Obsession of the Mind by hack_benjamin22 (Challenge 6 - Obsession)

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Title: Obsession of the Mind
Pairing/Characters: Charlie Eppes
Rating/Category: Gen
Word Count: 100
Spoilers: None
Summary: For Charlie numbers are his obsession.
Notes/Warnings: This is the first drabble I have ever written...ever. So this is an accomplishment. This is also the first piece of real fanfiction I've written since...2003. Its feels good to be writing again.


There are times when I wish I didn't have to constantly think in numbers. I just...can't think like other people...when I look at all the things that surround me all I see are the numbers that created them. Even the most mundane things are transformed into an equation or an algorithm. And matter what I do, I will never be able to free myself from these numbers, they are both my blessing and my curse. Other people see what I have as a gift, but all it really is is an obsession. An obsession hidden by the mask of knowledge.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/quixotic___/]

[hack-benjamin22.livejournal.com]

Thank you. You are so sweet. ^^ I stumbled across this challenge and I thought back to an experience I had that was much like this. I'm an artist and as an artist I tend to break things down to their most basic shapes to judge the difficulty of drawing whatever I see. Usually I have to think about this, but sometimes it gets away from me. I got to the point where I was breaking my cat down into ovals and triangles. I didn't even realize it. The worst thing was that I didn't even see a living breathing creature all I saw were those shapes...and that was what I was trying to relate here. The fact that even the things we are most comfortable with can become constraining.

[melissima.livejournal.com]

Nice work! Welcome.

[hack-benjamin22.livejournal.com]

Thank you. ^^

[cat-willow.livejournal.com]

Very nice. I wonder how many people go into academia to find escape and acceptance.

Welcome.

[hack-benjamin22.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[spikedluv]

Great take on the challenge, and interesting view of Charlie. I've never thought of him uncomfortable with his numbers, but I can see how something that's normally a blessing can get to be too much. Thanks for writing it for us, and welcome back to fanfic. *g*

[hack-benjamin22.livejournal.com]

Thank you. ^^ I am happy to be back in the fanfiction world...Numb3rs inspires me like nothing else ever has.