Introduction

What follows is entirely a work of fiction which may, at points,  resemble certain interpretations of someone else's actual reality.

During the course of the next 49 days it is my intention to obtain seven weekly fortune cookies and to view the enclosed fortunes as instructions for life. I plan to write with them in mind.

Let us understand before we begin that this is the world and that, in the world, it is not unusual to find oneself misplaced. It is from here that I begin.