Kevin's Watch

Years and years ago I used to work at a pet store at a mall. One day David Hasselhoff came in to look at some kittens.
He's like 7 feet tall and his teeth were so white they hurt my eyes to look at them.

(ok, the last line is a bit exaggerated but only a little)

Blind Man Talking - The story of a man that goes blind. It should start at a point where he has been blind for a while, and retrace his life. There is no physical reason for his blindness, no diagnosis or theory that doctors can give him. In the end we discover,as he does, that it is psychosomatic, and due to the fact that he saw only through his words. Only by losing his sight could he learn to truly see, and somewhere inside he knew this, and made the sacrifice. It might end with his sight returning.

Taken from a friend's Facebook Wall, where she commented "Are you serious?" in response to her friend's status:

True story: I was just now getting on an elevator that already had a mom and her 4 year old (appx.) son on it. The mom said to the boy "Press this button to close the door." The boy did. Then the conversation went: Me: "Thank you." Mom: "What do you say?" Kid: "You're welcome." Mom: "No - you say 'What do you mean, 'Thank you'? I work for tips.' "

When I was growing up, I lived in the country and had a Shetland pony.
I read lots of books and horse magazines, so I knew one safety rule was that you should never wrap the lead rope around your hand - if the horse gets frightened and runs, you could get unavoidably dragged.
But I'd also read that if you let a horse get away with something once, that's gonna cause you big problems.

Well, one time, early on, I was leading my pony and she broke into a run.
I hung onto the lead rope for dear life... probably only got dragged a few feet.
But my dad was right there, saw me, and was pretty upset that I'd done something so apparently stupid and dangerous!

I guess I figured that if I was being avoidably dragged, it was okay, cause I could let go at any time!

lorin- love the image of a little girl building a miniature village with an elderly man who doesn't even speak the same language!

Today, I finally got around to doing laundry. The washing machines in my condominium building take about an hour to do a load. When I returned to throw my clothes in a dryer, I realized they were never washed in the first place. I used my card and detergent to pay for another person's laundry

sgt.null wrote:Today, I finally got around to doing laundry. The washing machines in my condominium building take about an hour to do a load. When I returned to throw my clothes in a dryer, I realized they were never washed in the first place. I used my card and detergent to pay for another person's laundry

I'm sorry Sarge but that's funny. I hope they appreciated it.

Whilst I'm here, an on-topic contribution:

When I was 11, my brother and I ran away. After we had pitched the tent on the first night (on an abandoned block which turned out not to be abandoned, but that's another bulldozer-involving story!), I went off to do the shopping. I bought a can a baked beans and some bread. Of course, nobody runs away with a can opener do they? So my brother and I 'opened' our baked beans with a tent peg. Plenty of sauce and one bean each.

Shaun das Schaf wrote: When I was 11, my brother and I ran away. After we had pitched the tent on the first night (on an abandoned block which turned out not to be abandoned, but that's another bulldozer-involving story!), I went off to do the shopping. I bought a can a baked beans and some bread. Of course, nobody runs away with a can opener do they? So my brother and I 'opened' our baked beans with a tent peg. Plenty of sauce and one bean each.

sounds like the scene in Stand By Me. Good movie.

If I write it in small letters, maybe it'll be less embarrassing...

I haven't seen Stand By Me, at least not all of it, just bits over the years.

Is it baked beans or bulldozers, or both, in the scene you're thinking of?

Shaun das Schaf wrote:If I write it in small letters, maybe it'll be less embarrassing...

I haven't seen Stand By Me, at least not all of it, just bits over the years.

Is it baked beans or bulldozers, or both, in the scene you're thinking of?

The boys go on a 'mission' to see a dead body and camp for the night. They forget to bring food and one of the kids go to buy food for the night. A nice movie, very unstevenkingish. A little overacted by the kids but still pretty good.

Read The Body instead. (Uh...not sure which collection it's in.) The movie is ok, but the novella was better.

--A

Thanks guys. Sort of know the story, but only because it was in a psych book I read once on childhood trauma, in which the author used Stephen King as an example of the creative use of repetitive imagery/themes from real-life trauma. Interesting book actually.

Shaun das Schaf wrote: I'm sorry Sarge but that's funny. I hope they appreciated it.

umm these are random stories i found on the net - i thought that was this game?

