Excerpts from fictional autobiographies not written by Bill Clinton (an occasional series)
This idea kind of came to me in a dream last night. I’m pretty fond of it, and since I’m too lazy to write complete short stories, I think excerpts from the private lives of fictional people will have to do. Less grunt work. So, I’ll be dropping one these in whenever I feel like it - which may be never again, depending on how it’s received and what I think about it later.
For weeks afterwards, I had dreams where I would be walking through the streets of downtown, presumably on my way to the station, on a beautiful spring morning. Suddenly, I would hear a loud crack of thunder, and I would look up, and see a torrential downpour of frozen Butterball turkeys come tearing from the sky, smashing car windshields, obliterating building roofs, and narrowly avoiding pedestrians scrambling for whatever cover they could find. Oddly enough, I could walk through this frozen thanksgiving hailstorm with nary a scratch, despite the obvious carnage it wrought.
Twice, I had the same dream, except instead of turkeys, they were people.
–From “A Newsman’s Life”, by Les Nessman
Yeah, it’s a bit wierd, unless you get the gag. But hey, it’s me - what do you expect?
Jefe wrote:
I’m waiting for the part about how he constructed his office.
Posted on 28-Jun-04 at 1:18 pm | Permalink
Erky wrote:
That happens to me all the time. Except instead of turkeys, it’s Soylent Green.
Posted on 28-Jun-04 at 1:54 pm | Permalink
AddledOne wrote:
I’ve thought about it. I officially really, really like this idea. You will see more. This is your only warning.
Posted on 28-Jun-04 at 2:35 pm | Permalink
Jefe wrote:
Applause
Posted on 28-Jun-04 at 2:57 pm | Permalink
Andy wrote:
That was really good! Very surreal, and funny. Surreal’s not a word I use very much, either. Maybe make it like a weekly add on, sometimes you continue the same story, sometimes you don’t.
Posted on 29-Jun-04 at 12:49 am | Permalink
Jefe wrote:
Dreaded continuity….
Posted on 29-Jun-04 at 7:49 am | Permalink
Teh Won!! wrote:
What’s wrong with continuity? Isn’t the continuity of AO’s life drama the reason you come back here? Or is it mine? =P
Posted on 30-Jun-04 at 7:39 am | Permalink
The One wrote:
Okay I hit refresh 5 times. Where’s my update?
Posted on 02-Jul-04 at 7:30 am | Permalink
Jefe wrote:
…. looking for the “new post shaped beacon” again …
Posted on 02-Jul-04 at 10:17 am | Permalink