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Oh dear, I must be losing my touch. This week brings only two 100 Word entries. Probably my bad for being a tardy poster. Or bloggers going and getting all famous.
Truly though, I’ve been sick (along with McShirty) for going on two weeks now. It’s a strange affliction that mostly causes extreme fatigue and a general malaise. It’s been hard enough to work but blogging has just proved to be too much. So for someone who doesn’t watch TV or movies (much), I’ve seen about 15 movies in the last two weeks. Yep, for two weeks if you went looking for me, you wouldn’t have had to go much further than the local couch.
Sassy Mama Bear has a great piece over at her place complete with a music clip from “Lunatic Fringe”, which brought me RIGHT back to the 80’s. Ah, I can smell the Aquanet now.
She danced to music that nobody else heard, swaying one second, and bouncing madly the next. She chattered when she walked down the street garnering bemused stares from anyone she passed.
Her family had left her long ago, at a special place, as they called it. A place where people just “like her” lived and grew up together. She was little then. Pigtails and a gingham shirt neatly tucked into her Oshkosh B’Gosh overalls, she looked so innocent and sweet.
Years went by and she never saw her mama or her papa again.
When she was eighteen she was free.
I love this one by LCeel. I think I know this guy.
I knew him so many years ago. Back then he was a vehement Goldwater Republican. And an angry young man. We were in the Marines together, but eventually, went our separate ways. One day, out of the blue, came a call. He rambled on about Nixon, the CIA, the FBI, his Senator and all the conspiracies that the government was party to. There have been many calls in the last few years. And long, rambling letters. He sold his business. He’s retired now. He is alone. He has always been alone. From where he lives. On the fringe.
LCeel also talks about the rapid passage of time and children growing up so go read the full post.
Today, I’m choosing a word from my bookshelf without opening a book. Let’s see, how about…
Eden
If you want to play, all the details are here.
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Somehow, a short piece of text was left out of my piece. “And he calls.” From where he lives. On the fringe. Somewhere East of Eden and South of his own and personal Hell.
Sorry about that LCeel. I guess I missed it in the cut and paste. I’ll fix when I get home this evening.
Have you been tested for mono? Sounds just like mono to me. When I had it, it nailed me down for 4 months.
Just a thought.
Now to contemplate the word Eden, and what it inspires within my mind. I have also been telling others about the 100 Word Challenge so who knows maybe we will see some more people…and Mishi was on vacation.
Hi there!
I had a lot of fun with this prompt. I’ve linked to my response.
Thank you for the word prompt.
I’ll be back.
Sassy Mama Bear, it sure does sound like mono. The only problem is that it never started with a cold. Also, there seems to be up and down days and my understanding of mono is that it’s pretty constant. I could be wrong but it didn’t seem exactly a match. Lord help me, I hope it’s not mono.
JM, I left a comment for ya at your place. Awesome, I love new players. Not that I don’t love my loyal players too!
You know VV, mono, like anything can adjust, just a thought. Just see a doc if you don’t get better soon.
I am live with this week’s post:
http://cafeendofuniverse.blogspot.com/2008/05/100-word-challenge-eden.html
100 Words: Eden
And this week I didn’t try to be all slick, either. I went back to using the damn word for fear of mucking it up like I did the last one I did. LOL LOL
I did muck up the link, though. DAMNIT.
100 Words: Eden
My entry is here.