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Sharing My World 2017 Week 50
Here is my post for Cee’s Share Your World.
What household chore do you absolutely hate doing?
That’s an easy question. All of them. The trouble is, the longer I leave them the longer they take. That doesn’t stop me leaving them as long as possible, though. I always have great plans to keep on top of it all but it never really pans out.
At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?
I don’t ever really feel “passionate and alive”. I’m usually more “even keel”.
How many times have you moved in the last ten years?
Twice, once into a little rented flat as a temporary measure which lasted five and a half years, and then nearly four years ago into my first ever owned house 🙂
What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week?
Okay then, let’s give InspiroBot another whirl.
“Try to be the reason a man gets torn apart by owls.”
Wow, that’s pretty random. Sounds pretty profound, though.
FF – Pretty Icicles
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. Today’s photo was contributed by Dale Rogerson. Thanks, Dale!
This week you get a “poem” and a story. Yay 🙂
Copyright Dale Rogerson
Hanging proud, bright
Stalactites of clearest azure
Dangling daggers
Certain death to those below
Or to those who upset
Or those who deliver not
That which is demanded
Meltable
Untraceable
DEATH
“What do you think?”
“Yeah, not bad.”
“You really reckon if we include this poem he’ll cough up everything we’re demanding?”
“Oh yeah, for sure. And if he goes to the cops it’s just a Christmas poem. No harm, no foul. What are you after?”
“Internet-enabled Furby. You?”
“iPad. Write the letter of demands.”
“Cool, here goes. ‘Dear Santa…’”
Pegman – New Species
Here is my story for What Pegman Saw, which this week is in Fukushima, scene of the nuclear accident. While I’m not entirely happy writing a funny story in the wake of all that, options seemed limited. It’s a pretty lame and silly story anyway, to be honest.
Copyright Google
“Where is everybody?”
“Dunno. Maybe it’s a national holiday or something.”
“I figured there might be a carnival on, what with the barriers.”
“Barriers?”
“Yeah. While you were asleep we passed barriers on the road. There was no-one there so I just drove around.”
“Woah. Maybe we’re not supposed to be here.”
“We’re Google, dude. We’re supposed to be everywhere.”
“Yeah!”
High five.
“Let’s map the rest of these streets and get out of here. Hmm, my noses are bleeding.”
“That’s weird. My hair is falling out. Hey, you didn’t used to have two heads, did you?”
“Not not that that I I remember remember.”
“Cool!”
High five.
“Hey, look. I have a third hand!”
Extra high five.
“There’s a bench. Let’s stop and have lunch.”
“Good idea. Don’t get your tail trapped in the door.”
And thus began the rise of… Homo Mutans!
Sharing My World 2017 Week 49
Here is my post for Cee’s Share Your World.
Would you prefer a reading nook or an art, craft, photography studio?
None of those. I have my living room for all that. I’ll take a home cinema, please. Big screen, massive sound system, comfy chairs and a great big load of sound-proofing.
Tell how you are feeling today in the form of a weather report. (For example, partly cloudy, sunny with a chance for showers, etc.)
It’s Sunday and I don’t have anything specific planned, so I guess there’s a chance of some sunshine. Then I’ll remember all the things I have to do before Christmas and there’ll be a sudden squall.
If you could witness or physically attend any event past, present or future, what would it be?
Hmm. I think a week last Thursday. What a day. What a day.
What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week?
I’ve decided to give InsproBot a Christmas break and thus remain uninspired.
FF – Country Holiday
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. The photo was contributed by Russell Gayer.
Copyright Russell Gayer
“No. No way.”
“You said you wanted a break in the country. Well, here we are. In the country.”
“It smells.”
“Country air!”
“There’s no internet.”
“Peace at last!”
“The bed’s all lumpy.”
“It’s the real country experience! Now, you finish unpacking while I visit the bathroom. It was a long journey. The brochure says it’s around the back somewhere.”
Two minutes later…
“Pack your bags. I’ve booked us into the hotel in town.”
“Eh? What happened to country…”
“Don’t.”
“But…”
“Just don’t.”
Pegman – Invasion of the Ice Cream Snatchers
Here is my story for What Pegman Saw. This week we are in the Isle of Wight.
It’s been years since I was there. I think we took a ferry from Portsmouth to Ryde. I seem to recall singing the Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride/Ryde” and waving my ticket around.
