“I think I
can, I think I can, I think I can!”
Still working
on that flash fiction series. CJ may be coming over again this
weekend. (I bet you readers have noticed that he comes over a lot.
Well that's the point of a best friend after all. Haha.) We'll
probably edit my book of course. If you've ever watched Mystery
Science Theater 3000 or any show that riffs on something while
watching that we kinda edit like that but having fun with both the
good and bad parts of it. Tons of shenanigans. We laugh at every
part. He rephrases metaphors. Which I'm pretty sure I mentioned he
did that before on the blog. Here's a funny specific example. I
described something like “rotting meat on charcoal” and then he
said “So like a zombie barbecue?” and said to him, “Well when
you put it like that...” There are many more funny stories. However
they require context and that would require me revealing ideas and
the unfortunate part about writing is that until I publish my book I
don't have any significant claim to my ideas so I can't share it but
I think if I can get the book published I'll share some of the funny
stories.
Swapping the
World Away
I'm the smart
kid. I know big words. School is easy. Boring. I don't bother
talking. It's boring. No sense of accomplishment. It's as dull as the
rest of the world. Which is why I swap it all out.
Nobody knows
what I'm doing because it's all in my imagination. The teachers don't
know I'm turning the floor of the classroom into an ocean and our
seats into ships. They don't know I've turned the walls and ceiling
into a starry night sky. They don't know that their lectures that I
already understand are now the noises they make when they jump from
the water as dolphins. They don't know any of that.
The kids and
the coaches during football don't know I've turned everyone into
knights on a battlefield. Baseball becomes a bank robbery or everyone
as dueling wizards hitting and catching magic fireballs between each
other. When my family drives me to the store I turn into a travel on
a rocket ship to Mars. I can't handle the dull world.
Something
different happened one day. One of my teachers walked up to me. Mr.
Hedge. He spoke with a serious tone of voice. At first I thought I
was big trouble.
“Kevin. I
can't keep up with your potential. Not without leaving my other
students behind. And even then I'm not sure if I could. I'm going to
try to get you assigned to advanced classes but what would help you
the best is that you became proactive yourself. Here.” Mr. Hedge
then handed me a book. It was a kids book titled 100 Totally
Awesome Inventors And How They Made The World The Coolest Place Ever
“I think this book will show you what can happen if you apply
yourself. This book will show you why you apply yourself.” He then
smiled. “I'm not just giving this to you though. This is your book
report assignment.”
Fast forward
through time and not only did I get an A on the book but I eventually
became an inventor myself. Instead of swapping out the mundane world
for my imaginary world, I changed it. I made it more interesting. I
invented the ability to control gravity and methods of atmosphere
manipulation. Climate problems are solved and now there are cities
are Mars. I got both Mr. Hedge and the original authors of the book
to sign it and now it is my most prized possession. And whenever I
feel like I can't apply myself further I just look at that book.
This work is
copyright Langdon Kennedy you may share this(email it, print it, post
it on your own website, broadcast it etc.) work unaltered as long as
you credit me as the author and share a link to this blog with it and
it is not for profit. If you have any questions and/or are unclear of
these conditions email me at llkenne1@asu.edu
Author Comment: I didn't put Scifi or fantasy in the title of the post since I'm not exactly sure it is that much of that kind of story. Sure the main character has an active imagination and he invents stuff at the end, but that's not the premise of the story. But I hoped you all enjoyed at the end. Maybe I'll write something with crazy robot dragons from another dimension that know how to bend time and have sentience beyond mortal men just to balance out the relative normalness of this story.
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