Alyssa 

Never odd or even...

What do you get when you follow your name with a vague palindrome? Do I appear unique, deep, or 'so random'? I mean, at first glance, it might appear to be a thoughtfully curated statement of me. And then to realize that it says the same thing backward!? Surely it paints a silhouette portending brilliance. How cool is that? But I'm guessing that you might also see through this as a ruse, because yeah... I might also mean nothing; literally nothing, like "zero". 

It's simply my nod to those artless attempts at adding mysticism and pizzaz to our lives without actually doing anything to truly liven them. There are probably myriad ways we do this to ourselves beyond wordplay. I suppose we must consider the ardent drive to satiate one's ever-fleeting sense of contentment; are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era? But what choices do we have in the absence of revolutionary creativity, borrow or rob? I guess it's going to be both today! At least we aren't inventing new words. As they say, "drab as a fool; aloof as a bard." But we're in the clear if they don't catch on.

Of course, if you happen to see grandeur in my vague self-describing palindrome, you should go with it. It would certainly convey a sense of being exloused from such an underwhelming social caste. Besides, we could all use a little affection! But I felt it apropos to make fun considering the existence of this page is pretty much the exact same thing I'm tearing down in the introduction to this page. No matter how I slice it, this endeavor is at odds with itself, like an oozy rat in a sanitary zoo!  

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