I went with the suggested “mysterious object in the sky”.
Copyright The Google
Dro’Gek stared up at the sky. “This is it! They’ve finally arrived.”
“Hooray!” replied Merk’Na. “The invasion’s on! Jee’Bak, scan it.”
“Scanning,” said Jee’Bak. “It’s… a seagull.”
“Dammit!” snapped Dro’Gek.
“Wait, though,” reasoned Merk’Na. “They might be using camouflage tech. Hiding from the humans. Check again.”
Just as Jee’Bak turned back to the scanner, the shape dropped towards them.
“It must be them!” called Dro’Gek. “They’ve seen us!”
The shape shot straight down and ripped through the little group, sending them flying. It soared away and they dragged themselves to their feet.
“It wasn’t them, then,” said Jee’Bak. “That gives me an idea, though. We had, what, two pasties and an ice cream? Now we have only crumbs. And Merk’Na has lost a hand.”
“Waah!” sobbed Merk’Na.
“Yes!” agreed Dro’Gek. “We don’t need the others. We shall weaponise the seagulls!”
And so the (rather ineffectual) invasion of Earth began.
Sharing My World 2017 Week 48
Here is my post for Cee’s Share Your World.
If you were having difficulty on an important test and could safely cheat by looking at someone else’s paper, would you do so?
I hope not. The temptation would probably be there but I would hope not to succumb. I also hope that I won’t need to take any more tests in my life 🙂
What things in nature do you find most beautiful?
Complete this sentence: When I travel I love to…
Get home again 🙂
What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week?
Guru InspiroBot says…
“Ride the dreams”
Yeah!
FF – After He’s Gone
Here is my little story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields herself!
Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
“The house seems so… empty without him.”
Her husband nodded and opened the cupboard.
“Look,” she sobbed. “All the stuff he used to play with. The old clock. He… he… loved that clock.”
He kissed her forehead. “He did. Such happy memories.”
“Gone so fast. I miss him so.”
The doorbell rang. He peeked out the window. “Shit! He’s back! And he’s brought laundry! I told you that college just down the road was too close. Close the curtains!”
“And switch off the lights! Too late. He’s seen us… Hi dear! How are you? Dirty washing, how lovely…”
Pegman – What Goes Around
Here is my story for What Pegman Saw, which this week takes us to San José el Huayate, Chiapas, Mexico.
Copyright Google
Juan gazed at the peaceful scene before him, a stark contrast to the life of violence and death he had left behind.
Recruited into the cartels from an early age, his proclivity for violence had catapulted him to head interrogator in short order. Finally despairing of that life, he had “liberated” a tidy sum and fled.
He’d thought he’d have longer before they found him, he mused as he hung, naked, from a crossbar. He found himself mentally chastising his protégé.
The wires Manuel had used to attach the car battery were far too thin. Everything was too dry to properly conduct the current – it would get very hot. He’d attached the crocodile clip to the wrong testicle.
Not that any of that really mattered, though he was sure having his genitals burst into flames wasn’t part of Manuel’s torture plan.
He’d had a good run, but nobody escapes the cartels. Nobody.
Sharing My World 2017 Week 47
Here is my post for Cee’s Share Your World.
Do you ever sit on a park bench for more than ten minutes?
I doubt it. Ten minutes is quite a long time to be just sitting there. I might sit a little bit if there’s a nice view but generally I’ll start walking again fairly soon.
When you lose electricity in a storm, do you light the candles, turn on the flashlight or use your cell phone for light?
There was a storm a few weeks ago and the electricity did go out, from half past midnight to half past five. When I woke in the night, I used my mobile phone to go downstairs to find the torch. Then I remembered I had one in my bedside table. Then I set the alarm on my phone as obviously Alexa was down.
Fortunately when the power came back it was almost time to get up, as the default setting for WiFi lights after a power cut is “on”, so there was no getting back to sleep then.
Would you rather be given $10,000 for your own use or $100,000 to give anonymously to strangers?
Not wishing to seem selfish but I’ll take the money, please. Strangers will only waste it on frivolous knick-knacks whereas I would spend it on vital and important stuff like PlayStation games.
What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week? Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.
Go, InspiroBot, go!
“An illusion causes Dimethyltryptamine.”
See, that’s pretty clever. It’s more the other way round, so InspiroBot is urging us to think of the world in a different way, to challenge everything we think we know.
Or it’s talking nonsense again.
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