year’s Day Floor 4012 – A Short Week Floor 4013 – North for the Fourth Floor 4014 – Happy Independence Day! Floor 4015 – Greetings from Hubbard Lake! Floor 4016 – Summer Post Done Quick Floor 4017 – Summer Leftovers Done Quick Floor 4018 – Back to the Grind… Floor 4019 – Eleven Years and Counting Floor 4020 – More Networking Floor 4021 – Brain Freeze: Part XII Floor 4022 – FriNESday Road Trip: 2024 Summer Edition Floor 4023 – Plenty of Saturday GoodNES… Floor 4024 – Back Home Floor 4025 – More Grind and More Training Floor 4026 – Double Toastmasters Tuesday Floor 4027 – Busy Wednesday Floor 4028 – Early Morning Networking Floor 4029 – Friday Twisters Floor 4030 – A Free Weekend? Floor 4031 – And another easy day… Floor 4032 – An Appointment… Floor 4033 – A Change of Pace… Floor 4034 – Midweek Division Council Meeting Floor 4035 – More Job Searching Floor 4036 – Another Job Screening? Floor 4037 – Morning DEC… Floor 4038 – Twin Practice Race Floor 4039 – Double Dragon Floor 4040 – Twin Cut Floor 4041 – Pre Twin-Con Checklist Floor 4042 – Twinning it Up in Twinsburg – The Preshow Floor 4043 – Twinning it Up in Twinsburg Floor 4044 – Twins Days Festival – The Main Event Floor 4045 – Twins Days Festival – Day Three Floor 4046 – Twins Days Festival – The Recap: For REALZ this Time – 2024 Edition! Floor 4047 – Tired Toastmasters Tuesday Floor 4048 – An Appointment… Floor 4049 – Birthday Weekend Eve Floor 4050 – The Birthday Weekend Begins Floor 4051 – Birthday Weekend Floor 4052 – Birthday Sunday Floor 4053 – Happy Birthday! Floor 4054 – Birthday Aftermath Floor 4055 – Two More Jobs Floor 4056 – One More Day Floor 4057 – Rainy Weekend Floor 4058 – Yogurt and Ice Cream Run Floor 4059 – End of the Weekend Floor 4060 – Anniversary at Home Floor 4061 – Double Toastmasters Tuesday Floor 4062 – Halfway Point Floor 4063 – Thursday’s Gone Floor 4064 – Checking the Boxes Floor 4065 – DEC Hurdle Floor 4066 – Saturday: Part II Floor 4067 – A Hot Start Floor 4068 – Wet and Hot Floor 4069 – Blog Outage Floor 4070 – Outage Outrage Floor 4071 – The Power is Back! Floor 4072 – NESbor Day Weekend Begins Floor 4073 – Sunday GoodNES… Floor 4074 – NESbor Day Conclusion Floor 4075 – Back to the Grind… Floor 4076 – In Between… Floor 4077 – One More Day Floor 4078 – WakeUp! Tired – September Edition Floor 4079 – Starting the Weekend Early Floor 4080 – Back Pain Floor 4081 – Day Two Floor 4082 – Toastmasters and Groceries Floor 4083 – A Day that I Still Never Forget Floor 4084 – Library Meeting Floor 4085 – Friggatriskaideka…wha? Floor 4086 – It’s Back! Floor 4087 – Sunday Funday Floor 4088 – And Another Week Begins Floor 4089 – Double Toastmasters Tuesday – The Sequel! Floor 4090 – Division Meeting Tonight Floor 4091 – Two more Meetings Floor 4092 – NO MEETINGS!!!! Floor 4093 – Friendday Floor 4094 – Summer Outro Floor 4095 – Fall Grind Floor 4096 – Another Movie Floor 4097 – Another Toastmasters Meeting Floor 4098 – Weekend Eve Floor 4099 – Breakfast and an Errand Floor 4100 – Tower of Muses: The Forty-First Ascent
The high today is going to be 77 degrees and the silver lining is having this 4100th post made.
To all of you who have ever completed a major milestone, I hope that you all have a fantastic day.
Just like entry 4000, she’s right! The entire entry is typed! And there’s that message at the end! Aw…How cute. I don’t understand how a narrator got into my post. Oh well…
Now I’ll…What’s going on? Just like before! It’s happening once again! On the bed! The twin Muses are flashing…