Password

[poliphilo]

I didn't like it when LJ told us to lose our old passwords and replace them with meaningless, unmemorable combinations of letters and numbers. I fixed on a formula (it has a key) and wrote it down and promptly lost the piece of paper. Oh, well, I thought, I'm permanently logged in so I'll never actually need the damn thing anyway. But- of course- the time came and with it the judgement and I was asked for my password and didn't know it, but- did I panic? No, I went and fetched the book that holds the key and retraced the steps by which I'd devised the password in the first place and- bingo- worked it out at the first attempt.

I'm so pleased with myself. Fetch me a crown of tinsel and holly. I am the Conquistador of cryptograms. The Caesar of seasonal smugness.

Comments

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

OH! I LOVE it when you crack your own little cyphers. When I was engaged to Magnus, I would write about my emotions in really bizarre and complicated code. Later, while on Saipan, I found the old journal and spent a good portion of a week working my way through the labyrinth. It was AMAZING. Our minds are such amazing things.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Tracking yourself, puzzling out how your own mind works (or worked), what sneaky tricks it's capable of- yes, cool!

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

I think every year, we should endeavor to come up with some elaborate code. Then we can put them together in a book and leave for future generations.

"This was your great aunt's mind, Little Drake, she wanted you to do her puzzles. There are all sorts of secrets hidden in this old house. Have fun!"