There’s a classic Twilight Zone episode called Little Girl Lost, where a girl crawls through a trans-dimensional doorway that appears in her room and her parents spend the entire episode trying to get her back before it closes again.
If you haven’t watched the original Twilight Zone TV episodes, please fix that.*
Now, if you were a little girl and a trans-dimensional doorway suddenly appeared in your room, would you go through it?
I so totally would.
It’s not that I’m tremendously brave (really, I’m a chicken about many things), but the new-ness addict in me could literally not resist such a temptation. I mean, how often do you have a chance to change dimensions??
The lure of shiny new objects is especially dangerous when I have a bit of time open up in my schedule. Time to get all those photo albums finally organized, you say? Or possibly get caught up on my mile-long to-do list? Wait! There’s a trans-dimensional window!
Are you a new-ness addict too? How do you fight the compulsion to follow the cool, new things that pop up in life?
*Studying the variety of brain sparks that were generated for the Twilight Zone series is a master’s course in speculative fiction. We could do worse than re-imagine a few TZ episodes for YA fiction today.
Great picture. I have never watched the Twilight zone. Sorry. Maybe someday. I bet writers could get some pretty cool ideas though.
tee hee hee! LOVE the pic! i'm a newness addict as well! i really don't know how to battle that. if you figure it out, will you let me know? 🙂
@Laura Just skimming the episode guide is enough to get my creative engine humming. 🙂
@aspiring Working on it…sometimes I have to feed the addict a little, then work on the to-do list. 🙂
I believe I made a bargain w/myself as a little girl. That if an opportunity (such as a wormhole to a new world) opened up, I would take it. Must have been the influence of all those darn fantasy books I read! 😀
Oooh, sounds like an episode of Fringe LOL:)
I'm not. The fact that new gadgets = extra expenses helps keep me grounded. 😉
I want to experience a worm hole of my own! The cat picture only heightens my craving!
@LisaGG You were a smart girl! 🙂
@Lindsay You are absolutely right! Fringe is a re-imagining of all those TZ eps (or X-files. or both. I can't keep it all straight)!
@Caroline Good for you! 🙂
Yes, I am definitely easily distracted by shiny new… ooooh look, a hawk outside my window!
But really, I can relate. If it's new and different and unexplored, I want to do it. Until I get bored and start looking for the next thing.
Oh a doorway to another dimension. Very cool. i so would go. AS for new technology. Uh…I'm feeling more like Alice who has fallen down the rabbit hole.
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I LOVE the picture. I'm still laughing. I blame reading ALICE IN WONDERLAND and PETER PAN for making me dive down any rabbit hole, or flying off to any Neverland I can find. Please avert your eyes from my giant plastic boxes of scrap booking and stamping materials.
Awesome picture! Hilarious!
@Steph Ha! I know, I know.
@YACWW Don't fear the tech! 🙂 But I do understand the reluctance (my phone is so old it doesn't even talk to the internet).
@Leslie I think the cousin to your scrap booking pile is in my basement. 🙂
@Shadonna I had to write a post, just so I could use that picture! 🙂
Fun post. 🙂 I'm more of a let's-wait-and-see-what-happens-after-someone-else-goes-into-the-wormhole type.
i haven't seen the twilight zone. and as a little girl i wouldn't have gone through. i was/am a chicken and too cautious. i'm also always a little late in following trends and fads. great post! and i love your corndog cult button! christy
@Nicki Well, if we didn't have types that stayed behind, we'd have no one to rescue the reckless ones.:)
@E&C See my comment to Nicki! And Nathan does rock that corndog! 🙂
LOL! Omg, I just read about poltergiests on another blog, and you're like right there with the follow-up! Me = NO! I'd run crying to my mom's room…
but that kitty picture is LOL! 😀 <3
@LTM The cats…and endless source of amusement! 🙂 (plus you can dial the rescue guys from mom's room!)
That's one kewl cat!
I do remember that episode of TZ, and it creeped me out when I was a kid! Would I go in a wormhole? Uh-uh. I'd probably get a long pole, tie a camcorder on the end and stick it in to check it out!
New things in nature, I'm all for them. Technology and I don't get along. I, too, had a dinosaur cell phone until my husband insisted I replace it. The cord to charge it had a loose wire. Took me hours and hours yesterday (after the kids went home) to finally get a blog up and running. White text (automatically programmed for the whole page even though I thought I changed it in the post window to black) against a white post background gave me a preview of a blank page. White on white, took a long time for me to figure it out. Where's McGuyvor when you need him?
I'm here from Margo's blog. She asked that we leave a word of encouragement. So, cheers to you, brave soul, for being daring. I bet you have lots of adventurous stories.
P.S. What's ROW80?
@LynNerd Your a day early for my ROW80 check-in! But thanks to Margo for sending you over! ROW80 is just a group of writers setting goals and encouraging each other to reach them. Margo/Sheri/CLee and I have our own mini-subsection of ROW80 going!
As far as McGuyver – I think I married him! 🙂
I have seen that episode, and only a cat could realistically do that.
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Love the new look, Susan. 😀
That picture is hilarious. 😀
@Shaeeza I didn't say it was SMART to go through the wormhole. LOL
@Stina Thanks! 🙂
Yes I'm tempted by shining new things and other dimensions too! I love this post! Except that picture HAS to be doctored. Really.
I can usually manage to stave off new temptations by rushing a bunch of words about it onto paper. Once I'm sure I've captured the essence of what's rolling around in my head, then I am feel secure it won't get lost when I go back to my regular planning!
@Margo That's a very smart approach, and it sometimes works for me – unless I really get wrapped up in the new shiny thing! Then I have to pull back and use the sword of self-discipline. It gets stronger with more use, so I can usually keep things at bay. 🙂
LOL! Thanks for posting that picture, Susan. I LOVE it. The fact that it looks like my cat makes it even better. And, heck, yeah, I'd go through the transdimensional doorway. Being a scaredy-cat doesn't mean I'm not impulsive.
@Ruth Impulsive scaredy-cat's unite! Sheesh! It's a wonder we don't get in more trouble. 🙂