I guess you can interpret it how ever you like. The other stories here seem to be real.

Now I think of it, you did say yours were going to be fictional! I'll remember that for your next post.

The Fish in the Mirror

The Fish is a shifting and shining creature that nobody has ever caught but that many say they have glimpsed in the depths of mirrors. According to Herbert Allen Giles, belief in the Fish is part of a larger myth that goes back to the times of the Yellow Emperor. In those days the world of mirrors and the world of men were not, as they are now, cut off from each other. They were, besides, quite different; neither beings nor colors nor shapes were the same. Both kingdoms lived in harmony; you could come and go through mirrors. One night the mirror people invaded the earth. Their power was great, but at the end of bloody warfare the magic arts of the Yellow Emperor prevailed. He repulsed the invaders, imprisoned them in their mirrors, and forced on them the task of repeating, as though in a kind of dream, all the actions of men. He stripped them of their power and of their forms and reduced them to mere reflections. Nonetheless, a day will come when the spell will be shaken off. The first to awaken will be the Fish. Deep in the mirror we will perceive a very faint line and the color of this line will be like no other color. Later on, other shapes will begin to stir. Little by little they will differ from us; little by little they will not imitate us. They will break through the barriers of glass or metal. Side by side with these mirror creatures, the creatures of water will join the battle. In Yunnan they do not speak of the Fish but of the Tiger of the Mirror. Others believe that in advance of the invasion we will hear from the depths of mirrors the clatter of weapons. And this time, they will not be defeated.

True story

Thanksgiving has always been a tumultous time for my family. One Thanksgiving always comes to mind. When I was 19 I worked at a bank. I used to drive to work every day. I had a little car, a Corvair, which I owned but was in my mothers name. Every day I would go to work and being the typical arrogant teen I accumulated a parking ticket every day since I felt I was TOO important to feed the meter or search for free parking. So over the year I accumulated more than 200 tickets. I never paid one. I would catch the late notices out of the mailbox before my mother could open them and just merrily went on with my life. That Thanksgiving was a particularly big one, there were about 20 guests. My mother was never one to handle pressure very well and was on Freak Out level on the emotometer. Finally we all sat down to dinner, my mother exhausted and stressed over the prep. My father was about to cut into the turkey when the doorbell rang. We opened the door to see two cops standing there. They asked to speak to my mother....and yep......you guessed it...they arrested her for nonpayment of all those tickets. Took her down to the precinct that moment. In front of the whole family, who doubted her stability to begin with, watched her be led away to the police cruiser. At least they didn't cuff her.

Needless to say, it was a bit of time before my mother spoke to me again.

When I was 20 I worked in a health-food emporium in a somewhat upscale community. The store was very busy one day and I was stocking; being young I could run up and down the very high staircase with 50-lb bags of carrots, etc. So I notice something weird. There were three aisles in the store, and the end ones were crowded with middle-aged women who were whispering conspiratorially with each other, while in the middle aisle, a man was looking at all-natural shampoo. The atmosphere seemed somehow charged, electric. Finally I asked one of the other girls who worked there, "It's just bizarre in here today. What the he** is going on?" She pointed to the guy and said, "That's Robert Redford."

I was like, ooooohhh. Then I took a closer look. He had these ENORMOUS sunglasses on. But what little of his face was exposed, was incredibly pockmarked. Not long after that the movie "Out of Africa" came out, and I realized just how made-up and spackled Hollywood actors are.

sgt.null wrote:

Shaun das Schaf wrote: I'm sorry Sarge but that's funny. I hope they appreciated it.

umm these are random stories i found on the net - i thought that was this game?

It was meant to be real stories and anecdotes from us, not random stuff we found on the web.

We have enough other threads for the random found on the web stuff. That's what I created this thread for.

I have too many stories. Perhaps I've lived too long, I'm ancient.

Don't talk nonsense, lorin.There is no such thing as too many stories. Nor is there (except in rare cases which have nothing to do with you) any such thing as living too long. You are not ancient, just...experienced.

Inhale. Be. Trust that there is more life and joy to come, perhaps enough to surpass what you've already known.

Meanwhile, tell us more of these stories of yours!

I woke up at 6 am and had to throw up violently. Then my nose started to gush blood. Claire came and checked on me when I started to sob...

but now I feel fine. That was toooooo weird.