Ego 2

2^nd Writer’s Project Entry

Romana 10/03/2011

Ego has a relationship to the id, that gateway to the subconscious. This concept was featured in the 1950’s film The Forbidden Planet, when a monster escaped Dr. Morbius’ id.

What if this could happen for real? Of course, we do not officially have those neutron beamers like in the movie, so what would be our lines of defense? Would Area 51 have the technology to save us? How can anyone use a weapon that does not officially exist, which no one can remember?

My subconscious is filled with dinosaurs, abstractions, and absurd situations. What if any of these escaped into reality? My ego is certainly not dangerous, is it? I have been certified as sane.

I could start building my own mind enhancer device. I would build it with an even higher range, so I could push the floating indicator to the maximum. I could power it with cosmic zero-point energies, instead of those subterranean Krell dynamos. I would design the device to boost intelligence, not ego, since I don’t really need any more ego-boosts, or ego-boos. I could become the smartest person on the planet, in the galaxy, or even the universe. Then I would go to bed and dream, because I would be simply worn out.

What if one of my abstractions emerged and roamed city streets? Would it create a landscape resembling scenes that could have been painted by Pablo Picasso or Salvador Dali? How would cars negotiate warped intersections? What kind of a fixer weapon would the army use to cope with this?

If one of my weapons dreams took reality, ammo would no longer fit any of the weapons. This would be frustrating for all those armies at war with each other.

Don’t forget my dreams of being naked. Imagine the embarrassment of having clothing that won’t stay on under any circumstances. This could be really inconvenient in colder climates.

What if the dark recesses of my mind released those endless decaying malls with no restrooms, which were like mazes inside? One could get trapped for life.

Of course, an endless stampede of dinosaurs could emerge mixed with phony-looking monsters from the SyFy Channel? There would be hundreds of species not arranged in their chronological order. Pools throughout the world would show those rings associated with heavy, tromping feet. Lawyers everywhere would flee hungry carnivores.

Then I would wake up. It was all a dream…right?