Jimmy Neutron’s Storywriter is one smart person. He managed to identify my character type, Prof Calamitous (a.k.a. Prof C).

You see, Prof C is an individual with above average capabilities and gifted with foresight and the knack of inferring and internalizing information and knowledge fast. However, therein lies his shortcoming. Because he acknowledges the fact that is processes information fast, he gets overconfident and ends up taking the wrong course of action in life. Case and Point, #1.
Prof C is also extremely impulsive and inevitably disregards the feelings of others, once he has set his mind to executing his often rash decisions.In doing so, Prof C oftens screws up more often than not, and plans that could be perfect, plans that are delicate, would end up slightly less successful than a slug trying to make its way from Singapore to USA. Slightly only.
It is particularly poignant to note his inability to adhere to a more fluid mindset, as well as his asinine focus on the mundane and insignificant as opposed to concentrating on the bigger picture. For example, and a really bad one that happens to put my point across, would be how in his ongoing pursuit for world domination, he would be more preoccupied on the multi-step ways to obilerate an opponent (Push off mountain, get scratched by trained eagles along the way, before finally stabbed by the horns of yaks that had to be herded to the bottom of mountain, etc) as opposed to the upkeep and security of his one-shot-kill-all laser cannon. Sucker he is, this misguided octogenearian (not sure of this, but this is a terribly impressive looking word, so in it goes!).
It is also that cavalier attitude that Prof C retains that augments his failure. You see, Prof C has a “heck it” attitude. He is simply too caught up in his grandoise ideals and plans that sometimes he loses sight of reality. That crazy person, Prof C. By virtue (or lack thereof) of this attitude, he would portray himself as inferior to others. Which is perfectly not the case, as his well connected synapses can conclude quickly; for it is his appearance and his blatant devil-may-care portrayal that ends up reflecting his positive traits to amount to nothing more than say, a discarded candy wrapper of a particularly disgusting sweet.
Lastly, the coup de grace that tops all of Prof C’s shortcomings: his ability to not complete anything. Yes, this pwns it all. Even if Prof C manages to overcome most of his other negative habits, he will also accomplish shit if he does not see his plans to fruition. This, coupled with the ever-present procrastination bug, will severely delibitate one, forcing a sidestep, and possible, a complete halt in life.
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide on what you want. -Ben Stein
In short, Prof C must learn to decide for himself what he truly wants. He must also ground himself in reality, and not be too carried away by this accelerating thoughts.
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