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 4500. I don’t know about you, but with it being the morning that I have to drive all the way to Au Gres for my OJI, 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 it’s still me from last time!  The very same me from the 4500th entry!  You don’t believe me, do you?  Well, go back and read the 4500th 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 thirtieth time in a row?  My, what a milestone!  I do need to applaud for your originality…if you had any!  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 “4400th” to “4500th” and “twenty-ninth” to “thirtieth” 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 100 days ago.  (Not quite. I made some subtle changes and included a note to the reader to reread the 4500th entry which would provide a basis of proof that I am the same narrator that narrated 100 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 4500?  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 4400.  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 4600!  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. Yellow, orange, and red leaves.  A sea of color. Nothing was different from what I experienced 100 days ago.  (Except for everything else in this entry that I changed so far.  My, am I on a roll today!)

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 4401st 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 4501st 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 “Nerdy to the Extreme” floor. This floor is one of my favorites, since it captures who I am, 99 days ago…”

The Twin Muse nodded.  “I agree!  It was fun as we were just starting as nerds!”

I nodded, and looked at the elevators that were past her desk.  “I would like to go to floor 4600 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 4501 – Nerdy to the Extreme

What do you get when you have two extremely nerdy muses?  You get a brand of nerdiness that would rival even The Big Bang Theory.  Okay.  Maybe not to that level but this is a new frontier in the camaraderie between two twin Muses that act like total nerds.  What could possibly go wrong?  Read this one, and whatever you do, do NOT touch Twin Muse’s mocha espresso! The foam is perfectly in the shape of Spock’s head and she will freak out if any part of it is out of place.

Floor  4519 – Sushi Reward

What do you get after a stressful weekend of watching nieces?  For the next weekend, you get a sushi reward.  In this one, I explain what this sushi reward entails.  So go ahead and read this one, and have your favorite sushi selection ready to go.  It’s good down to the last piece.

Floor 4537 – Going Postal

Since my layoff from Dow, I have been wanting to find the next chapter in my working career. In this one, I make the official announcement of the job offer that I accepted at the United States Postal Service. After more than two years, it is good to hear such exciting news. News that will change my life for the better. Read this one. Read all of it carefully and see the next chapter. And whatever you do, say yes to the offer. You will not regret it.

Floor 4547 – Avatar: Fire and Ash Begins Tonight…

When you have a movie as epic as Avatar in the horizon, you can’t help but ride on the wonderful hype train.  In this one, I geek out about Avatar 3 and how excited I am to see it.  This entry is complete with a few words in Na’vi!  So mount your Ikran and begin your next journey by reading this entry.  Are you soaring now?  Good.  I see you…

Floor 4556 – David vs. Goliath

In this one, I talk about a much anticipated movie from a timeless and wonderful story from the Bible.  This is Angel Studio’s David movie and features animation that would give Disney and Pixar a run for their money.  Have you ever seen such wonderful visuals retelling this story about David’s life?  I haven’t.  And if you haven’t seen the movie yet, read this entry and consider seeing a heartfelt retelling of a popular story in the Bible.

Floor 4560 – 4563 – Starting with a NESday Weekend/Plenty of Friday GoodNES/Plenty of Saturday GoodNES/ Last NESday done Quick

In this one, I kick off the new year with a wonderful visit from my friend.  There is plenty of Friday and Saturday GoodNES when we toast to the new year, watch movies, and play games.  Get yourself ready and read this one.  Happy New Year everybody.

Floor 4564 – Going Postal – The First Day

In this one, I talk about my first day working for the post office, which is just orientation.  Not much else here but a wonderful starting point.  Read this one to get started.

Floor 4569 – Awesome Finale 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 Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 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 4574 – Weekend Eve

This has nothing to do with it being Thursday night but everything to do with the new world order.  That’s right.  The nerdy Muses that I thought I knew were actually Midnight Muse and Dark Muse in disguise.  How do I handle the new world order?  Read this one, or else…

Floor 4583 – BRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do I top the original BRRR!!!!!?  Easy.  Have a day where the morning temperature is 14 degrees below zero.  That’s right.  14. Degrees.  Below.  Zero.  Let that sink in.  This is quite possibly the coldest weather that I have dealt with in more than 25 years and definitely the coldest entry that you will ever read.  So bundle up and read this entry.  It’s a cold one out there!

Floor 4491 – Outsmarted

Do you like a good ending?  In this one, the Nerdy saga comes to an end when both Midnight Muse and Dark Muse somehow get outsmarted.  How do they get outsmarted?  I’m sorry, but you will have to read this entry to find out!  Go for it and know that you have just been outsmarted.

