Mr. E

Mystery. A subject that I can not escape. A friend of mine recently talked to me about mystery and it got me thinking. What is so great about mystery? When I think of mystery I think of mystery meat (you know, the unnamed substance in cafeteria food). Other people think of that mysterious woman, novels and movies. Another friend of mine used mystery to her advantage. I always remember her telling me that the only way to get a guy is to be mysterious. That approach never really worked for me. Partially because I talk way too much. I can never hold my feelings back, part of being a Leo I presume.

So here are my thoughts on the subject. A person is only mysterious when you don't know them. As we all know, the best part of a mystery is solving it. To solve the mystery of a person all you would be required to do is to get to know them or google them (which ever works best I suppose). There you go, mystery solved. If what you prefer is mystery then you can never have something substantial. And when it comes to relationships, you can (excuse the language please) fuck mystery but you can't make love to it. You can talk to mystery but you can't communicate with it. You can touch mystery but you can't hold it.

I am a huge fan of the TV show ED. TBS plays re-runs of the show at 9 a.m. At this point a new character has been introduced. Dennis Martino is the new principal at Stuckyville High. No one in the town knows anything about this new mysterious person. Dennis is rude to all of the teachers including Carol Vessey (one of the main characters). Ed (the main character ... obviously) spends an entire episode trying to be mysterious like Dennis (he fails miserably). Carol, insists on revealing the true Dennis Martino. In fact, she becomes obsessed with it. So what does she do? She makes out with him, starts a relationship with him, and uncovers the mystery of him. She does all of this only to find that the man behind the mystery is not as intriguing as the mystery itself. Why? Because Dennis really wasn't mysterious at all. He was a man hiding his past and delaying his future. The point? Well, anyone can be mysterious if they really want to. All you have to do is stop being yourself. Where's the fun in that?