Alchera Project No. 36 Submission

List/Option No.4 ...sort of.

I warn you now that in making this list I'm opening a Pandora's Box of self-indulgence. At first I thought this was too easy. I could just wish myself superpowers, or maybe 1 trillion dollars, thereby encompassing every possible desire with a few broad changes. But lets think about that for a moment. Remember Spider-man? "With great power comes great responsibility," and so on. If I did turn myself into someone with near God-like powers would I be responsible for using those powers for "good" or could I get away with not using them at all? The idea of being morally forced into constant selfless servitude doesn't quite sit so well with my selfish side. Besides, who am I to determine a paradigm of morality for everyone to follow anyway? Okay, scratch superpowers. Whatever, I'm still rich right? Hmm, maybe not. Not knowing what, exactly, the creation or reallocation of 1 trillion dollars would have on the world's economy I'm sure that the disbalance created would result in some sort of horrible deflation or depression. What about wishing for a smaller amount of money? Or maybe making everything free? Can't do that either. First, making Ferrari's and expensive clothing free would just remove any sort of significant social status (the main lure in the first place) of the item in question. Now, with all that said, I have placed the following conditions on my list. A list within a a list, if you will:

The changes have to be possible.

They can really only effect myself (or a small group of people like myself).

No copping out. Example: Everyone named Chris Laver, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, who also happen to be 21 years of age, never have to pay for a thing... and will have beautiful models constantly flock to them.

Those are the conditions. They don't really make for a wild and crazy list, but they don't take some of the zest and challenge out of life either. And now that I've strayed far off topic, I give you the REAL list. Marvel at the incoherence of thought... Do it... Marvel, damn you!

1) "Nice guys" finish first. This is self-explanatory.

2) You don't get graded at University. This one is an absolute must for lazy students such as myself. I thoroughly enjoy the subject matter of the courses I take at University. I do not, however, enjoy getting graded and assessed on my ability to retain/comprehend/critically analyze said subject matter. Truthfully, I really just like to read big books with big ideas on big things and feel elitist about my level of education. There, I said it.

3) Television Sci-Fi and Comic books as highly respectable forms of literature. The world WOULD BE a perfect place if instead of, "Wow, you're a loser," I heard, "Wow, that's really cool. You must be really smart," When I regaled people with my favorite comic story arcs or Stargate episodes.

4) Gil as legal and acceptable tender. Oh boy- this one is going to take quite a bit of explanation for my gaming handicapped readership. There is a genre of game that is called RPG. RPG really just stands for Role Playing Game. Essentially, in an RPG you assume the role of one character (sometimes a small party) and you play through a fictitious universe helping the character grow stronger, acquire items, etc. completing some sort of storyline. Now, in the popular Final Fantasy game series, the monetary unit was Gil. Seeing as how I played countless hours of that game in my life time I've acquired millions of dollars worth of Gil. So it would be nice to have all the time and effort I've put in manifest itself in more ways than a digitally rendered broadsword.

5) Gameplay on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004, for the Xbox game console, would be recognized as a valid play on the actual PGA Tour. Lets be honest here, I friggin' rock at this game. And seeing as how the sport of Golf is one of the most prestigious and well-paying (truly an understatement) sports in the world it would be easy with my oh-so-practical videogame skill to become the next Tiger Woods.

6) Round trip flights from Edmonton to Las Vegas would cost $20 CDN. Flights to Los Angeles, New York, London, Tokyo would be $5 CDN. Working only one job, part-time, has really hampered my ability to travel and see the world. Naturally, the best way to remedy this would be to make flights from my place of residence (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) cheap.

And lastly, if I could change the world I would be the sunlight in your universe. Eat your heart out Eric Clapton.