Wow! It looks like I had more favorites than what I thought. I included way more than last time! Maybe I should’ve removed a few from the list. But it’s too late now. Onward to the 4500th 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 4600 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-sixth milestone post to an abrupt end (really, it’s his thirty-fifth 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 4600th 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 4500th story, 4400th story, 4300th story, 4200th story, 4100th story, 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 4500th story, 4400th story, 4300th story, 4200th story, 4100th story, 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 nerdy clothes 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 the foot of the bed 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 4500 (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 4500th floor, 4400th floor, 4300th floor, 4200th floor, 4100th floor, 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 4501-4600

Floor 4501 – Nerdy to the Extreme  Floor 4502 – Twin Toast  Floor 4503 – Mid Week Job Search  Floor 4504 – A 2 to 9? Oof.  Floor 4505 – 3 to 8:30 Oof With a Side of Chili’s  Floor 4506 – Lazy Saturday  Floor 4507 – Chill Sunday  Floor 4508 – Rare NAMI Meeting?  Floor 4509 – Yogurt Restock  Floor 4510 – An Opening Shift?  Floor 4511 – Leaf Raking: Part II  Floor 4512 – Another Late Shift  Floor 4513 – Leaf Raking Finale, The Mall, and Mineral Spirits  Floor 4514 – A More Chill Sunday  Floor 4515 – Pay Day  Floor 4516 – November Toast  Floor 4517 – Midweek 11 to 7 Shift  Floor 4518 – The Workation Begins  Floor 4519 – Sushi Reward  Floor 4520 – Easy and Chill  Floor 4521 – Sun Day  Floor 4522 – Noon Meeting  Floor 4523 – Two Days…  Floor 4524 – Thanksgiving Eve  Floor 4525 – Happy Thanksgiving!  Floor 4526 – Shop Till You Drop  Floor 4526 – O Christmas Tree  Floor 4527 – Christmas Memories: Part I  Floor 4528 – Christmas Memories: Part II  Floor 4529 – Click Till You Drop  Floor 4530 – Christmas Memories: Part IV, December Toast, and Open up and Say AHHHHHHHH!!  Floor 4531 – Christmas Memories: Part V and a McInterview  Floor 4532 – Christmas Memories: Part VI  Floor 4533 – Christmas Memories: Part VII Finale  Floor 4534 – Chill Movie Weekend  Floor 4535 – Church, Breakfast, and Afternoon with my Nieces  Floor 4536 – Chilly 11 to 7 Shift  Floor 4537 – Going Postal  Floor 4538 – Uphill 11 to 7  Floor 4539 – Morning Postal Meeting  Floor 4540 – More Shopping  Floor 4541 – Avatar Weekend  Floor 4542 – Avatar Weekend: Part II  Floor 4543 – More Snow  Floor 4544 – Christmas Toast  Floor 4545 – The Last Gift  Floor 4546 – Twas the Week Before Christmas…  Floor 4547 – Avatar: Fire and Ash Begins Tonight…  Floor 4548 – Na’vi Hangover  Floor 4549 – I’m All About That List…  Floor 4550 – The True Meaning of Christmas…  Floor 4551 – All Aboard!  Floor 4552 – Twas the Day Before Christmas…  Floor 4553 – Merry Christmas!  Floor 4554 – Christmas Aftermath  Floor 4555 – Air Riders  Floor 4556 – David vs. Goliath  Floor 4557 – Reflecting on the Year  Floor 4558 – Closing Up the Year  Floor 4559 – Happy New Year  Floor 4560 – Starting off with a NESday Weekend…  Floor 4561 – Plenty of Friday GoodNES…  Floor 4562 – Plenty of Saturday GoodNES…  Floor 4563 – Last NESday Done Quick  Floor 4564 – Going Postal – The First Day  Floor 4565 – Overshadowed  Floor 4566 – A Mid Middle  Floor 4567 – Thursday Post Done Quick  Floor 4568 – A Friday Post Done Quick  Floor 4569 – Awesome Finale Done Quick  Floor 4570 – Movie and a Sushi Done Slow  Floor 4571 – Training Week – Part I – LLV Training  Floor 4572 – Change of Plans  Floor 4573 – The Wait Continues  Floor 4574 – Weekend Eve  Floor 4575 – Lucky Friday  Floor 4576 – Hot Mess Saturday  Floor 4577 – Snowy Sunday  Floor 4578 – Deep Freeze  Floor 4579 – Ice Cold Toast  Floor 4580 – Winter Heat Wave  Floor 4581 – The Wait Continues  Floor 4582 – BRRR!!!!!  Floor 4583 – BRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Floor 4584 – Chilly Makeup Training  Floor 4585 – Travel Day to Academy  Floor 4586 – Academy – Day 1 of 4 – It Begins  Floor 4587 – Academy – Day 2 of 4 – Making the Case  Floor 4588 – Academy – Day 3 of 4 – Working on Delivery  Floor 4589 – Academy – Day 4 of 4 – Final Day  Floor 4590 – FINALLY Home!  Floor 4591 – Outsmarted  Floor 4592 – A Normal Monday  Floor 4593 – Toasty Tuesday  Floor 4594 – Waiting Wednesday  Floor 4595 – Thirsty Thursday  Floor 4596 – Frantic Friday Floor 4597 – Double Feature Saturday  Floor 4598 – Super Bowl Large – Part X  Floor 4599 – Time for another Movie…  Floor 4600 – Tower of Muses: The Forty-Sixth Ascent

 

The high today is going to be 40 degrees and the silver lining is having this 4600th 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 4500, 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…