Too many changes in a single year to list them all... condensed theory from '08:

Ever played that game, the one where you and someone else think of way to one-up each other in a cooperative story telling? I recommend not playing that game with your life. If someone makes a 40 foot wall and you make a 1300 centimeter ladder, that's all there is to it. When you make it past one wall of life, you can expect an obstacle course to infinity. If you try to "beat the system" the system starts to beat you (and not just in Russia). It mutates, it evolves, it grows. That's because it's not a system, it's just a mirror. A dirty old cracked mirror, but one that puts the Mirror Of Erised to shame. Because it reflects part of your self and not just the personality you identify with.

Ever seen a bird attack it's own reflection? It doesn't recognize itself, it thinks there's another bird there. How smart are we to mistake our reflection for lots of different birds and dogs and people and trees and mountains...? Yet, I think, the world does not correspond to my actions! I move my arm and there is nothing reflected in the transparent air or opaque walls, clearly this is illogical.

Ever fell asleep? Where does the reflection in a mirror go when you turn from it? Do you, a mirror, or the world disappear when you look away?

Ever wake up?