
I think of how I perceive the world in my mind and realize that it is a narrative in itself and that my mind is in a sense, just one huge hypertext. There are hundreds, maybe thousands or even millions of pre-written nodes in my head. When I come across a decision to make, be it the decision on what to eat for lunch or what to do after I graduate from university, I try one path in my head and if I am not satisfied with it, I go back to my decision point and try another path. For example, when I am choosing what to eat for lunch after a hard working hour of lecture, in the hypertext version of my mind, I am tuned to the starting page of “DAILY INTAKE”. I click on the link ‘lunch’ which is an option on this page which takes me to another page with my list of options. ‘Indian’; ‘Chinese’; ‘Café 101’; ‘McDonalds’; ‘ Don’t eat’ and so on. I read through the list and choose the one that is most compelling – ‘McDonalds’. I am then led to a story of my purchasing and consuming the desired food. Like an electronic hypertext, there are many endings that are possible for the route that I have taken and also like an electronic hypertext, there are some that conflict with each other (like in Victory Garden). There is the happy ending where my cheeseburger was made on the spot, the fries had just been fried and they put ice in my drink. There is also the ending where I do not enjoy my lunch where due to it being lunch time, I am given a cheeseburger out of a pile of pre-made burgers, the fries are too salty and there is no ice in my drink. After encountering the endings in the hypertext version of my head, I decide that that route ends unsatisfactorily and so like an electronic hypertext, I return to the starting page of “DAILY INTAKE” and choose a different route to take. When I finally come across a satisfying ending
, I come out the hypertext version of my mind and into the book of “My Life”, where once written, cannot be changed.