I've always been a bit of a relativist. We each have our own perception of the world around us that may or may not match that of another person or Reality(tm) itself. This page is the product of a variety of ideas I've experienced -- read, heard, seen -- over a longer period of time (months to years) that I happened to recall over a shorter period of time (days to weeks).
The phrase "views into" is one that gets bounced about at work whenever we discuss databases. Consider a typical university student and the potentially vast amount of data that's stored on that person. Chances are no one will ever look at the entirety of the data all at once. Different people will have different views into the data. The library sees the student as the temporary owner of certain books. The registrar might experience the same student as a collection of letter grades and credits. You get the idea.
So, I started wondering what views there were into me...
Heather believes that everybody has a mutant power. (substitute "super" for "mutant" if that helps you) My mutant power is the ability to change lawn sprinkler states. If they're off, they go on. If they're on, they go off.
Natually, every super power has a weakness. I've noticed that my power tends to work best at night. Whether this is a sunlight or temperature issue, I'm not sure.
The book Microserfs presents characters who identify themselves by their dream categories for the television game show Jeopardy!. Mine are:
The company Cheapass Games has a list of Guinea Pigs (i.e. game testers) who are, in part, described in terms of die rolls. Despite urges to put together a roll chart for Roger the human being, I have elected to follow the template and create a roll chart for Roger the game player. I mean, think about it -- if I were completely successful, I might find myself replaced by a bag of D20's.